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RTP
Radio e Televisão de Portugal

[RTP flag]
image by António Martins, 06 May 2004

This company suffered a deep reshuffling in April 2004: It has a new name, Radio e Televisão de Portugal (formerly Radiotelevisão Portuguesa: old acronym thus kept), a new HQ building, it now incorporates the former state owned radio station R.D.P., and it has yet a new logo and flag. The flag is flown daily at the company HQ in Lisbon (along the national and European flags, and, unlike previously, also the municipal flag).
António Martins, 06 May 2004

Design

At http://noticias.rtp.pt/web/rtp_nova_imagem/intro.htm the logo is presented and there are multiple versions for download at http://noticias.rtp.pt/web/rtp_nova_imagem/holding/logotipos.htm. A detalied on line document in PDF format gives further details but it lacks any mention of the flag.
António Martins, 06 May 2004

The image above is therefore a reconstruction. The logo details are accurate, but its position and size, as well as the ratio of the flag, are just my guess. A white flag with the company logo on it, anyway. Colors are defined for PMS, CMYK and RGB:
~B–– PMS 2915CMYK:65-10-0-0RGB:50-180-255
~B+ PMS 2935CMYK:100-60-0-0RGB:0-70-175
~B+++ PMS 288CMYK:100-85-0-30RGB:0-30-100
The geometric construction is not given, but it is pretty obvious, set within an orthogonal grid defining rectangles and half circles.
António Martins, 06 May 2004

This new logo, like the previous one, is based on the original logo, a stylized antenna.
António Martins, 06 May 2004

I had always thought it was a stylized armillary sphere
João Madureira, 06 May 2004

Well, it is possible that the armilliary sphere was a factor the designer of the original RTP logo had into account when doing his job, but that’s only a possility. What’s certain is that it represented an antenna.
Jorge Candeias, 07 May 2004

Supporting this, I’ve found the following at the Meios & Publicidade Magazine website (in portuguese): «Modernizámos a antena» («We modernized the