TV Assembleia

TV Assembleia is the legislative television channel of the Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais (ALMG), the state legislature of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is headquartered in Belo Horizonte and is recognized as the first legislative broadcaster in Brazil, having entered operation on 30 November 1995 following the publication of Federal Law 8.977/95, which regulated cable television service in the country. Its stated purpose is to give transparency to the acts of the Legislative Branch and to promote the political education of citizens. The channel's core output is live coverage of plenary sessions and committee meetings of the state deputies, alongside cultural events, programs, newscasts and debates. When simultaneous sessions make live coverage impossible, meetings are recorded for later broadcast; when sessions run long, they take priority over the rest of the schedule, a defining characteristic of legislative TV grids. Over the years the channel has diversified its programming considerably and today produces five studio programs (Assembleia Debate, Panorama, Sala de Imprensa, Mundo Político and Via Justiça), a newscast (Repórter Assembleia) and a collection of biographical testimonies (Memória & Poder). Distribution is broad within Minas Gerais. Transmission is carried by satellite and can be received across the state through conventional VHF, UHF, cable or streaming, and also via parabolic antenna. In Belo Horizonte the programming has been carried on cable channel 11 and on open television on analog channel 35 UHF and digital channel 61 UHF. The channel began on cable channel 40 of NET in Belo Horizonte. In 1998 it reached the Brasilsat B3 satellite, allowing it to cover all regions of the state. TV Assembleia is not a commercial broadcaster; it is a public, state-owned communication vehicle of the legislature. Its institutional evolution includes the creation, by Resolution 5.305 of 22 June 2007, of a formal Directorate of Radio and Television, separated from the ALMG Communication Directorate — a change seen as marking a new phase in which the channel is characterized more as a media outlet than as a press-office service. It has also won recognition for its journalism, including a Vladimir Herzog Award for TV documentary. In the present day, TV Assembleia remains an active part of ALMG's communication structure, with a live stream, social media presence on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram, and a schedule that mixes live legislative coverage with news, interviews and analysis of state and national politics.

TV Assembleia de Minas Gerais is a Brazilian television channel headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. It was created after the publication of Law 8.977/95, which regulates cable television service in Brazil, and went on air on 30 November 1995, making it the first legislative broadcaster in the country. Its objective is to give transparency to the acts of the Legislative Branch and to promote the political education of citizens. At the start, its programming was short, about two hours and thirty minutes, and consisted of the presentation of plenary sessions. It began operating on cable channel 40 of NET in Belo Horizonte. In 1996, it began expanding its program grid, reaching 12 hours on air. In 1998, the channel reached the Brasilsat B3 satellite, which allowed it to reach all regions of the state. From the year 2000, the channel set out to carry out broad electoral coverage in the state, covering the Minas Gerais electoral process both that year and in 2002. Over the years, the channel diversified its programming considerably. Today it has five studio programs (Assembleia Debate, Panorama, Sala de Imprensa, Mundo Político, Via Justiça), a newscast (Repórter Assembleia) and a collection of biographical testimonies (Memória & Poder). Live transmissions of plenary and committee meetings remain central: when simultaneous sessions make live coverage impossible, meetings are recorded for subsequent exhibition, and when meetings run long they cancel the exhibition or transmission of any other program until they end — a striking aspect of the programming grid of legislative TVs. Resolution 5.305 of 22 June 2007 formally created the Directorate of Radio and Television, detached from the Communication Directorate of the Legislative Assembly, a fact representative of a new phase in the channel's history, in which it is more characterized as a media outlet than as a press-office service. In Belo Horizonte, its programming is currently carried on cable channel 11 and on open television on analog channel 35 UHF and digital channel 61 UHF. Transmission is via satellite and can be received throughout the state of Minas Gerais through conventional VHF, UHF, cable or streaming, and also via parabolic antenna. The channel has won recognition including the Vladimir Herzog Award for TV documentary.

• Federal Law 8.977/95 is published, regulating cable television service in Brazil and enabling the creation of TV Assembleia.

• TV Assembleia enters operation, becoming the first legislative broadcaster in Brazil.

• The channel begins expanding its program grid, reaching 12 hours on air.

• The channel reaches the Brasilsat B3 satellite, allowing it to cover all regions of Minas Gerais.

• The channel undertakes broad electoral coverage of the Minas Gerais electoral process.

• The channel again provides broad coverage of the state electoral process.

• Resolution 5.305 formally creates the Directorate of Radio and Television, detached from the ALMG Communication Directorate.

Public, state-owned legislative broadcaster dedicated to transparency of the Legislative Branch and citizens' political education.

• Repórter Assembleia

  Newscast on parliamentary activities and the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais, shown Monday to Friday in two live editions plus reruns.

• Assembleia Debate

  Two to four guests discuss a topic in the presence of a moderator.

• Sala de Imprensa

  One guest discusses a topic with one or two journalists in the presence of a moderator.

• Via Justiça

  Program produced in partnership with the Association of Minas Gerais Magistrates (Amagis).

• Panorama

  Daily morning program hosted by a presenter with guests, covering topics on the Minas Gerais parliament's agenda.

• Mundo Político

  Daily evening program hosted by a presenter with guests, covering the Minas Gerais and national political agenda.

• Memória & Poder

  Collection of biographical testimonies recorded on video (Betacam SP format) held in the TV Assembleia archive; 131 interviews catalogued to date.

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