EPTV Ribeirão

EPTV Ribeirão (ZYB 860)
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil;
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF); Virtual: 7;
Programming
Affiliations	TV Globo
Ownership
Owner	Grupo EP; (Empresa Paulista de Televisão S/A);
History
First air date	November 12, 1980
Former names	TV Ribeirão (1980-1989)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 7 (VHF, 1980-2018); Digital:; 42 (UHF, 2009-2018);
Technical information
Licensing authority	ANATEL
Transmitter coordinates	21°09′10.8″S 47°49′48.8″W / 21.153000°S 47.830222°W
Links
Public license information	Profile
Website	redeglobo.globo.com/sp/eptv

EPTV Ribeirão (channel 7) is a television station in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, member of EPTV and owned by Grupo EP. EPTV Ribeirão's studios are located on Javari Street, in the Ipiranga district, and its transmitter is located in the Alto do Ipiranga district. The station received its construction permit alongside the head station in Campinas in the mid-1970s^[1] and started broadcasting in 1980.

Digital television

Channel	Video	Aspect	Programming
7.1	25 UHF	1080i	Main EPTV Ribeirão programming / TV Globo

EPTV Ribeirão started its transmissions in experimental character on January 27, 2009, over UHF channel 42. The official launching occurred only in October 1, during Jornal da EPTV, in the same date that EPTV celebrated 30 years of foundation.^[2]

Transition to digital signal

The station turned off its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on January 17, 2018, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. After switching off, EPTV Ribeirão changed its physical channel, from UHF 42 to 25.^[3]

References

^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1094-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ Redation (October 2, 2009). "EPTV de Ribeirão Preto estreia a transmissão com sinal digitalizado" [EPTV from Ribeirão Preto debuts transmission with digital signal]. Folha de S.Paulo. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
^ Redation (February 22, 2018). "TV digital: EPTV desliga o sinal analógico em 45 cidades da região de Ribeirão Preto" [Digital television: EPTV turns off the analog signal in 45 cities of the region of Ribeirão Preto]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

[tvfactbook-1] "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1094-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[2] Redation (October 2, 2009). "EPTV de Ribeirão Preto estreia a transmissão com sinal digitalizado" [EPTV from Ribeirão Preto debuts transmission with digital signal]. Folha de S.Paulo. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

[3] Redation (February 22, 2018). "TV digital: EPTV desliga o sinal analógico em 45 cidades da região de Ribeirão Preto" [Digital television: EPTV turns off the analog signal in 45 cities of the region of Ribeirão Preto]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

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