Rede Bandeirantes
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Rede Bandeirantes officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...

 from Brazil
Brazil
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, based in São Paulo
São Paulo
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. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação
Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação
Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação is a Brazilian media conglomerate, headquartered in São Paulo and headed by João Carlos "Johnny" Saad.The group owns the following assets:* Terrestrial Television...

 (Bandeirantes Communications Group), it aired for the first time in 1967. Currently, is the fourth
Fourth
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 TV network in Brazil
Brazil
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 by the ratings.

History

TV Bandeirantes was founded on May 13, 1967, by João Saad, nephew of São Paulo state
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

 governor Ademar de Barros and owner of Rádio Bandeirantes
Rádio Bandeirantes
Rádio Bandeirantes is a Brazilian news radio network, based in São Paulo, property of Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação. It was created on 1937 as all-news project Rádio Bandeirantes (RB) is a Brazilian news radio network, based in São Paulo, property of Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação. It was...

. In 1969 the TV's building suffered a massive fire
Fire
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, which forced Saad to renew his broadcasting equipment. By 1972, TV Bandeirantes was the first Brazilian television network to fully broadcast in color, the same year that Rede Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...

 did the same. Later in the 70s Bandeirantes became a national broadcasting network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...

. The network launched a digital over-the-air feed
Digital television
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 in São Paulo. One of the most successful network's show is called CQC, based on the Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 version called Caiga Quien Caiga
Caiga Quien Caiga
Caiga Quien Caiga , also known as CQC, is an Argentine television show. Under the format of the production company Cuatro Cabezas, and led by Ernestina Pais, CQC has also been adapted in Spain, France, Chile, Italy, Brazil, Portugal and briefly in Israel and the Netherlands.It won an International...

, aired live on Monday nights, with a Saturday night replay.

Corporate Slogans (translated into English)

  • 1967-1974: Bandeirantes will not pass.
  • 1972: Sao Paulo's Color Image.
  • 1975: You get to see it all, all here at Bandeirantes.
  • 1976-79: TV for a recurring Brazil
  • 1980-83: First Time Television
  • 1981: A week full of surprises here in Bandeirantes.
  • 1983-84: The image on the space
  • 1985-89: First Place Television (later used by Rede Record from 2008-2009)
  • 1987: Television for All.
  • 1989: Brazil's 1000-point TV
  • 1990: Television for the 1990's.
  • 1991-96: In the heart of Brasil, Network Bandierantes.
  • 1996-97: Catch it and see it with all.
  • 1997-98: Band is for real in 97.

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