Canal Brasil

Canal Brasil
TypePay television
CountryBrazil
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro
Programming
Language(s)Portuguese
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 480i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerGrupo Globo
History
LaunchedSeptember 18, 1998 (1998-09-18)
Links
Webcastgloboplay.globo.com (subscription required)

Canal Brasil is a Brazilian subscription TV channel with programming focused on the country's audiovisual productions.

It's the result of an association of Grupo Globo's cable TV division Canais Globo with the company Grupo Consórcio Brasil (GCB), formed by Luiz Carlos Barreto, Zelito Vianna, Marco Altberg, Roberto Farias, Anibal Massaini Neto, Patrick Siaretta, André Saddy and Paulo Mendonça.