Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao, also known as EBC, is a state-owned entity headquartered in Brazil. Founded in 2007, the company employs approximately 1570 individuals and reported $94.3M in revenue as of 2024. Functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer, EBC specializes in broadcast television and radio. It operates as a Brazilian federal public media conglomerate responsible for managing the country’s public broadcasting services, created to unify and oversee federal television and radio assets. With its headquarters in Brasília and significant production centers in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the conglomerate operates a wide array of communication services, including national television networks, radio stations, and a news agency, aimed at promoting cultural diversity and providing non-commercial information to the Brazilian citizenry.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2007

Headcount

1,562

Headquarters

Brazil

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

State Owned

News Summary:

On March 16, 2026, Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua met with André Basbaum, president of Brazil's public broadcasting company Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), in Beijing. Previously, on December 19, 2025, EBC subsidiary Canal Gov broadcast the "Bom Dia Ministra" program, where Minister Margareth Menezes highlighted the financial impact of Brazil's Rouanet Law. Menezes stated that for every R$ 1 invested, R$ 7 returns to society, citing a Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) study that reported the law moved R$ 25.7 billion in 2024, generating 228,000 jobs and impacting nearly 90 million people. This followed the BRICS Media and Think Tank Forum, which EBC co-hosted with Xinhua News Agency in Rio de Janeiro on July 16, 2025.

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Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao offers 8 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao's product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio.
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Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (national channel groups). For full access to Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Empresa Brasil de Comunicacao currently holds 2 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including soccer | association football.

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