SKY Brasil

Sky Brasil
Industry Telecommunication
Predecessor DirecTV Brasil
Founded November 11, 1996
Founder Roberto Marinho
Headquarters Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil
Products Direct broadcast satellite Internet Banda Larga 4G
Owner DirecTV LLC(93%)
Organizações Globo (7%)
Website www.sky.com.br

SKY Brasil is a company that operates a subscription television service in Brazil. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. By 2014, 7% of the equity is owned and operated by Globo the remainder is owned by DirecTV.[1]

History

SKY Mexico was founded on 25 July 1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), News Corporation, Liberty Media and Grupo Televisa and was later launched on 15 December 1996. At the same time it was being set up in Brazil, where it involved BSkyB, News Corporation, Liberty Media and Organizações Globo. By May 2000, the company had extended throughout the rest of Latin America, launching in Central America, Argentina and Colombia but during Argentina's economic crisis, on 10 July 2002, with over 52,000 subscribers, Sky Argentina ceased all operations.[2]

During the course of the decade, most Sky operations in Latin America were rebranded to DirecTV, with the exception of the Mexican and Brazilian operations, that in 2005 absorbed the DirecTV keeping the Sky name.[3]

In May 2009, Sky Brazil launched its first 10 HDTV channels in 1080i resolution (with the exception of ESPN HD (today is ESPN+), which broadcasts in 720p). Currently, Sky Brazil has 57 channels in HDTV in total (note: Sex Zone HD is optional).[4]

In 2012, Sky Brazil has reached more than 5 million subscribers, ranking as second in number of subscribers in Brazil.[5]

Services

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sky Brazil: Who We Are
  2. ↑ Sky Argentina cesa operaciones el 10 de julio
  3. ↑ DirectTV se va de México
  4. ↑ Sky Channel List
  5. ↑ 5 milhões de obrigados.

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