Rede de Emissoras Independentes (in English: Network of Independent Broadcasters) or REI, was a Brazilian television network founded in 1969, as successor to the "Emissoras Unidas". Inaugurated on September 14, 1969, it was a network initially led by TV Record (São Paulo), TV Rio (Rio de Janeiro) and TV Alvorada (Brasília); in 1975, the network was dissolved.
History
The Rede de Emissoras Independentes (Network of Independent Broadcasters) was inaugurated around September 1969 to guarantee the transmission to ten states of the programs of TV Record in São Paulo, which at the time had inaugurated a new transmission tower with great power and reach[1] and to compete with Rede Globo and the Rede de Emissoras Associadas for leadership in the national audience.[2]
One of the first events broadcast by REI was the 5th Festival de Música Popular Brasileira (Brazilian Popular Music Festival),