In 1969, the Portuguese government is forced to recognize the urgence and need of the establishment of television services, in favor of the regime, at the short term.

In 1972, there was also a proposal for TVA (which started in 1974) which failed, as the government had favored a television station set up by RTP.

[1] Television, however, was seen as a taboo topic by the Portuguese colonialism of the time, in the sense that it boycotted, in every way, the need for the Angolan people to inform and educate.

[2] It was founded on June 27, 1973, under the official designation of Radiotelevisão Portuguesa de Angola by the Portuguese colonial government authorities.

[3] The first terrestrial television signal was launched on October 18, 1975, in Luanda, a few weeks short of Angola's independence.

[1] Less than a year after the official launch and the country's independence, the company was nationalized and changed its name to Televisão Popular de Angola on June 25, 1976, by the new MPLA government.

The strategic expansion of the network corresponded to the provinces where UNITA had more presence and the civil war of the time had far more destructive power.

Currently, the so-called "national mother tongues" have a special focus on news, of which there is a dedicated block on the main generalist channel.

On December 13, 1994, TPA set up TVC (Televisão Comercial de Angola) to administer advertising slots.

[1] It was restructured in late January 2008, bringing new graphics, and a new programming grid, which remained on air until December 31, 2017.

TPA Notícias is a channel for the exhibition of 24/7 news blocks, and also opinion debates, public utility information, documentaries or reports, etc.