Globosat, was a Brazilian

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...

content service, part of

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 ...

. Established in 1991, after the

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of subscription television services in

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, with 29 channels and over 1,000 employees, it is the largest pay television content provider in

, as well as of

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, comprising a domestic audience of 45 million viewers distributed among more than 15 million households.

History

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 NET may refer to: Broadcast media United States * National Educational Television, the predecessor of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States * National Empowerment Television, a politically conservative cable TV network ...

is responsible for the cable network in those cities. Content production and programming remained with Globosat, renamed to Canais Globosat. It has also operated a channel in Portugal, TV Globo Portugal, having earlier operated a similar channel, GNT Portugal, until 2006. On September 15, 2020, Globosat merged its operations with

Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ...

, following Grupo Globo's "Uma só Globo" ("One Globo") restructuring; the merger made Globosat being renamed that day to Canais Globo.

Canais Globo's networks

Current networks

TV Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto M ...

(free-to-air) ** Globo HD * Modo Viagem * Canal Brasil² *

GNT GNT is a Brazilian pay television channel. Originally launched as GNT: Globosat News Television, a news and information network. With the launch of GloboNews, in 1996, the GNT acronym became meaningless, and the channel was focused on documentar ...

Gloob Gloob (Portuguese language, Portuguese pronunciation: "Glubi"), also known as Mundo Gloob, is a Brazilian pay television children's Television channel, channel that was launched on 15 June 2012, aimed at children 6 to 12 years old. Owned, operat ...

Gloobinho Gloobinho is a Brazilian pay television preschool channel owned by Globo, a Grupo Globo company that in 2020 unified TV Globo, Globo.com, DGCorp (Corporate Management Board) and Globosat (now called Canals Globo). It is Gloob's preschool versio ...

Multishow Multishow is an entertainment channel owned by Canais Globo, Grupo Globo's cable and satellite television channel operator. It was launched in 1991, as one of the company's first four channels (with Telecine, Top Sport – now SporTV – and GNT ...

* Bis * Canal OFF ;Streaming *

Globoplay Globoplay is a Brazilian subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Grupo Globo. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Estúdios Globo with the service also hosting content from ot ...

* Canais Globo app (formerly known as MUU and Globosat Play, will defunct soon) * Combate app * Premiere app * Sexy Hot ;Adult content *

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* Sextreme *

Sexy Hot Globosat, was a Brazilian pay television content service, part of Grupo Globo. Established in 1991, after the creation of subscription television services in Brazil, with 29 channels and over 1,000 employees, it is the largest pay television ...

* Venus ;In association with Globo *

Canal Viva Globoplay Novelas is a Brazilian pay television channel owned by the Canais Globo unit of Grupo Globo. The channel was originally launched on May 18, 2010 as Canal Viva (or simply Viva), and featured miniseries, dubbed films, telenovelas, te ...

Globo News GloboNews is a Brazilian news-based pay television channel, owned by Canais Globo, a division of Grupo Globo. History GloboNews launched in 1996. In the previous year, Alice-Maria Reiniger had been invited to return to Sky Brasil, where she had ...

* Globo Internacional *

Canal Futura Canal Futura (''Futura Channel''), also known as Futura, is a Brazilian paid educational television channel. It is owned by Fundação Roberto Marinho, the philanthropy branch of Grupo Globo, operated by Globo and was founded on September 22, 1997 ...

* *Operated by Fundação Roberto Marinho. ;Films and Series *

Rede Telecine Telecine is a Brazilian premium television network owned by Globo, a division of Grupo Globo. Until 2024, the company was co-owned by Hollywood studios. The network consists of six channels, airing primarily theatrically released motion ...

** Telecine HD ** Telecine Action ** Telecine Cult ** Telecine Fun ** Telecine Pipoca ** Telecine Premium ** Telecine Touch * Megapix * NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with

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) **

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** Syfy ;Sports *

SporTV SporTV is a Brazilian pay television sports network owned by Canais Globo, part of Grupo Globo, launched in 1991. It is the most watched sports network in Brazil. On 18 January 2013, were launched High-definition simulcasts of SporTV and ...

* SporTV 2 * SporTV 3 * SporTV 4 * SporTV 5 * SporTV+ * Combate *

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* PFC Internacional ¹ -

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with

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and

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. 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 Shoptime is a Brazilian home shopping channel, currently owned by B2W Digital. The channel was founded on November 6, 1995. It is the most-watched shopping channel in Brazil. Ciro Bottini is a key-person in the channel, one of the longest-lastin ...

(currently owned by Americanas) -

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* Premiere Filmes (pay-per-view) new

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releases * Canal Rural (formerly a joint-venture with

Grupo RBS Grupo RBS is a Brazilian media conglomerate founded on August 31, 1957, by Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho. One of Brazil's largest communication groups, it is also the largest affiliated with TV Globo. The media group is made up of radio and televi ...

, later owned only by RBS, now part of J&F Investimentos) - agrochannel * Premiere Rural (pay-per-view) rodeos and agrochannel * 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 * Telecine app

External links

* {{VOD services Mass media companies of Brazil Television networks in Brazil Grupo Globo subsidiaries Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Mass media companies established in 1991 Brazilian companies established in 1991 2020 mergers and acquisitions Brazilian brands