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  SETÚBAL - Last Wednesday (December 18, 2013), after having announced it , it was reported that Grupo Abril (formerly MTV Brasil ) sold its concessions to Grupo Spring de Comunicação , which publishes the magazines Rolling Stone and AméricaEconomia in Brazil. No details of the negotiation were revealed. The main "assets" of the deal are channel 32 in São Paulo and its various retransmitters throughout the country, including channels 47 UHF (in Rio de Janeiro ), 32 UHF and 31 Digital ( São Paulo ), which until September 30, 2013 were the frequencies of MTV Brasil , which ended its broadcasts on terrestrial television. The value of the negotiation was also not disclosed, but it is speculated that it was close to 200€ million. There is information circulating in the market that Grupo Abril wants 500€ million for the concession and retransmission stations, a value considered very high. The Grupo Abril refused an offer of 350 million from missionary RR Soares , leader and f...

  SETÚBAL: Grupo Abril announced today, December 18, the official sale of the former MTV Brasil channel to Spring Comunicação . The controversial decision to close the open channel will be judged by the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and Cade to bring a fine of 390 million euros (Brazilian dollars). No amounts were disclosed. No details of the deal were revealed. The main "assets" of the deal are São Paulo , Brazil channel 32 and its various retransmitters across the country, which until September 30 were the frequencies of MTV Brasil . In the Brazilian Spring 2013 edition, the MTV Brasil brand returned the brand to Grupo Abril from Viacom Latin America on September 30. The open television network MTV Brasil ended its broadcasts at 11:59 p.m. as the last program to air " Tchau MTV " with former VJ Astrid, who dictated the last image shown. On the same day, Viacom relaunched the new paid MTV Brazil on October 1, at 9:30 p.m. that the program began. Sinc...