Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian

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based in

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. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group in Latin America, and one of the world's largest

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s. Grupo Globo's assets comprises over-the-air broadcasting, television and film production, pay television subscription service, streaming media, publishing, and online services. Its main properties include the flagship television network TV Globo; pay television content unit Canais Globo, consisting of cable television networks such as GloboNews, GNT, Multishow, SporTV,

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, and the premium film network

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; film production company

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; radio operator Sistema Globo de Rádio; magazine and newspaper publishers,

Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. (Globo Editors) is a Brazilian publishing house, property of Fundação Roberto Marinho. It began as a bookstore called Livraria do Globo, created in Porto Alegre, in December 1883, by Laudelino Pinheiro de Barcellos and Satur ...

and Infoglobo; and the streaming service Globoplay. Grupo Globo also engages in

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activities through Globo Ventures, and is the primary supporter of the Roberto Marinho Foundation.

History

The company's first enterprise was the newspaper ''

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''. With its success, publishing in the late afternoon, Irineu Marinho decided to launch the morning daily ''

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'' in 1925. After his sudden death, just weeks after its launch, his son, Roberto Pisani Marinho, became the company's director. Working actively in the media business, Roberto Marinho decided to invest in other areas and launched Radio Globo in 1944. However, the company only became recognizable nationwide after the launching of Rede Globo (now known as TV Globo), the world's second-largest commercial TV network in 1965. The company is currently run by the sons of Roberto Marinho:

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, João Roberto Marinho and José Roberto Marinho. In May 2013, a study released by media agency

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showed Globo occupied the 17th place in a list of the top global media owners. It was the first time the company appeared on this ranking. This ranking remained in 2015, but in 2017 the company's fell to 19th place, and in June of the same year Grupo Globo signed a joint venture deal with

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Assets owned by Grupo Globo

Free-to-air television

* TV Globo * Futura * SATHD Regional (Claro TV+ DTH) **Globo ***18 affiliates ****Futura (Owner by Globo and SATHD Regional) ****GloboNews (Owner by Globo and SATHD Regional) ****Globo Americas (Owner by Globo and SATHD Regional)

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* Canais Globo (Company founded in 2020 incorporated into Globo) ** BIS ** Canal OFF ** Combate ** GloboNews **

** Gloobinho ** GNT ** Megapix ** Modo Viagem ** Multishow **

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** Rede Telecine *** Telecine Action *** Telecine Cult *** Telecine Fun *** Telecine Pipoca *** Telecine Premium *** Telecine Touch ** Sextreme ** Sexy Hot ** SporTV ** SporTV 2 ** SporTV 3 ** SporTV 4 ** SporTV 5 ** SporTV Plus ** Venus **

* NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with

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) ** Universal TV ** Studio Universal **

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** DreamWorks *

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* Globosat Comercialização de Conteúdos (G2C)

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* Sistema Globo de Rádio ** BH FM ** CBN ***5 affiliates ** Rádio Globo ** Sound!

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* Globo.com ** G1 ** Ge.globo ** Gshow

Books, newspapers and magazines

* Edições Globo Condé Nast * Infoglobo ** '' Extra'' ** ''

'' ** '' Valor Econômico''

Other companies

* Globoplay

Former properties

* Som Livre (Acquired by

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in April 2021) * SKY Brasil (

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acquired the 7% stake in Grupo Globo) * ZAP Viva Real Group (Acquired by OLX)

Corporate structure

* João Roberto Marinho (

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) *

(

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) * José Roberto Marinho (Vice president) * Jorge Nobrega (Member of the Board) * Alberto Pecegueiro (Member of the Board) * Paulo Marinho (Member of the Board) * Roberto Marinho Neto (Member of the Board) * Gabriela Marinho Gouvea (Member of Board)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Globo, Grupo Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Mass media companies of Brazil Privately held companies of Brazil Mass media companies established in 1925 1925 establishments in Brazil