TV Cultura

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TV Cultura

Country	Brazil
Affiliates	See List of TV Cultura affiliates
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner	Diários Associados (1960–1969) Fundação Padre Anchieta (since 1969)
History
Launched	20 September 1960; 64 years ago (1960-09-20) (original) 15 June 1969; 55 years ago (1969-06-15) (relaunch)
Former names	C2 Cultura (1960-1969) TV2 Cultura (1969-1979) Rádio e Televisão Cultura (RTC) (1979-1987) Rede Cultura (1993-2002)
Links
Website	www.tvcultura.com.br
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	24 UHF (São Paulo)

TV Cultura or simply Cultura, is a free Brazilian non-commercial public television network headquartered in São Paulo and a part of Father Anchieta Foundation, a non-profit foundation funded by the São Paulo State Government. It focuses on educational and cultural subjects but also has sports as entertainment options.

According to research by the BBC and the British institute Populus, published in 2015, TV Cultura is the second highest quality channel in the world, behind only BBC One.^[1][2]