The Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão is a Brazilian television network founded on Wednesday, 19 August 1981, by the businessman and television personality Silvio Santos. The company was established after a public tender by the Brazilian Federal Government to form two new networks, created from revoked concessions of the defunct Tupi and Excelsior networks. The SBT was founded on the same day that the concession agreement was signed, and that the act was broadcast live by the network, so that this was his first program aired. Before acquiring the concessions of the four station that were to form the SBT, Grupo Silvio Santos had since 1976 the concession of Rio de Janeiro's channel 11, known as TVS Rio de Janeiro, which was a fundamental step to give life to the SBT.
TV Globo, formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station is by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second-largest commercial TV network in the world behind the American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas. All of this makes Globo renowned as one of the most important television networks in the world and Grupo Globo as one of the largest media groups.
Rede Manchete was a Brazilian television network that was founded in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1983 by the Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and businessman Adolpho Bloch. The network remained on the air until 10 May 1999. It was part of Grupo Bloch, which published the magazine Manchete by Bloch Editores, its publishing division; the television network was named after the magazine.
CBS Telenoticias was a subscription news television channel operated by CBS, headquartered in Miami. It was the first news channel to broadcast its programming in Spanish and Portuguese languages to Latin America.
RecordTV, formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the advertising market as the fifth largest station in the world in revenues and the eighth largest network in physical structure. In June 2021, it ranked second among the most watched channels in the country in the National Television Panel, behind only TV Globo.
Rede Bandeirantes, or simply known as Band, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It began broadcasting on May 13, 1967 on VHF channel 13 in São Paulo. Its founder was businessman João Saad with the help of his father-in-law and former São Paulo governor Adhemar de Barros. In terms of audience and revenue, it is currently the fourth largest Brazilian television network. It broadcasts throughout Brazil through its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates. It also has a series of pay TV channels and it broadcasts internationally via Band Internacional.
TV Brasília is a Brazilian television station based in Brasília, Distrito Federal. It operates on channel 6.1 and is affiliated with RedeTV!. It was founded on April 21, 1960 of present by Assis Chateaubriand, on the same day as the inauguration of Brasília, and currently half of its shares belong to the Diários Associados and the other half to the Paulo Octávio Organizations. Its studios are located in the headquarters of the newspaper Correio Braziliense, where Diários Associados' graphic designers are located. Its transmitters are located in the digital TV tower in Brasília, in the administrative region of Lago Norte. It is the oldest inland television station in the country and is considered RedeTV's most important affiliate.
Ana Paula de Vasconcelos Padrão, also known as Ana Paula Padrão is a Brazilian journalist, chief editor, entrepreneur, writer and television presenter. She has been a journalist for over thirty years, working for several Brazilian television networks, including Manchete, Rede Globo, SBT and Record. Currently she works for Band Networks, where she hosts MasterChef Brazil, MasterChef Profissionais and MasterChef Para Tudo. She also presents Conexão com The New York Times in BandNews TV.
Among the sports broadcasters in Brazil are the subscription channels ESPN, SporTV, and BandSports; the pay-per-view channels Premiere FC, Combate and Nosso Futebol; and the subscription video streaming services HBO Max, Star+, DAZN and Eleven Sports.
Criticism of TV Globo refers to the extensive history of controversies involving the Brazilian television network monopoly, which has an unparalleled ability to influence Brazil's culture and shape the country's public opinion. The owners of Rede Globo had enriched themselves with government favors to become billionaires. The Globo Grupo are remanagment the branding in the internet for self-promote since 2010's decade.
Primeiro Impacto is a Brazilian morning newscast produced and originally broadcast by SBT since March 28, 2016. It is based on U.S. news program Primer Impacto, broadcast by the American Univision network, which broadcasts its programming in Spanish and has its dedicated audience to the Hispanic American public. Initially anchored by journalists Karyn Bravo & Joyce Ribeiro, the television newscast is now presented by Dudu Camargo, the "Bag Man" character performer from the program Fofocando and Marcão do Povo.
Cable News Network Brazil is a Brazilian news-based pay television channel. Launched on 15 March 2020, CNN Brazil is owned by Novus Media, a joint-venture between Douglas Tavolaro, former header of RecordTV's news division, and Rubens Menin, owner of MRV Engenharia. Novus Media has a licensing agreement with original CNN channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN Brazil is the second local franchise of CNN in South America, after CNN Chile.
The third season of Mestre do Sabor premiered on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 10:30 p.m. / 9:30 p.m. on TV Globo.
The first season of Bake Off Celebridades premiered on Saturday, February 20, 2021, at 10:30 / 9:30 p.m. on SBT, aiming to find the best celebrity baker in Brazil.
Carlos Alberto Suriano do Nascimento, professionally known as Carlos Nascimento, is a Brazilian journalist, known by reporting facts that were history in Brazil and the world, such as the September 11 attacks, being the host of the broadcast in Rede Globo for many hours.
Looke is a Brazilian streaming platform dedicated to movies and series. Launched in April 2015, it is a video on demand service, in 2022 it filmed in partnership with Amazon and has a channel linked to Prime Video in Brazil and Mexico.
Joseval Peixoto is a Brazilian journalist, lawyer and radio host.
