Sociedade Independente de Comunicação
| Broadcast area | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Paço de Arcos, Oeiras, Lisbon |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Portuguese |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Impresa |
| Sister channels | SIC Notícias SIC Radical SIC Mulher SIC K SIC Caras SIC Novelas SIC Internacional SIC Internacional África SIC Turkey |
| History | |
| Launched | 6 October 1992 |
| Links | |
| Website | sic.pt |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TDT | Channel 3 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| SIC Online | https://sic.pt/direto |
SIC (acronym of full name Sociedade Independente de Comunicação) ("Independent Communication Society") is a Portuguese television network and media company, which runs several television channels. Their flagship channel is the eponymous SIC, the third terrestrial television station in Portugal, launched on 6 October 1992. SIC is owned by Grupo Impresa, a Portuguese media conglomerate. It is one of the two private free-to-air channels in Portugal, among the seven terrestrial free-to-air channels broadcasting from the country. It was the most-watched channel in Portugal from 1995 to 2005, and again from 2019 to 2023.