Rede Massa is a Brazilian regional television network based in Curitiba, capital of the state of Paraná. It is owned by presenter and businessman Carlos Roberto Massa (popularly known as Ratinho) and is affiliated with Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão. It was inaugurated on March 17, 2008, as part of a strategy to unite the stations belonging to the Paulo Pimentel Group, which went on sale in April that year. Its generators are TV Iguaçu (Curitiba), TV Tibagi (Apucarana and Maringá), TV Guará (Francisco Beltrão and Ponta Grossa), TV Cidade (Londrina) and TV Naipi (Foz do Iguaçu).
History
It was officially founded on March 17, 2008, as a result of the purchase of four television stations owned by Grupo Paulo Pimentel and affiliated with SBT for the entire state of Paraná, by the presenter and businessman Carlos Roberto Massa (Ratinho). Rede Massa has five affiliated stations in the state: TV Iguaçu (Curitiba), TV Tibagi (Apucarana and Maringá), TV Cidade (Londrina) and TV Naipi (Foz do Iguaçu) and in August 2012 the group's 5th broadcaster, TV Guará, in Ponta Grossa