Ideal TV

Ideal TV
TypeBroadcast television network
Former pay television channel
Country
First air date
1 October 2007
AvailabilityNationwide, via free-to-air television and direct-to-home services.
Founded1 October 2007
by Grupo Abril
HeadquartersAv. Prof. Alfonso Bovero, 52 – Sumaré, São Paulo
OwnerJosé Roberto Garcia
Paulo Sérgio Garcia
ParentID TV S.A.
(Legal name of the television network)
Key people
Plínio Shiguematsu
(Chairman)
Launch date
1 October 2007 (as a pay TV channel)
1 October 2013 (relaunch, replacing MTV Brasil)
28 November 2021 (relaunch, replacing Loading)
DissolvedJune 30, 2009
(first iteration)
Former names
MTV Brasil, Ideal TV, Loading
Channel 11
Channel 227 (DTH)
Channel 19/27 (cable)
Channel 20/31
Channel 174/370
GroupAbril Radiodifusão (Grupo Abril; 2007-2009; 2013-2015)
Spring Comunicação (2013-2017)
Official website
idealtv.com.br
ReplacedMTV Brasil (2013 relaunch)
Loading (2021 relaunch)
Replaced byLoading (except on analog satellite television)

Ideal TV (also called the TV Ideal or just IDTV) is a Brazilian television network based in São Paulo, the capital of the homonymous state. Opera on channel 32 (31 UHF digital) and belongs to Loading Entertainment Media, a startup owned by the Kalunga group, which also includes Loading.