Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: Rede Globo, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, Rede Tupi, ESPN Brasil, Rede Record, Warner Channel, MTV Brasil, RedeTV!, Rede Manchete, SporTV, TV Brasil Internacional, Central Nacional de Televisão, Rede São Paulo Saudável, Rede Telecine, RBS TV, Multishow, Record News, TV Esporte Interativo, Rede Bandeirantes, List of programs broadcast by Multishow, TV da Gente, GNT, RBTI, Syfy, Play TV, Rede 21, TV CPLP, Rede Internacional de Televisão, Climatempo, TV Cultura, TV Câmara, TV Excelsior, TV PC, Shoptime, Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão, TV Justiça, BandSports, Rede Gazeta, RIC TV, Rede Brasil de Televisão, TV Jovem Pan, TV Senado, MuchMusic Brasil, Nova Geração de Televisão, TV Paulista. Excerpt: Rede Globo (Portuguese pronunciation:, Globe Network), or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is currently the largest commercial television network of Latin America and the third largest in the world, behind only CBS and NBC, being watched by an estimate of 120 million people daily.Globo is Considered the most powerful TV station in the world and the largest producer of soap operas on the planet, beating Mexico's Televisa. Globo is headquartered in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, where its news division is based. The network's main production studios are located at a complex dubbed Projac (short for "Jacarepaguá project"), located in Jacarepaguá, Barra da Tijuca. It is composed of 122 owned and affiliate television stations throughout Brazil plus its own international networks, TV Globo Internacional and TV Globo Portugal. In 2007, Globo moved its analog operations to high-definition television production for digital broadcasting. In July 1957, Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek gave his approval to Radio Globo's request for opening a television channel. On December 30, 1957, the National Council of Telecommunication made public a decree which granted the channel four frequency in Rio de Janeiro to TV Globo Ltda. Globo then started preparing the beginning of its television broadcasting operations. In 1962, a controversial agreement between Time-Life and Organizações Globo, Roberto Marinho's holding company, gave Marinho access to a sum of over 6 million dollars with which he would buy equipment and build an infra-structure for Globo to begin its television service. In return, Time-Life would be entitled to 30% of all profits from Globo's TV operations. As a matter of comparison, the largest TV station in Brazil at the time, TV Tupi, had been built with a sum of 300,0