Grupo Abril
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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...
ian media conglomerate
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...
with its headquarter in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. The group is the holding company of Editora Abril
Editora Abril
Editora Abril is a major Brazilian publisher and printing company and one of the biggest media holdings in Southern America. The company was founded in 1950 by Victor Civita in São Paulo and is now part of Grupo Abril....
, who publishes the weekly newsmagazine Veja
Veja (magazine)
Veja is a Brazilian weekly newsmagazine published in São Paulo and distributed throughout the country by the media conglomerate Grupo Abril. It is the leading weekly publication in the country, and one of the most influential outlets of the Brazilian press...
.
The Group has a partnership
Partnership
A partnership is an arrangement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.Since humans are social beings, partnerships between individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments, and varied combinations thereof, have always been and remain commonplace...
with Brazilian TV-channel HBO Brasil, Cinemax
Cinemax
Cinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a...
, Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)
Sony Entertainment Television, commonly shortened to Canal Sony , is a general entertainment channel co-based in Perú, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and Miami, Florida, United States. It airs in 26 countries in Latin America, and is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment...
, Warner Channel
Warner Channel
Warner Channel is a Latin American and Asian cable television channel owned by Time Warner's HBO Asia/HBO Latin America Group Warner Channel (commonly shortened to WBTV, but not to be confused with the WB Television Network or Charlotte, North Carolina station WBTV, and currently referred to in...
), ESPN Brasi, Brazil Bravo, Eurochannel
Eurochannel
Eurochannel is a world television channel focused on European culture and lifestyle throughout movies, series and other programs dedicated to European culture...
, Country Music Television
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
and MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil is the Brazilian version of MTV, owned by Abril Mídia, the nation's largest magazine publisher, under license from Viacom - owned MTV Networks Latin AmericaMTV Brasil is one of two versions of MTV available in free-to-air terrestrial television...
(a joint venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
with the American conglomerate Viacom
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
), but currently holds only the MTV Brazil, the Fiz and the Ideal. Moreover, the group was the pioneer in Pay television in Brazil, launching the TVA, and now also sells wide-band access to the Internet by Ajato. It was also the first company to launch a digital TV service via satellite, TVA
Televisão Abril
TVA - Televisão Abril is a Brazilian subscription television operator, working with Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service analog system, analog cable and digital cable...
Digisat, which was replaced by DIRECTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
later.
The group startet with Editora Abril in 1950, founded by Victor Civita
Victor Civita
Victor Civita was an American businessman, journalist and naturalized Brazilian...
. Today the group is chaired by his son Roberto Civita.
On 11 October 2007, Grupo Abril acquired Fernando Chinaglia Distribuidora, which is now the largest distributor of publications 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...
.
Magazines
- VejaVeja (magazine)Veja is a Brazilian weekly newsmagazine published in São Paulo and distributed throughout the country by the media conglomerate Grupo Abril. It is the leading weekly publication in the country, and one of the most influential outlets of the Brazilian press...
- SuperinteressanteSuperinteressanteThe Superinteressante is a Brazilian scientific and cultural magazine, known by its simple language focusing on the general public. Its name is equivalent to "Super-Interesting", in English...
(Brazilian version of Muy InteresanteMuy InteresanteMuy Interesante is a monthly popular science magazine which deals with fun facts and current events, such as the development of nanotechnology, new investigations and inventions, and world affairs...
) - Mundo EstranhoMundo EstranhoMundo Estranho is a curiosities and diversities' magazine, very popular with Brazilian teenagers and it is the country's most popular magazine of its type...
(Superinteressante spinoff) - Aventuras na História (Superinteressante spinoff)
- Exame
- Você S.A. (Exame spinoff)
- Info ExameInfo ExameInfo Exame is a high-popular Brazilian technology magazine. Its name was Exame Informática formerly, a reference to its creation as the technology supplement for Exame, a business magazine...
- VIPVIP (magazine)VIP is both the title of a magazine and a publishing group owned by the Irish publisher Michael O'Doherty. It was launched in 1999, the second of O'Doherty's business ventures with his friend and business partner John Ryan, following Magill and before TV Now...
