('s biggest
Television Network and the number one producer and provider of
Portuguese Language television programming in the world. It is also the third biggest TV channel in the world, watched by 80 million people daily.
Globo started airing on
April 26 ,
1965 in
Rio De Janeiro . In
1966 it started to air in
São Paulo . The network was aired by
Roberto Marinho and the Marinho family.
Rede Globo is present in all states of the country and is the market leader, with a share of 40-60% of the audience. The national news,
Jornal Nacional , was the first to be transmitted nationally in Brazil.
It is famous for the
Telenovela s (
Soap Opera s) which, together with the news and football, dominate primetime viewing in Brazil. These are exported all over the world, especially to
Portugal where they have a cult following, and are also shown dubbed into different languages.
Rede Globo has a main production complex in
Rio De Janeiro called "Projac" (oficially named "Central Globo de Produção", or Globo Production Center), where most of their shows are produced, and another center in
São Paulo . Projac is one of largest TV production centers in the world and the biggest in Latin America, with numerous scenographic cities as locations for soap operas.
Affiliates of Rede Globo cover 97% of the territory of
Brazil . It is recognized as the world's biggest TV network in territorial extent, encompassing all of the
States Of Brazil .
Rede Globo has its own TV stations in Rio de Janeiro (
Rio De Janeiro State), São Paulo (
São Paulo ), Brasília (
Distrito Federal ), Belo Horizonte (
Minas Gerais ) and Recife (
Pernambuco ).
TV Globo Internacional operates
Satellite Television channels around the world, including the
United States ,
Europe ,
Japan and
Africa , bringing a mix of entertainment, news and sports programming to Brazilian and other Portuguese-speaking people. It also operated a similar channel in
Portugal , called GNT.
Rede Globo has and has had for many years by far the biggest number of viewers in Brazil, thus also having the power to influence election results, especially with the use of its news broadcasting in a manner favorable to its proprietors' preferred candidates. Most notoriously, in
1989 , it broadcast an edited version of the last debate between
Fernando Collor De Mello , whom it openly favored, and
Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (current President - 2003/2007), just before election day in a manner that the former received more air time and had more favorable segments of the debate shown.
In
1993 Channel Four made a documentary, '', about the power and influence of the network in Brazil. The Marinho family bought the national rights to the documentary, and, by refusing to license it to other broadcasters or release it on video, curtailed its distribution in Brazil.
Rede Globo is a part of
Organizações Globo , a communication conglomerate, the 5th biggest in the world. The TV network/channel is the centerpiece of enterprise built over the past few decades through the great financial success of Rede Globo.
- '' O Globo '', daily newspaper in Rio De Janeiro
- '' Extra '', daily newspaper in Rio De Janeiro
- '' Diário de São Paulo '', daily newspaper in São Paulo
- '' Valor Econômico '', daily business newspaper in São Paulo (50%-50% with Grupo Folha )
- '' Editora Globo '', publishing group
- '' Globo Filmes '', film studio
- '' Globo Video '', home video distributor
- '' NET TV '', cable tv network
- '' SKY TV Brasil '', satellite pay tv, 47%
- '' Globosat '', pay tv channels
- ''[http://tvglobointernacional.globo.com/ Globo Internacional]'', pay tv channel worldwide
- '' GNT '', pay tv channel in Portugal
- '' Globo.com '', a webportal
- '' Radio Globo '', AM radio network
- '' CBN '', FM news radio network
- '' RBS '', AM/FM radio station and TV affiliate
- '' 98 FM '', FM radio station
- '' Fundação Roberto Marinho '', philanthropic foundation
- '' Universal TV '', pay tv channel, 50%
