Globosat

Canais Globo
Company type	Subsidiary of Grupo Globo
Industry	Entertainment; Cable Television; Interactive Media
Founded	19 October 1991
Founder	Joseph Wallach · Roberto Irineu Marinho · José Bonifácio Sobrinho
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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 na Tela; Gloob; Gloobinho
Website	canaisglobosat.globo.com

Canais Globo (previously called Globosat) 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.

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. On September 15, 2020, Globosat merged its operations with Rede Globo, following Grupo Globo's "Uma sola Globo" ("One Globo") restructuring; the merger made Globosat being renamed that day to Canais Globo.

Canais Globo's networks

Current networks

tvglobo (free-to-air)
Mais
Canal Brasil²
GNT
Gloob
Gloobinho
Multishow
Bis
Canal OFF

On Demand

Globoplay
Canais Globo app (formerly known as MUU and Globosat Play)
Canal OFF app
Combate
Premiere
Sexy Hot
Telecine

Adult content

Playboy TV
Sextreme
Sexy Hot
Venus

In association with Globo

*Operated by Grupo Globo's Fundação Roberto Marinho.

Films and Series

Rede Telecine
- Telecine Action
- Telecine Cult
- Telecine Fun
- Telecine Pipoca
- Telecine Premium
- Telecine Touch
Megapix

NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with Comcast/NBCUniversal)

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 a group of Brazilian filmmakers.

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 Universo 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 Investimentos) - 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
Philos TV

External links

Globosat (Portuguese)