Grupo Globo

Not to be confused with Global Media Group in Portugal.

Organizações Globo Participações S.A.
Grupo Globo
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia conglomerate
FoundedJuly 25, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-07-25)
FounderIrineu Marinho
Headquarters
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Brands
RevenueDecrease US$4.4 billion (2017)
Total equityIncrease US$542.5 million (2016)
OwnerMarinho family
Subsidiaries
Websitegrupoglobo.globo.com
Footnotes / references
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Grupo Globo (English: Globo Group), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo[3] (English: Globo Organization[4]), is a Brazilian private entertainment and mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group in Latin America, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates.[5][6][7][8]

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, Viva, Gloob, and the premium film network Telecine; film production company Globo Filmes; radio operator Sistema Globo de Rádio; magazine and newspaper publishers, Editora Globo and Infoglobo; and the streaming service Globoplay.

Grupo Globo also engages in venture capital activities through Globo Ventures, and is the primary supporter of the Roberto Marinho Foundation.

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  2. ^ John Hopewell (23 February 2016). "Brazilian Giant Globo Reveals First Results, Strategies of New VOD Service Globo Play (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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  7. ^ "Maior grupo de comunicação do país, Globo tem novo comando executivo". Valor Econômico (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Globo começa 2021 com nova marca". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2022.