SETÚBAL - Since October 1, 2013, when the old open MTV went off the air to make way for Ideal TV, those interested in buying the channel, which at the time was controlled by Grupo Abril, began to show interest. The RSS offered R$350 million to acquire the channel, but Grupo Abril refused the proposal because it did not want to negotiate with churches for broadcast rights on the Brazilian open network.
However, in December 2013, Grupo Spring de Comunicação, which publishes Rolling Stones magazine, acquired the station for an undisclosed amount. In April, before the transfer, the MPF threatened to sell the station, suspecting an irregular sale, without the consent of the Ministry of Communications. In July of the previous year, the sale was again threatened because the Spring Comunicação had not paid one of the installments for the purchase of the broadcaster and since then we have practically never had any information about this transaction.
Ideal TV, since it initially took over from MTV Brasil, has aired reruns of its programming, to a certain extent gaining acceptance from a portion of the population. In March 2014, Ideal TV reached an agreement and began rebroadcasting the programming of the agricultural channel AgroBrasilTV. In August 2014 the station began airing content produced by TV Igreja Mundial, which belongs to the IMPD, led by Apostle Valdemiro Santiago, for 22 hours a day. And as I said, there was practically no information about Ideal TV and its sale on any website, but after an internet search I found information that on October 22, the transfer of concessions from Abril Radiodifusão to Spring Televisão.
Art. 1°Transferir à Spring Televisão S.A, as autorizações outorgadas à Abril Radiodifusão S.A, por intermédio das Portarias descritas no anexo a esta, para executar os serviços de retransmissão
de televisão, em caráter primário.
Parágrafo único. A execução dos serviços, cujas transferências estão sendo autorizadas por esta Portaria, reger-se-ão pelo Decreto no 5.371, de 17 de fevereiro de 2005.
Art. 2°Esta Portaria entra em vigor na data de sua publicação.
Unfortunately, we did not obtain this information earlier, but we cannot let this record go unnoticed. Spring Comunicação intends to launch a new program in place of the content shown by TV Igreja Mundial; The idea is that Spring Comunicação will launch a channel in the USA in the style of E!, with coverage of events, cinema and music, focused on the celebrity industry.
The Spring Comunicação was created in 2004 with the purpose of editing and producing the in-flight magazine for TAM Linhas Aéreas and the broadcasting area of the former MTV Brasileias. Currently, the company is run by José Roberto Maluf. The channel was supposed to have been launched between 2014 and 2015, but as there were several processes, with setbacks and setbacks, they hope that in 2016, new programming will appear on Ideal TV.
