Anatel’s priority is to serve municipalities that do not yet have a public and legislative TV signal
coordinated by and implemented in partnership with , registered, in March 2026, more than 1 million people with access to programming from the National Public Communication Network and the Legislative Network. The advance is the result of the inauguration of 5 new stations, located in the states of Ceará (Iguatu), Maranhão (Santa Inês and Bacabal), Sergipe (Lagarto) and Goiás (Mineiros).
These units were made possible through partnerships with IFCE (Federal Institute of Ceará), IFMA (Federal Institute of Maranhão), UFS (Federal University of Sergipe) and Unifimes (University Center of Mineiros). , advisor to Anatel, said that the result is the result of the agency’s concern in ensuring “diversity and pluralism in Brazilian communications”.
Trajectory
The program was officially established on May 27, 2024, by MCom Ordinance No. The 1st city covered was Sapezal (MT), in December 2025, followed by Assis Chateaubriand (PR), in January 2026. With deliveries made in March, there are 7 stations in total. They cover 42 municipalities and benefit 1.12 million people with free digital signal.
The difference of the Brasil Digital Program is the complete infrastructure, including the construction or adaptation of transmission stations with towers, antennas and cutting-edge digital transmitters. The multiprogramming model guarantees citizens a set of public channels, such as TV Brasil, Canal Gov, Education Channel, Health Channel, TV Camera e Senate TVin addition to broadcasts from state legislative assemblies and local municipal councils.
For the 1st half of 2026, Anatel’s goal is to implement stations in around 30 municipalities. They are being installed in 150 cities, with priority given to those that do not yet have a public and legislative TV signal.
This text was originally published by , on April 1, 2026. The content is free for republication, citing the source, and was adapted to the standard of Poder360.
