Rede de Emissoras Independentes

1969-1989


Rede de Emissoras Independentes (REI) was a Brazilian television network inaugurated on September 14, 1969, succeeding the United Broadcasters Network. It was led by TV Record of São Paulo, along with TV Rio (between 1969 and 1972) and TVS (between 1976 and 1981), both from Rio de Janeiro. Unlike the traditional concept of television network, it consisted of selling tapes of programs produced by its network head for transmission in most of its affiliates, or retransmission via microwave in some of them.

Due to RecordTV sold to the leader of Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus in 1989. REI was definitely defunct.