Record TV

RecordTV (Portuguese: [ʁeˈkɔɾ teˈve]) is a Brazilian free-to-air commercial television network established on September 27, 1953 by the businessman and media personality Paulo Machado de Carvalho.

Its creation belongs to the television inauguration in Brazil, when Paulo Machado de Carvalho was interested by this media and wanted to expand its conglomerate (which was included several radio stations) to TV, which was the big news in the early 1950s. Paulo then filed a request to operate a television station in São Paulo, which was granted to him in November 1950,shortly after the pioneering TV Tupi came on air.

The formation of the national network began in the early 1990s, after the station was acquired by Edir Macedo, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God founder and leader.Since then, the channel began a major investment and a reconstruction phase that culminated in 2007,consolidating as the second largest TV network in Brazil in audience and billing until 2015, when it was exceeded by SBT. The position started to be played more intensively with the SBT from 2012, with both disputing tenth points and taking turns in the Ibope ranking.

Today, it is the third largest commercial television station in Brazil and the 28th largest in the world ranking of 2012. Record is also the oldest television station in activity in Brazil.