Grupo Globo (), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo (), is a Brazilian

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and

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conglomerate based in

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

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 ...

s. Grupo Globo's assets comprises of over-the-air broadcasting, television and film production, pay television subscription service, streaming media, publishing, and online services. Its main properties include media company , consiting of the flagship television network

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 ...

; the streaming service

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 ...

, pay television content unit

Canais Globo 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 ...

, consisting of cable television networks such as

GloboNews 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 ha ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

, Viva,

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 ...

, and the premium film network

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; film production company

Globo Filmes Globo Filmes is a Brazilian motion picture production company owned by Grupo Globo. History It was founded in 1998 by Roberto Marinho. The films produced or co-produced by the company frequently obtain more than 90% of box office revenue in t ...

; radio operator

Sistema Globo de Rádio Sistema Globo de Rádio (in English: Globo Radio System), or SGR, is a Brazilian media group owned by Grupo Globo that began with the inauguration of Rádio Globo in 1944, and today it has control of several other radios from different parts of ...

and magazine and newspaper publisher,

Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. is a Brazilian publishing house, property of :pt:Fundação Roberto Marinho, Fundação Roberto Marinho. It began as a bookstore called Livraria do Globo, created in Porto Alegre, in December 1883, by Laudelino Pinheiro de Barc ...

, including . Grupo Globo also engages in

venture capital Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to start-up company, startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in ...

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 ''

O Globo ''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the leading daily newspaper in the country and the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Ir ...

'' 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

), the world's second-largest commercial TV network in 1965. The company is currently run by the sons of Roberto Marinho:

Roberto Irineu Marinho Roberto Irineu Marinho (born October 13, 1947) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman. He is the co-owner, chairman and CEO of Grupo Globo. Early life Roberto Irineu Marinho was born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, the eldest son of three of the late t ...

João Roberto Marinho João Roberto Marinho (Rio de Janeiro, September 16, 1953) is a Brazilian businessman, chairman of the Editorial Board and vice president of the Globo Organizations. He is the third of four children of the deceased Brazilian tycoon Roberto Mari ...

and

José Roberto Marinho José Roberto Marinho (born 26 December 1955) is a Brazilian businessman and one of the three sons of the late communications tycoon Roberto Marinho (1904–2003). He is the president of Roberto Marinho Foundation and vice-president of Grupo Glo ...

. 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 Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...

* Futura * SATHD Regional (TVRO Star One Brazil and Sky Brazil) ** #TV Globo O&O stations and affiliates television (Owner by SATHD Regional) *** Futura (Owner by TV Globo and SATHD Regional)

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

** Gloobinho **

** Megapix ** Modo Viagem **

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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 Action *** Telecine Cult *** Telecine Fun *** Telecine Pipoca *** Telecine Premium *** Telecine Touch ** 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 ...

** SporTV 2 ** SporTV 3 ** SporTV 4 ** SporTV 5 ** SporTV Plus ** Venus ** Viva * NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with

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) **

Universal TV Universal TV, formerly Universal Channel, is an international pay television network specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by NBCUniversal International Netwo ...

** Universal+ **

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** DreamWorks ** CNBC Brazil *

TV Globo Internacional TV Globo Internacional (also known by its acronym TVGI or just as Globo) is an international pay television Television channel, channel broadcasting from Brazil. It was launched on 24 August 1999 and it is owned by Grupo Globo. History Globo ...

* Globosat Comercialização de Conteúdos (G2C)

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** BH FM **

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*** Radio CBN O&O stations and affiliates **

Rádio Globo Rádio Globo is a Brazilian contemporary hit radio network, owned by Sistema Globo de Rádio, a division of Grupo Globo. It was launched on 2 December 1944. Its journalists anchors are Roberto Canázio and Rosana Jatobá. The company employs ...

** Sound!

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

Books, newspapers and magazines

* Edições Globo Condé Nast * Infoglobo ** ''

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'' ** ''

Valor Econômico ''Valor Econômico'' is the largest financial newspaper in Brazil, according to the Circulation Verification Institute (IVC). It is the result of a partnership between two of the country's largest media groups: Grupo Globo (via Editora Globo) ...

Other companies

Former properties

Som Livre Som Livre (Portuguese for "Free Sound") is a Brazilian record company that was founded in March 1969 in order to commercialize the soundtracks for TV Globo (its then parent company) soap operas and later expanded to recording studio albums. , it ...

(Acquired by

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in April 2021) *

SKY Brasil SKY Brasil is a company, owned by Vrio, which operates a subscription television service in Brazil. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. History SKY Mexico was founded on 25 July 1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broa ...

(

Vrio Corp. Vrio Corp. (formerly DirecTV Latin America LLC; stylized as Vгio) is an American-headquartered company that manages the commercial operations of the Latin American branch of DirecTV (mostly known as DirecTV Latin America). It is owned by Grupo ...

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

TeleMonteCarlo La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Cairo Communication acquired it from Telecom Italia Media, itself owned by Telecom Italia, in 2013. La7 features a generalist programming schedule, primarily ...

(1985–1994, acquired by

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) *

Rete 4 Rete 4 (in English Network 4, also known as Retequattro) is an Italian free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope MediaForEurope, officially MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., formerly Mediaset Grou ...

(1982–1984, acquired by

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) * Globo Records (Som Livre's

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branch) *** TV Globo (parabólica) (1983–2024, Owner by SATHD Regional)

Corporate structure

(

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) *

(

Vice president A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

) *

(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) * Paula Bellizia (Member of Board)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Globo, Grupo Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Mass media companies of Brazil Entertainment companies of Brazil Privately held companies of Brazil Mass media companies established in 1925 Brazilian companies established in 1925 Entertainment companies established in 1925 1925 establishments in Brazil Conglomerate companies of Brazil Multinational companies headquartered in Brazil Family-owned companies of Brazil