Kuriakos TV
Kuriakos TV is a Portuguese Christian television channel owned by the Maná Church.
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Overview
Kuriakos TV is a Portuguese Christian television channel associated with the Maná Church, an evangelical church founded by Apostle Jorge Tadeu. The channel primarily serves as a broadcast outlet for the church’s religious teaching, events, institutional messages, and related activities, while also carrying a limited amount of secular programming and a daily news service. Much of its schedule is sourced from TV Maná 1, the church’s satellite channel, which dates back to 2003 and was originally known as Manásat. The Kuriakos name had already been used within the Maná Church for a youth group. The immediate predecessor to the terrestrial and cable-oriented service was Manásat 2, which was renamed Kurios TV in February 2010. The Maná Church subsequently registered a new channel for cable distribution under that name on May 6, 2016. The licence was held by Motes & Ideias, a company managed by former Portuguese expatriates, while Vodafone Portugal was responsible for distributing the service to television operators during its launch phase. Although the registered project was called Kurios TV, the channel adopted the Kuriakos TV name before broadcasting began. It launched on July 16, 2016, with a special three-hour opening broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. The launch was simulcast with TV Maná 1, linking the new Portuguese channel to the church’s existing satellite operation and allowing it to reuse much of that service’s programming. Kuriakos TV later expanded its distribution through Nowo in July 2017. The channel’s editorial identity is explicitly religious and promotional. Its programming disseminates Maná Church teachings and practices, including the church’s position on tithing, and promotes other church activities and events. Coverage of major Maná gatherings is an important part of the service’s role within the wider church media network. At the same time, Kuriakos TV has carried some non-religious material, including news and general-interest programming, making it more than a continuous worship or sermon channel. Since 2019, the schedule has included the political discussion program Isto é o Povo a Falar!, which interviews political figures. The program has particularly featured representatives of fringe and far-right parties, including repeated appearances by André Ventura, leader of Chega. This political content has given the channel a role in Portugal’s broader political-media environment in addition to its primary religious mission. Kuriakos TV’s Portuguese regulatory profile has been relatively favorable in at least one important respect. An annual report by Portugal’s Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social assessing local programming on licensed channels listed Kuriakos TV among services with satisfactory results, with local-content performance described as being close to 100%. The available reference material does not establish the channel’s current audience size, revenue, corporate capitalization, or exact present-day distribution footprint. Its continuing status is therefore best described as active, with the Maná Church remaining its central institutional owner and editorial influence.
History
Kuriakos TV developed from the Maná Church’s broader television and satellite-media network. The church, founded by Apostle Jorge Tadeu, used the Kuriakos name for a youth group before applying it to a television operation. The channel’s programming relationship with TV Maná 1 is central to its history: TV Maná 1 began as a satellite service in 2003 under the Manásat name, and Kuriakos TV has drawn much of its schedule from that established outlet. The direct predecessor of Kuriakos TV was Manásat 2. In February 2010, that service was renamed Kurios TV. The Maná Church later pursued a new Portuguese channel intended for cable distribution. The channel was registered on May 6, 2016, under the Kurios TV name. Its licence was held by Motes & Ideias, a company managed by former Portuguese expatriates, and Vodafone Portugal handled distribution arrangements with television operators. The service changed its public identity shortly before launch. Rather than broadcasting as Kurios TV, it adopted the Kuriakos TV name. Broadcasting began on July 16, 2016, with a special three-hour opening program starting at 10:30 a.m. The launch was carried simultaneously by TV Maná 1, emphasizing the new channel’s connection to the existing Maná television structure. The name-change request had been submitted on June 20, approximately one month before the launch. Kuriakos TV’s core role is to communicate the Maná Church’s religious worldview and support its institutional activities. Its schedule includes Christian teaching, church-oriented programs, publicity for Maná activities, and coverage of significant church events. The channel has also carried daily news and a limited selection of secular programming, giving it a broader general television profile than a service devoted solely to sermons or worship. Distribution expanded in July 2017 when the channel launched on Nowo. The available material does not provide a complete current list of platforms or a detailed account of later carriage agreements. It does, however, identify Kuriakos TV as a Portuguese licensed service with a substantial local-programming component. An annual report from Portugal’s Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social found its local-programming performance satisfactory and close to 100 percent. From 2019 onward, the channel also carried Isto é o Povo a Falar!, a political talk and interview program. The show has interviewed political figures, with repeated appearances by André Ventura, leader of the Portuguese party Chega. This programming broadened Kuriakos TV’s public profile and placed it within political debate as well as evangelical broadcasting. The available references do not establish a separate commercial corporation behind the brand, audited financial results, audience figures, or a confirmed end date; accordingly, the channel is treated here as an active Maná Church-associated television brand with an incompletely documented present distribution footprint.
- 2019
Political talk programming begins
[1]The channel began airing Isto é o Povo a Falar!, a political interview program featuring Portuguese political figures.
- 2017
Distribution on Nowo
[1]Kuriakos TV was added to the Nowo television platform in Portugal.
- 2016
Cable channel registration
[1]A channel intended for Portuguese cable operators was registered on May 6 under the Kurios TV name.
- 2016
Kuriakos TV launches
[1]Broadcasting began on July 16 under the Kuriakos TV name, with a special opening broadcast simulcast with TV Maná 1.
- 2010
Manásat 2 becomes Kurios TV
[1]The second Manásat channel was renamed Kurios TV, creating the immediate predecessor identity for the later cable-oriented service.
- 2003
Launch of the Maná satellite television predecessor
[1]The satellite service that became TV Maná 1 began operating, originally under the Manásat name, providing the programming base later used by Kuriakos TV.
Products and positioning
A Portuguese Christian television channel serving as a broadcast and outreach platform for the Maná Church, combining evangelical programming and church promotion with news, selected secular content, and political discussion.
Christian television channel · 2016
Kuriakos TV
The main Kuriakos TV service is a Portuguese Christian channel owned by the Maná Church. Its schedule is dominated by evangelical teaching, church messages, event coverage, and promotion of Maná activities. It also carries a daily news service, selected secular programs, and political discussion content. Much of the output is sourced from TV Maná 1, the church’s satellite channel.
Political talk show · 2019
Isto é o Povo a Falar!
A political interview and discussion program carried by Kuriakos TV since 2019. The program has interviewed political figures, including repeated appearances by André Ventura, leader of Chega, and is distinct from the channel’s primarily religious programming.
Brand decisions
2019
Introduction of Isto é o Povo a Falar!Product launchBackground
Kuriakos TV supplemented its religious and news output with a political interview format.
Action taken
The channel began airing Isto é o Povo a Falar!, featuring interviews with political figures.
Aftermath
The program added a political-discussion dimension to the channel and repeatedly hosted figures associated with fringe and far-right Portuguese politics.
2017
Expansion through NowoStrategyBackground
After launching as a Portuguese cable-oriented service, Kuriakos TV pursued additional operator distribution.
Action taken
The channel launched on the Nowo platform in July 2017.
Aftermath
The move expanded the channel’s availability within Portugal, although the available sources do not quantify its resulting audience or commercial impact.
2016
Adoption of the Kuriakos TV nameOtherBackground
The channel had been registered for cable distribution as Kurios TV, but the Maná Church changed the public name shortly before the planned launch.
Action taken
The service launched as Kuriakos TV on July 16, 2016, following a name-change request made on June 20.
Aftermath
The Kuriakos name connected the television service with an existing Maná Church youth-group identity and became the channel’s operating brand.
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