Futura is more than simply a TV channel. It is an ally in the efforts to build a better life. Set up in 1997, it today airs its programs to 60 million peoples, who watch it either by parabolic antennae, cable TV or open access television. Its programs are used by around 12 thousand institutions, including schools, childcare-centres, prisons, hospitals, NGOs and companies, where 2 million people get access to the programming. Its concrete contribution occurs when the public establishes partnerships to promote improvements in their day-to-day lives.