possible 4. Outline of an initial plan and related charges 5. Economic study 6. List of work already carried out by ENR. Without suspending the activity of the Television Studies Group (while entering a new phase of activity, evolving naturally on the data set gathered), it was nevertheless necessary to wait 6 months for a decisive impulse given to the preliminary work for the installation of the national TV network: a Commission, appointed by Order, was responsible for coordinating and commenting on the studies carried out or to be carried out and defining the scenario in which future broadcasts should take place. This Commission was made up of: Brigadier Luís de Pina (former military attaché to the embassies in Washington and London), who presided over it; António Eça de Queirós; Engineer Manuel Bivar Dr. Stichini Vilela, for Emissora Nacional; Major Jorge Botelho Moniz, for the private radio stations; Engineer Carlos Ribeiro Dr. Fernando Elói, for the General Administration of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones. Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) was established on 15 December 1955 as the national television service, under Article 1 of Decree nº 40 341, as a government limited liability company, under the name of RTP - Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, SARL, with the minimum capital provided for by law, in the amount of 60 million escudos, divided into thirds that fell to the State, the private broadcasters and to the public - this part to be subscribed in shares of 1 000 escudos, for which several banking institutions immediately became responsible. The following radio stations had shares in RTP (values in thousands of escudos): Rádio Clube Português: 9 260 Rádio Renascença: 4 630 Emissores do Norte Reunidos: 2 310 Rádio Clube de Moçambique: 2 310 Emissores Associados de Lisboa: 1 400 Rádio Ribatejo: 30 Rádio Pólo Norte: 30 Posto Emissor de Radiodifusão do Funchal: 20 Rádio Clube de Angra: 20 Experimental broadcasts began on 4 September 1956 from the Feira Popular (an entertainment park) experimental studios in Lisbon. Twenty monitors were installed in the park, but crowds gathered in shops around the city. The broadcast was received within a range of about 20 km. Around 1,000 TV sets are sold within a month. The first broadcast was made in association with the O Século newspaper. Intense work was done in the two weeks leading up to the first experimental broadcast. On December 5, 1956, a contract was signed for the installation