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 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.
Other channels operated by SIC carried on satellite and cable TV in Portugal are:
- SIC Notícias, news channel;
- SIC Radical, general entertainment channel targeting a younger audience;
- SIC Mulher, general entertainment channel targeting a female audience;
- SIC K, general entertainment channel targeting kids;
- SIC Internacional, an international channel which broadcasts in Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Australia;
- SIC Caras, an entertainment channel primarily focused on celebrities.