- Playboy (Brazilian version)
- Men's HealthMen's Health (magazine)Men's Health , published by Rodale Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, United States, is the world’s largest men’s magazine brand, with 44 editions around the world. It is also the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands. It covers fitness, nutrition, sexuality, lifestyle and other aspects of...
(Brazilian version) - Women's HealthWomen's Health (magazine)Women's Health, published by Rodale in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is a magazine focusing on health, nutrition, fitness, sex, and lifestyle. It's published 10 times a year in the United States and has a circulation of 1.5 million readers...
(Brazilian version) - PlacarPlacarPlacar is a monthly Brazilian sports magazine. Its first edition was issued on March 20, 1970, and since then the it has become the most successful sports publication in Brazil, even though it focuses fully on football . It is published by Grupo Abril....
- Capricho
- Quatro Rodas
- Nova (Brazilian version of CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
) - Estilo de Vida (Brazilian version of InStyle)
- Elle
- Claudia
- Manequim
- Boa Forma
- Saúde! É Vital
- National Geographic (Brazilian version)
- Viva! Mais
- Ti Ti Ti
- Contigo!
- Caras
- Minha Novela
- Sou + Eu!
- Casa Claudia
- Arquitetura & Construção
- Minha Casa
- RecreioRecreioRecreio is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
- Vida Simples
- Bravo!
- Runner's WorldRunner's WorldRunner's World is a globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all skills sets, published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
(Brazilian version) - Alfa
- Lola
Abril Educação
- Editora Ática
- Editora Scipione
- Anglo Vestibulares
- Anglo Sistema de Ensino
- Colégio e Curso pH
- SIGA Concursos
- Sistema de Ensino SER
Past assets
- ESPN BrasilESPN BrasilESPN Brasil is a Brazilian cable television network. Launched in June 1995 through a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Grupo Abril's television arm TVA, ESPN Brasil was the first country-specific version of ESPN outside the United States. Today, the network has 12.2 million subscribers...
(stake sold to ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
) - Listel (sold to BellSouthBellSouthBellSouth Corporation is an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth was one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies after the U.S...
, now part of Carvajal-owned PublicarPublicarPublicar is a division of Carvajal that publishes and distributes telephone directories free of charge in Colombia.PubliCar is also name of Demand Responsible Trasport in Schweiz...
) - HBO Brasil (stake sold to HBO Latin America)
- Brasil Online (merged with UOLUniverso OnlineUOL once known as Universo Online, is a Brazilian online service provider and internet service provider. It is the leader in Latin America and the homepage portal is the biggest in the Portuguese speaking world.UOL is currently ranked at Alexa TOP 100...
) - UOLUniverso OnlineUOL once known as Universo Online, is a Brazilian online service provider and internet service provider. It is the leader in Latin America and the homepage portal is the biggest in the Portuguese speaking world.UOL is currently ranked at Alexa TOP 100...
(stake sold to Grupo FolhaGrupo FolhaThe Grupo Folha is a Brazilian conglomerate of publishing companies, including newspapers, publishing houses, print shops and so on...
) - Abril Vídeo (closed in 1999, replaced with subsidiaries of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment20th Century Fox Home Entertainment20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio. It was established in 1976 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video and FoxVideo, Inc....
) - Bravo Brasil (a joint ventureJoint ventureA joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
with the American cable network Bravo. Currently Pramer-owned Film&Arts - CMT BrasilCMT BrasilCMT Brasil is a defunct Brazilian cable network owned by Viacom and Grupo Abril. The network shut down in 2002....
(the Brazilian version of Country Music TelevisionCountry Music TelevisionCountry Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
, a joint ventureJoint ventureA joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
with Gaylord Entertainment CompanyGaylord Entertainment CompanyThe Gaylord Entertainment Company operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies that were built by Edward Gaylord. It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company, which is owned by the Gaylord family and publishes the Daily Oklahoman newspaper...
, the network closed in 2002) - Fiz (closed due to low carriage and viewership, concept lives through Fiz na MTV)
- Ideal (closed due to low carriage and viewership)