Record Europa is a Portuguese pay television channel owned by Record, a Brazilian television network. Its programming is mostly taken from the Brazilian network. It provides general entertainment, telenovelas, Brazilian reality TV shows, and news. The channel also produces a limited amount of local content. Similar to what happens in Brazil, Record's main competitor is Globo. Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus religious programming is transmitted at late nights.
Much like non-Brazilian stations using the RecordTV branding, the channel isn't directly owned by Grupo Record, but rather by Aion Future Holding, a figurehead company registered in Portugal set up by Edir Macedo.[1]
History
Rede Record has been operating in Portugal since at least 2000 through Record Internacional. On 3 October 2003 a separate company for Europe was set up (Rede Record de Televisão - Europa Ltda) with Edir's Rádio e Televisão Record controlling 99.98% of the shares. By February 2004, work for the Lisbon subsidiary was already underway, with the channel being available to subscription television operators in Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The aim of the company was to amp up distribution and advertising and subscriber revenue in European markets.[2]