Grupo Globo

Grupo Globo (English: Globo Group), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo (English: Globo Organization), 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.

Organizações Globo Participações S.A.
Trade name
Grupo Globo
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia conglomerate
FoundedJuly 25, 1925 (1925-07-25)
Founder
  • Irineu Marinho
Headquarters
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
João Roberto Marinho (Chairman & President)Roberto Irineu Marinho(Vice chairman)
José Roberto Marinho (Vice chairman)
Products
  • Television networks
  • Radio stations
  • Internet services
  • Satellite television
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Music industry
Revenue US$4.4 billion (2017)
Total equity US$542.5 million (2016)
OwnerMarinho family
Subsidiaries
List
  • Globo
  • Editora Globo
  • Infoglobo
  • Sistema Globo de Rádio
  • Valor Econômico
Websitegrupoglobo.globo.com

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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