TVCOM

TVCOM (acronym for TV Comunidade (Community TV)) was a Brazilian television station based in the Porto Alegre city, capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, and belonged to the Grupo RBS, a large regional conglomerate, responsible for the RBS TV network. It was established in 1995 with the purpose of being a community channel, and its programming was partially broadcast and fully broadcast on cable TV.

TVCOM
CountryBrazil
Broadcast areaGreater Porto Alegre
HeadquartersPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Programming
Language(s)Brazilian Portuguese
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerGrupo RBS
Sister channelsRBS TV Porto Alegre
History
Launched15 May 1995 (1995-05-15)
Closed23 November 2015 (2015-11-23)
Replaced byOCTO
Links
Websitetvcomrs.clicrbs.com.br
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog36 UHF (Porto Alegre)

The channel was extinguished in 2015 to make way for the OCTO project, which in turn was discontinued the following year due to low repercussions. The station also had a branch in the Florianópolis city, in the Santa Catarina state, which operated between 2000 and 2017.

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