Grupo Abril (simply also known as Abril) is a Brazilian

media conglomerate A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, amusement parks, or ...

headquartered in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

. The company is the holding company of

Editora Abril Editora Abril is a major Brazilian publisher and printing company and one of the biggest media holdings in Latin America. The company was founded in 1950 by Victor Civita in São Paulo and is now part of Grupo Abril. Overview Civita had initiall ...

, which publishes the weekly newsmagazine '' Veja.''

History and profile

Victor Civita Victor Civita (February 9, 1907 - August 24, 1990) was an Italian-born Brazilian journalist and publisher. His family emigrated from Italy to New York in 1938 following passage of the Race Law. In 1949 Civita relocated his family to Brazil, wh ...

, an Italian businessman, founded Editora Abril in 1950, which was the first publisher of Walt Disney comics in Brazil. He also published other comics and books. Gradually, he developed magazines for specific markets. In the 1960s, with his son, Roberto Civita, he expanded to publishing several market-specific magazines, such as ''Quatro Rodas'', ''Claudia'', and others. '' Veja,'' the weekly newsmagazine, was founded in 1968 and led by the younger Civita. Abril had several partnerships in the emerging Brazilian pay TV market during the 90s, including local franchises of American channels such as

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and

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

. The company also launched a cable TV provider service called

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(Televisão Abril), which by 1999 was considered one of the top two cable carriers in Brazil, along with Globocabo (

Grupo Globo Grupo Globo (), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo (), is a Brazilian privately held company, private entertainment and mass media conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by I ...

). With exception of

and TVA, all properties were sold at the beginning of the 2000s. In 2007, Fiz TV and Ideal channels were launched in an effort to return to the pay TV market, but the project was a failure and it was discontinued in 2009. Later in 2012,

was completely sold to

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, which changed its name to Vivo TV on April 15, 2012, which also included Telefônica TV Digital and Ajacto, which took over service with Telefónica Brasil and Abril discontinues MTVr in September 2012. The following year, the MTV brand returned to

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, and in late 2013 its broadcast network was sold to Grupo Spring, which publishes the Brazilian edition of ''

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''. Grupo Abril also is the owner of Fernando Chinaglia, the largest distributor of publications in

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(acquired in 2007). In addition to its media interests, the group has entered the education market with assets that produce many curriculum and instructional materials, including internet applications. Today, the group is chaired by Fábio Barbosa following the death of Roberto Civita on May 26, 2013.

Assets

Abril Mídia

Magazines

*'' Veja'' *''

Superinteressante ''Superinteressante'' (Portuguese for "super interesting"), or ''Super'', is a Brazilian science and culture magazine. ''Super'' employs simple language to explain complex topics to the general public. It is published monthly since September 1987 b ...

'' (Brazilian version of '' Muy Interesante'') *'' Mundo Estranho'' (Superinteressante spinoff) *''Aventuras na História'' (Superinteressante spinoff) *''Exame'' *'' Guia do Estudante'' * VIP *Placar *Capricho *''Quatro Rodas'' *''

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'' (Brazilian version of

Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan may refer to: Internationalism * World citizen, one who eschews traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship * Cosmopolitanism, the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community * Cosmopolitan ...

) *''Estilo de Vida'' (Brazilian version of

InStyle ''InStyle'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine founded in 1994. It was published in the United States by Dotdash Meredith, and started originally as a brand extension of ''People (magazine), People'' before carving out its own ide ...

) *''Elle'' *''Claudia'' *''Manequim'' *Boa Forma *Saúde! É Vital *Caras *Casa Claudia *Arquitetura & Construção *Minha Casa *

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*Vida Simples Abril website with all magazines published
retrieved in October 2012 (pt)

Out-of-home advertising

*Rede Elemídia

Abril Educação

Publishers

*Editora Ática

Teaching systems

* Sistema Anglo de Ensino *Ser Educacional *GEO *Sistema Farias Brito

Courses and colleges

*Anglo Vestibulares *Colégio pH *Alfacon Concursos *Colegio Sigma

English

*Red Balloon

New business

*Sistema de Ensino Técnico ETB *Ei Você *Edumobi *Alfacon - Preparatório para Concursos *Escola Satélite

Past assets

*MTV Brasil Ltda. (before named MTV Brasil, in 2005 change by enterprise Abril Radiodifusão or more in 2013 now, Spring Comunicação) *

MTV Brasil MTV Brasil was a Brazilian over-the-air television network owned by Grupo Abril focused on the youth and entertainment. The network was launched on 20 October 1990, as the first specialty television network to broadcast over-the-air, becoming ...

(was replaced after the business was returned to

in October 2013) * Listel (sold to

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, now part of Carvajal-owned Publicar) *Disney Channel (stake sold to

Disney Channel Brazil Disney Channel was a Brazilian children's pay television channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America and a localized version of the eponymous American cable channel. Launched on 5 April 2001, as a premium channel, it b ...

) * UOL (sold to the

Folha ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...

) *Abril Vídeo (closed in 1999, replaced with Brazilian subsidiaries of

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and

20th Century Studios Home Entertainment 20th Century Home Entertainment (previously known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC. and also known as 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) was a home video distribution arm that distributes films produced by 20th Century Stud ...

) *Abril Music (record label operated between 1998 and 2003, ceased operations due to competition from major record companies) *

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(a joint venture with the American cable network

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, currently Pramer-owned Film&Arts) * CMT Brasil (the Brazilian version of

Country Music Television Country Music Television, often abbreviated to CMT, is an American pay TV network that launched on March 5, 1983. It is currently owned by Paramount Global through the MTV Entertainment Group unit of its networks division. CMT was the first na ...

, a

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with the network closed in 2002) * Fiz (closed due to low carriage and viewership, concept lives on throug
Fiz na MTV
* BRZ (between 2012 and 2014) *

(between 1991 and 2012, unified for

, now Vivo TV) * IdealTV (Acquired by Grupo Spring in 2015)

Abril Vídeo

Abril Vídeo was Grupo Abril's home video division that distributed TV shows, videos and movies on VHS. It began operation on April 6, 1983 and closed in 1999. It distributed films from

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and

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...

on VHS for the Brazilian market.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Grupo Abril Privately held companies of Brazil Mass media companies of Brazil 1950 establishments in Brazil Mass media companies established in 1950 Brazilian companies established in 1950 Conglomerate companies of Brazil Conglomerate companies established in 1950 Family-owned companies of Brazil