Globosat
Encyclopedia
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 16.5 million viewers distributed among more than 4.8 million households in the country. Globosat programmer is the largest pay TV
in Latin America
and market leader in Brazil
.
1 - It is a joint-venture with 20th Century Fox
, Universal Studios
, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
, Paramount Pictures
and Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.
2 - It is a joint-venture with NBCUniversal-owned Universal Networks International. Half of the shares belongs to Organizações Globo.
3 - Playboy do Brasil is a joint-venture created from the association between Globosat and Playboy TV Latin America.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, created in 1991, after the creation of cable and satellite TV services. It has also operated a channel in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, TV Globo Portugal, having earlier operated a similar channel, GNT Portugal, until 2006. Globosat belongs to Organizações Globo
Organizações Globo
Organizações Globo is the largest media conglomerate of South America, founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1925 by Irineu Marinho. It also owns companies on the food industry and the real estate and financial markets....
.
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
Net Serviços de Comunicação S/A
NET is the largest cable television operator in Latin America. The company's Net service had around 23.5 million subscribers as of June 2009...
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 16.5 million viewers distributed among more than 4.8 million households in the country. Globosat programmer is the largest pay TV
Pay TV
Pay television, premium television, or premium channels refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and internet television...
in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and market leader in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
Current networks
The 29 channels:- Canal FuturaFuturaFutura may refer to:* Futura International Airways* Futura * Futura * Aprilia Futura, a motorcycle* Lincoln Futura, a Ford concept car* Futura a product of Hawkins Cookers Limited* Futura 2000, a graffiti artist...
- Canal VivaCanal VivaViva is a Globosat channel. It was inaugurated on May 18, 2010, and belongs to the lineup of pay TV operators NET, SKY and Via Embratel. The channel features programs from Rede Globo and the pay channel GNT on alternative schedules....
- Globosat HD
- Globo NewsGlobo NewsGlobo News is the news television channel of Organizações Globo, which is the first 24-hour news channel on Brazilian television. It belongs to the group of pay-TV channels Globosat....
- SporTVSporTVSporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...
- SporTV2SporTVSporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...
- SporTV3SporTVSporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...
- SporTV HDSporTVSporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...
- Telecine NetworksRede TelecineRede Telecine are six premium television channels in Brazil, jointly owned by Globosat, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, MGM and DreamWorks.-Telecine Premium:...
- Telecine Premium HD 1
- Telecine Pipoca HD 1
- Telecine Action HD 1
- Telecine Touch HD 1
- Telecine Fun HD 1
- Telecine Premium 1
- Telecine Action 1
- Telecine Touch 1
- Telecine Fun 1
- Telecine Pipoca 1
- Telecine Cult 1
- Megapix
- Megapix HD
- GNTGNTThis article is about a Brazilian TV channel. For other uses, see Gnt .GNT is a Brazilian cable/satellite television channel. Originally launched as GNT: Globosat News Television, a news and information network. With the launch of Globo News, in 1996, the GNT acronym became meaningless, and the...
- MultishowMultishowMultishow is an entertainment channel owned by Globosat, Organizações Globo's cable and satellite television channel operator. It was launched in 1991, as one of the company's first four channels ....
- Multishow HD
- Universal ChannelUniversal ChannelUniversal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by Universal Networks International, a division of NBCUniversal and available on satellite and cable platforms...
2 - Canal Brasil
- PFCPFC- Science :*Perfluorinated compounds, a class of organofluorine compounds that have all hydrogen replaced with fluorine*Perfluorocarbons, fluorocarbon compounds derived from hydrocarbons...
- PFC Internacional
- Combate
- Sexy Hot 3
- For Man 3
- Playboy do Brasil 3
- Playboy TVPlayboy TVPlayboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
3 - VenusVenusVenus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
3 - Private 3
- Playboy TV Movies 3
- Playboy TV
1 - It is a joint-venture with 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
, Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
, Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.
2 - It is a joint-venture with NBCUniversal-owned Universal Networks International. Half of the shares belongs to Organizações Globo.
3 - Playboy do Brasil is a joint-venture created from the association between Globosat and Playboy TV Latin America.
Former networks
- Shoptime (currently owned by Americanas.comLojas AmericanasLojas Americanas is a Brazilian retail chain founded in 1929 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, by Austrian Max Landesmann and Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger...
) : home shopping - Premiere Filmes (pay-per-view) : new filmFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
releases - Canal Rural (formely a joint-venture with Grupo RBSGrupo RBSThe Grupo RBS is a regional media group which operates in southern Brazil, specifically in Rio Grande do Sul , Santa Catarina and in some regions of Paraná...
, currently owned only by RBS) : agrochannel - Premiere Rural (pay-per-view) : rodeos and agrochannel
External links
- Globosat (Portuguese)