RTP

RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal) is Portugal's national public-service broadcaster, operating several television and radio channels plus a major news website. Bound by editorial-independence rules, it aims for broad, balanced coverage of national and international affairs, politics, sport and culture.

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RTP at a glance

Country: Portugal
Region: Southern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Public broadcaster
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1955
Ownership: A public broadcaster owned by the Portuguese state
Published from: Lisbon
Website: rtp.pt ↗
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How Crosswire groups RTP

Crosswire groups RTP as Centrist for comparisons within Portugal's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Portugal, Público is listed as Left-leaning, while Observador and Correio da Manhã are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open RTP beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where RTP sits in Portugal's press

RTP was founded in 1955, is published from Lisbon and is a public broadcaster owned by the Portuguese state. It is one of 7 outlets tracked in Portugal and the only public broadcaster tracked there. By outlets tracked, Portugal ranks eighth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 27 of the 59 public broadcasters in the directory. The nearest counterparts to RTP outside Portugal, starting with Southern Europe, are San Marino RTV (San Marino), BBC News (United Kingdom), RTÉ News (Ireland) and RÚV (Iceland). Opening one of them beside RTP is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.