Globosat

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Globosat
Type Subsidiary of Organizações Globo
Industry Entertainment
Cable Television
Interactive Media
Founded 19 October 1991
Headquarters Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Employees 1,480
Parent Organizações Globo
Divisions Globo News
Telecine
GNT
Multishow
Canal Viva
SporTV
Megapix
+Globosat
Website canaisglobosat.globo.com

Globosat is a multichannel cable and satellite TV service in Brazil, created in 1991, after the creation of cable and satellite TV services. It has also operated a channel in Portugal, TV Globo Portugal, having earlier operated a similar channel, GNT Portugal, until 2006. Globosat belongs to Organizações Globo.

In 1993, Globosat split its content generation and distribution businesses. Cable TV sales and distribution were assigned to Net Brasil, which was also responsible for installing cable networks in selected cities. Nowadays Net Brasil is responsible for the cable network in those cities. Content production and programming remained with Globosat, renamed to Globosat Canais.

Today, with 29 channels and over 1,000 employees, Globosat leads the Brazilian Pay-TV market. Its audience comprises 45 million viewers distributed among more than 15 million households in the country. Globosat programmer is the largest pay TV in Latin America and market leader in Brazil.

Globosat networks

Current networks

The 33 channels:

  • Telecine Networks
    • Telecine Premium 1 (HD)
    • Telecine Action 1 (HD)
    • Telecine Touch 1 (HD)
    • Telecine Fun 1 (HD)
    • Telecine Pipoca 1 (HD)
    • Telecine Cult 1 (HD)
  • Megapix 1 (HD)
  • GNT (HD)

1 - Joint-venture with 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures.

2 - Joint-venture with Comcast/NBCUniversal-owned Universal Networks International. Half of the shares belongs to Organizações Globo.

3 - Joint-venture with a group of Brazilian filmmakers.

4 - Playboy do Brasil is a joint-venture created from the association between Globosat and Playboy TV Latin America.

Former networks

  • Shoptime (currently owned by Lojas Americanas, via its e-commerce division, B2W)  : home shopping
  • Premiere Filmes (pay-per-view) : new film releases
  • Canal Rural (formerly a joint-venture with Grupo RBS, later owned only by RBS, now part of J&F)  : agrochannel
  • Premiere Rural (pay-per-view) : rodeos and agrochannel

External links

Television
Broadcast television
International channels
  • TV Globo Internacional
  • TV Globo Portugal
Radio
  • Rádio Globo
  • BH FM
  • CBN
  • Beat 98
  • Globo FM
  • Rádio GNT
  • Multishow FM
Newspapers
  • O Globo
  • Extra
  • Expresso
  • Valor Econômico (50%)
Internet
  • Memória Globo
  • G1
  • GloboEsporte.com
  • EGO
  • Globo Vídeos
  • Blogger Brasil
  • Globo Teatro
Books and magazines
Record labels
Productions
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