Globosat
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| Subsidiary of Grupo Globo | |
| Industry |
Entertainment Cable Television Interactive Media |
| Founded | 19 October 1991 |
| Headquarters | Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
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Number of employees
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1,480 |
| Parent | Grupo 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 Grupo 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.
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.
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