Grupo Globo

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Grupo Globo, a privately owned company headquartered in Brazil, was founded in 1925 and employs approximately 16,970 individuals. The company reported $3.3B in revenue as of 2025. Its main product focus spans technology, information, and media. Functioning as a mass media conglomerate, legally incorporated as Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A., the company operates with a significant presence in Latin America. It was founded with the launch of the O Globo newspaper and later introduced TV Globo. Through its 'Uma Só Globo' transformation strategy, the corporation unified its free-to-air broadcasting, pay-TV networks, publishing assets, and digital platforms into a single cloud-driven tech operation. This integration focuses on the Portuguese-language media landscape across Brazil and internationally.

Revenue

Founded

1925

Headcount

25,632

Headquarters

Brazil

Primary Segment

Technology, Information and Media

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

Eduardo Ludmer, head of legal for Boa Lion, the BetMGM Brazil joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Grupo Globo, stated on June 19, 2026, that the licensed gambling sector must collaborate with regulators and government to combat the "reputational contagion" posed by illegal operators in Brazil's black market. This statement followed Boa Lion's agreement on June 16, 2026, to acquire Bingão do Brasil, an online video bingo developer, for an undisclosed sum, expanding its iGaming portfolio in Brazil. The joint venture had initially announced its intent to acquire Bingão do Brasil on June 11, 2026, noting pending regulatory approvals. Earlier in the year, on February 9, 2026, Grupo Globo's machine learning engineer and AI researcher, Pedro Leite, was noted for his work exploring generative audio systems. In sports broadcasting, following the Brazilian Championship became approximately 40% more expensive for fans in 2025 compared to 2024, as of December 25, 2025, due to fragmented broadcasting rights across platforms, despite Grupo Globo and other providers offering free viewing options.

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Jun

19th

2026

03:00

B2B Tag

BetMGM Brazil: Licensed sector must fight “reputational contagion” of illegal operators

MGM Resorts International and Grupo Globo JV’s head of legal Eduardo Ludmer lays out how operators, regulators and government must join forces to push back against growing threat of black market in Brazil

EGR Global

Jun

16th

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

BetMGM's Brazilian Joint Venture Acquires Bingão do Brasil to Expand iGaming Portfolio

The Brazilian joint venture behind BetMGM’s Latin American operations is moving to expand its footprint in Brazil’s regulated online gambling market with the acquisition of an online video bingo developer. Boa Lion, the company formed by MGM Resorts International and Brazilian media giant Grupo Globo to operate the BetMGM brand in Brazil, has agreed to acquire Bingão do Brasil for an undisclosed sum, adding a bingo-focused product to its growing portfolio.

Bettors Insider

Jun

11th

2026

07:46

B2B Tag

MGM & Grupo Globo’s Boa Lion Sets Out to Acquire Bingão do Brasil

MGM Resorts International and Grupo Globo have set to acquire leading Brazil-based bingo developer Bingão do Brasil. The acquisition has yet to secure certain regulatory approvals before it can close. The Financial Terms Were Not Disclosed Boa Lion, MGM and Grupo Globo’s joint Brazil-facing venture, has reportedly set out to acquire Bingão do Brasil from L.Eva Participações and other investors for an undisclosed sum.

Gambling News

Feb

9th

2026

05:29

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

When a golden ear meets a neural net

RIO DE JANEIRO — It began like many good stories: Two colleagues with entirely different backgrounds, fired by a common, genuine passion for hands-on research, unexpectedly collaborating on an abstract concept. The one, Pedro Leite, machine learning engineer and AI researcher at Grupo Globo, has spent years exploring generative audio systems.

RedTech News

Dec

25th

2025

18:30

B2B Tag

Brazilian Championship becomes 40% more expensive for fanatics - 12/26/2025 - Sports - News Room USA

Despite the increase in the number of games shown for free on open TV and on the internet, fully following the Brazilian Championship became more expensive in 2025. With the fragmentation of broadcasting rights between different platforms, fans who wanted to watch all 380 games in the competition had to spend around 40% more than in 2024, even in a scenario with more free options, such as Globo, Record and CazéTV.

Lnginnorthernbc (ca)

Dec

3rd

2025

18:30

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

Eletromidia wins Caboré Award

[Translated] ["The Eletromidia, a urban furniture advertising company part of the Grupo Globo, won the Platform of Communication category at the Caboré Award, held on Wednesday (3). In its 46th edition, the award, one of the main in the country's communication, marketing, and media industry, also recognized professionals and companies in 13 other categories.", 'AlmapBBDO was elected, for the second consecutive year, as Communication Agency, while Mercado Livre received the Advertiser of the Year award.

Valor Econômico

Dec

2nd

2025

18:30

B2B Tag

Grupo Globo starts construction of its new headquarters in Brasília

[Translated] The Globo Group held on Wednesday (3) the laying of the foundation stone of its new headquarters in Brasília, Roberto Marinho building, officially marking the start of the works of a project that will bring together, for the first time, all the group's companies in a single address in the federal capital.

Valor Econômico

Oct

2nd

2025

18:30

Events, CT_Monitor Company

Globo Studios invest in diversity and innovation

Estúdios Globo reaches 30 years betting on “diversities.” At an event on Thursday (2), executives, writers and directors discussed the use of technology throughout the three-decade trajectory of Estúdios Globo, located in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Valor International

Sep

5th

2025

03:05

Divestiture, CT_Monitor Company

BetMGM can take 5% to 10% of Brazilian market, says MGM CEO

MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle has claimed BetMGM could take as much as a 10% share in the regulated Brazilian market via its Grupo Globo JV.

EGR Global

Sep

1st

2025

18:30

Awards and Recognitions, CT_Monitor Company

JOAO ROBERTO MARINHO, PRESIDENT OF BRAZILS GRUPO GLOBO TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL EMMY DIRECTORATE AWARD

Marinho Recognized For His Leadership As Grupo Globo Celebrates Its Centennial and TV Globo’s 60 th Anniversary New York, September 2, 2025 —João Roberto Marinho, the President of Grupo Globo—Brazil’s leading media and entertainment conglomerate—will receive the 2025 International Emmy ® Directorate Award.

PressReleasePoint

May

27th

2025

18:30

Events,

Brazil’s digital platform law is outdated and unconstitutional, says Globo director

Brazil’s digital platform law is outdated and unconstitutional, says Globo director Marcelo Hobaika, director of public policy at Grupo Globo, told delegates at LACCA’s annual conference in São Paulo earlier this month that article 19 of Brazil’s Civil Rights Framework for the Internet is “unconstitutional” and no longer reflects the legal or technological realities of today’s digital platforms.

Latin Lawyer

Jan

1st

2025

16:02

Events,

Grupo Globo is preparing initiatives for its centennial year

Founded on July 29, 1925, by Irineu Marinho , a newspaper gave rise to Brazil's largest media and communications conglomerate. For nearly a century, it has chronicled the lives of Brazilians through print, websites, radio, TV, streaming, cinema, and digital platforms.

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Grupo Globo currently holds 70 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including winter sports, american football, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, basketball, multi-sport, canoeing and kayaking, aquatics and swimming, volleyball, surfing, combat sports, sailing, soccer | association football, climbing, beach volleyball, motorsports and futsal.