InterTV Serra+Mar (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil affiliated with TV Globo. The station is owned by Rede InterTV.
History
The license for VHF channel 12 in Nova Friburgo was granted, after public competition, by president José Sarney on June 23, 1988, to a company formed by senator Cláudio Chagas Freitas (son of former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Chagas Freitas) together with Hélio Paulo Ferraz, Carlos Eduardo Coelho Magalhães and Antônio Carlos Assis Brasil.[1]
The TV Serra+Mar went on air on May 1, 1990. The first week on the air saw the start of the local edition of RJTV, presented by Ana Lucia Morais. Programs were produced as the magazine SM TV and SM Rural. Another product of the station was the site ISerramar.com, disabled in 2004. Between 1996 and 2004, the TV Serra+Mar was the relay in the northwest of Rio de Janeiro, with a branch in Itaperuna.[2]