Globosat
Globosat Channels is a pay television service in Brazil, created in 1991, after the creation of subscription television 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 Grupo Globo.
Subsidiary of Grupo Globo | |
Industry | Entertainment Cable Television Interactive Media |
Founded | 19 October 1991 |
Founder | Joseph Wallach · Roberto Irineu Marinho · José Bonifácio Sobrinho |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Brazil |
Key people | Alberto Pecegueiro (CEO) |
Number of employees | 1,480 |
Parent | Grupo Globo |
Divisions | Globo News Telecine GNT Multishow Canal Viva SporTV Megapix Mais Globosat Gloob Gloobinho |
Website | canaisglobosat |
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 is responsible for the cable network in those cities. Content production and programming remained with Globosat, renamed to Canais Globosat.
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
- On Demand
- Globoplay
- Globosat Play (formerly known as MUU)
- Canal OFF
- Combate
- Philos TV
- Premiere
- Sexy Hot
- Telecine
- Adult content
- Playboy TV
- Sextreme
- Sexy Hot
- Venus
- Association with TV Globo
- Canal Viva
- Globo News
- Globo Internacional
- Canal Futura
- Films and Series
- Rede Telecine
- Telecine Action
- Telecine Cult
- Telecine Fun
- Telecine Pipoca
- Telecine Premium
- Telecine Touch
- Megapix
- Universal TV
- Studio Universal
- Syfy
- Sports
- SporTV
- SporTV 2
- SporTV 3
- Combate
- Premiere
- PFC Internacional
1 - Joint-venture with Disney, 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
- Telecine HD - (premium channel) - movies in high definition
- Private (joint-venture with Playboy do Brasil) - adult content
- ForMan (joint-venture with Playboy do Brasil) - adult content
- +Bis (on demand)
- Telecine Zone (on demand)
- Receitas GNT (on demand)
- Sexy Hot 360° (on demand)
- Big Brother Brasil Play
- Bis Play
- Canal Brasil Play
- Canal OFF Play
- Globo News Play
- Gloob Play
- Gloobinho Play
- GNT Play
- Mais Globosat Play
- Megapix Play
- Multishow Play
- SporTV Play
- Studio Universal Play
- Syfy Play
- Universal TV Play
- Viva Play
External links
- Globosat (Portuguese)