TV Delta (channel 2) is a TV Brasil-affiliated television station licensed to Parnaíba, a city in northern Piauí. The station is owned by Fundação Antares, also owner of TV Antares in Teresina.
History TV Delta was established in 1992 as TV Educativa de Parnaíba;Benigno Núñez Novo, A história da imprensa no Piauí, JusBrasil, 31 August 2019, retrieved 7 September 2026 the launch coincided with TV Piauí (as Fundação Antares was then called) assisted in its construction permit.Diego Lopes da Silva Alves, Um esboço da História da Televisão pública do Piauí, Revista FSA, 2011, retrieved 7 September 2026 In the late 90s, the station suffered financial problems and went silent.Teófilo Lima é o novo diretor da TV, Jornal da Parnaíba, 2 February 2013, retrieved 7 September 2026
The station resumed operations on 2 June 2006 under the new name TV Delta, shortly before TV Antares resumed its operations.Mary Sandra Landim Pinheiro, A TV Antares e o processo de construção do modelo de TV Pública no Brasil, Federal University of Piauí, 2017, retrieved 7 September 2026
On 9 January 2019, TV Delta fell silent again due to the shutdown of analog television in Parnaíba and environs. TV Delta was due to receive digital equipment in 2018, when its parent station TV Antares in Teresina was scheduled to make its digital tests.TV Antares vai adiquirir equipamentos para transmitir sinal digital, Piauí Hoje, 9 February 2018, retrieved 7 September 2026 When Antares started digital broadcasts on 17 December 2018, just before the Parnaíba deadline, the foundation was waiting for a financial greenlight.Inaugurada digitalização da TV Antares, Direito Hoje, 17 December 2018, retrieved 7 September 2026 Since the station could not convert to digital on time, the station fired 13 staff on the shutdown date. The agreement initially stipulated that the sacked staff would continue working until the start of digital broadcasts.TV Delta de Parnaíba demitirá 13 funcionários, Jornal da Parnaíba, 9 January 2019, retrieved 7 September 2026 TV Delta started broadcasting its digital service only in 2022 on virtual channel 2.1; 2.2 is used since at least November 2022 to carry a simulcast of Rádio Antares from Teresina.Parnaíba, Line-UP, retrieved 7 September 2026
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