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Resources & Information - TV & Radio Channels on Madeira
Television Channels

Due to Madeira's mountainous landscape, there is little scope for TV through standard rooftop aerials, and hence
there are very few channels available or with a signal strong enough to watch.

The TV service in Madeira, in the main provided by CaboTV, runs at several levels, the basic provides over 30
channels. The next level (2) uses a powerbox to receive at least 70 extra channels (largely at no extra charge),
and then there are the premium channels with a monthly charge. Not all the channels available are listed.

Those channels shown in larger print are partly or completely in the english language (where the word 'english'
is used, it refers to the language rather than the country of the programme origin).
News & Business
SIC Noticias - Portuguese News Channel (basic)
CNN  - American Channel 9 News (basic)
RTP Noticias - Portuguese News Channel (basic)
EuroNews  - European News Channel (level 2)
France 24  - French News Channel (level 2)
SKY News  - UK News Channel (level 2)
Al Jazeera  - Middle East News Channel (level 2)
Bloomberg - Business Channel (level 2)
CNBC  - Business Channel (basic)
BBC World – News Channel (basic)
Globovision – Spanish (basic)
General Categories
RTP1  - Portuguese (basic) *
RTP Madeira  - Madeiran (basic) *
RTP2  - Portuguese (basic) *
TVI  - Portuguese (basic) *
SIC – Portuguese (basic) *
Porto Canal  - Portuguese (level 2)
RTP África – Portuguese (level 2)
TVE International – Spanish (basic)  
TV Record – Portuguese (basic)
SAT-1 – German (level 2)
PRO 7 – German (level 2)
TV Galiza  - Spanish (level 2)
M6  - French (level 2)
Rai Uno – Italian (basic)
Rai Due  - Italian (level 2)
ZDF  - German (level 2)
ARD.de  - German (basic)
BBC Prime - British Series & Comedies (level 2)
RTL - German (level 2)  
TV5 – French (basic)
Children's TV
Panda – Portuguese (basic)
Nickelodeon – portuguese (level 2) **
Cartoon Network – english (level 2)  
Baby TV - portuguese (level 2)
Disney – english (premium)
Sport
SportTV1 - portuguese (premium) +
SportTV2 - portuguese (premium) +
Eurosport - portuguese (basic) +
ESPN Classic Sport - english (level 2)
Eurosportnews - english (level 2)
Sailing Channel - english (level 2)
Extreme Sports Channel - english (level 2)
Documentaries
Odisseia - portuguese (basic)
História - portuguese (basic)
Discovery Channel - portuguese (basic)
Discovery Science - english (level 2) **
Discovery Civilization - english (level 2) **
Discovery Turbo - english (level 2) **
Infinito - portuguese (basic)
National Geographic - portuguese (level 2)
Biography Channel - portuguese (basic)
Travel Channel - english (basic)
Arte - french (level 2)
Films
Lusomundo Premium - english films (premium)
Lusomundo Action - english films (premium)
Lusomundo Gallery - english films (premium)  
Lusomundo Happy - english films (premium)  
Hollywood   - english films (basic)
TCM - english films (level 2)
MOV - english films & series (level 2)
Music ++
MTV Portugal  (basic)
MTV2 - (level 2)
MTV Base - (level 2)
MTV Music - (level 2)
VH1 Classics - (level 2)
VH1 - (basic)
MCM - (level 2)
Mezzo - (level 2)
Entertainment & Series
FOX Life - english, films & series (level 2)
AXN - english, films & series (basic)
FOX  - english, films & series (level 2)
FOX Crime - english, series  
FX - english, series
SIC Radical - portuguese (basic) **
SIC Mulher - portuguese (basic) **
People + Arts - portuguese (basic) **  
RTP Memória - portuguese (basic)
Zone Reality - english (level 2)
Fashion TV - english (level 2)
* Show modern films in english and / or some series, otherwise mostly portuguese
** Substantial english content, with portuguese subtitles
+ Portuguese, but large content of english, spanish, italian & other football and other sports
++ The music channels are generally a mixture of english and portuguese language, but the  
    music is mostly english & american, on all channels)
Radio
Due to the mountainous terrain of Madeira, outside of Funchal normally only 2 radio station
signals are strong enough to pick up clearly, Antena 1 & Antena 3, both in portuguese.
Although there are more with a short wave radio. However, there are over 20 other
portuguese radio stations that can be picked up through the CaboTV powerbox, many
playing english and american music around the clock.
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