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16 unusual facts about Rede Globo


Andréa Maltarolli

A graduate in history and media, Andrea Maltarolli joined TV station Rede Globo in 1995, and became involved with the fledgling soap opera Malhação.

Banco Nacional

The TV Globo's popular news program "Jornal Nacional" was originally named after the name of the bank with respect to the main sponsor.

Chucho Narvaez

In 1965, Narváez was one of the founders of Rede Globo, where he filed reports on topics such as the Argentine-born guerilla Che Guevara, the death of John F. Kennedy, and Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Brazil.

Cleyde Yáconis

Her last TV role was fun Dona Brigida Gouveia, in the Silvio de Abreu's soap opera Passione, aired by Rede Globo.

Clube Atlético Linense

A poll conducted by TV TEM, the local affiliate of Rede Globo, found that only in the city of Lins, whose estimated population in 2007 was 70,000 inhabitants, there are approximately 45,00 fans known as atleticanos.

Feminina

The singer entered TV Globo's Festival MPB 80 and reached the finals with the song, which went on to achieve her first chart success in Brazil.

Here Comes the Grump

It was "Grump, o feiticeiro trapalhão" in Brazilian Portuguese and was in retransmitted until 1993 by Rede Globo.

Jacarepaguá Airport

Since June 18, 2008 the airport is named also after Roberto Pisani Marinho (1904–2003), a journalist and former president of Globo Network.

Magellan Global Adventure

More than 40 million Brazilians watched the images of the trip broadcast monthly on Fantastico on Rede Globo Television Channel.

Metal Hero Series

Other networks also brought shows, with TV Bandeirantes broadcasting Metalder and Sharivan in 1990, and two networks, Rede Globo and TV Gazeta, showing Sheider and Gavan (renamed Gyaban) simultaneously in 1991.

Miguel Magno

One of his most striking characters was on A Lua me Disse, of Rede Globo, where he portrayed a crossdresser called Dona Roma.

MTV RPM 2002

Recorded at Procópio Ferreira Theater (São Paulo, Brazil), in 26 and 27 March 2002, the album features greatest hits, like "Revoluções Por Minuto", "Alvorada Voraz", "Rádio Pirata", "Sete Mares" and "Louras Geladas", as well as unreleased songs: "Carbono 14", "Rainha", "Vem Pra Mim" (by Herbert Vianna) and "Onde está o meu amor?", recorded in studio and included on the Esperança's original soundtrack, from Rede Globo.

O Natal do Menino Imperador

O Natal do Menino Imperador (The Little Emperor's Christmas) is a 2008 Portuguese language television film for children from Brazil, by Rede Globo.

Ó Paí, Ó

The film inspired a TV series, also named Ó Paí, Ó, broadcast on Rede Globo.

Oduvaldo Vianna Filho

In 1973, together with Armando Costa, he created and directed in Rede Globo de Televisão a humorous series called A Grande Família (The Big Family).

You Give Me Something

It was also included in the Brazilian soap opera Paraíso Tropical, produced by Rede Globo.


Adriana Prieto

On TV, her first appearance to a broader public was with A Rainha Louca, a telenovela of Rede Globo in 1967.

Adriano Goldman

He also won three ABC Trophies for Rede Globo/O2 Filmes hit series "City of Men" (winning 2002 ABC Trophy for Best Cinematography in a Television Series) as well as for Sons of Carnival ("Filhos do Carnaval") directed by Cao Hamburger and for cinematography of Hamburger's The Year My Parents Went on Vacation ("O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Férias").

Antes de Você

The song is currently being used in the Rede Globo telenovela Caras & Bocas (Faces & Mouths), as the character Vicente's theme.

Chute na santa incident

On the following day, Rede Globo's Jornal Nacional denounced the incident, causing a nationwide commotion.

Cidade Negra

Formed in Baixada Fluminense, the band has placed hits in soap operas, like the frustrated remake of Irmãos Coragem, broadcast in Rede Globo in 1995.

Cousin Bazilio

In 1988 the Brazilian company Rede Globo produced a television adaptation of O Primo Basílio in 35 episodes, starring the then rising star Giulia Gam and renowned actors Marcos Paulo and Tony Ramos.

Guilherme Arantes

Arantes dropped out of university to dedicate himself to his solo career, and in 1976, his song Meu mundo e nada mais (My world and nothing more) was picked by Rede Globo to feature in the soundtrack for the telenovela Anjo Mau.

Hernán Barcos

On February 16, 2012, after a comparison with Brazilian singer Zé Ramalho made by Léo Bianchi, journalist of Rede Globo, Barcos cursed the reporter, calling him "boludo", a popular scold in Argentina.

Marcos Hummel

Before joining TV Record, Hummel worked for 21 years in Rede Globo's news report "Jornal Hoje", "Jornal Nacional", "Jornal da Globo", "Fantástico", "Globo Esporte", "Bom Dia Rio" and "Bom Dia São Paulo" and has served also as the publisher and editor.

Na Moral

Na Moral (Portuguese for In Moral) is a Brazilian talk show broadcast by Rede Globo since July 5, 2012 and hosted by Pedro Bial.

Olympic Broadcasting Services

It is speculated that at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Rede Globo and Rede Bandeirantes will be responsible for generating the international radio and TV signal.

Provas de Amor

The song reached number 56 in Brazil and was featured on the Rede Globo 2004 telenovela "Como uma Onda".

Richarlyson

On 25 June 2007, the newspaper Agora reported that a football player of a major team would come out of the closet as a homosexual in an exclusive interview for the weekly newsmagazine Fantástico aired on Rede Globo channel.

Rosana Melo

On May 27, 2007, Rosana appeared on Domingão do Faustão, a weekly variety show hosted by Fausto Silva on Rede Globo.

Show do Tom

Since he was forbidden by justice of presenting the same numbers he used at Rede Globo, he began to do sketches of big productions such as O Aprendiz, hosted by Roberto Justus in Brazil.

Varginha UFO incident

Such reports were first broadcast on the Sunday TV show Fantástico of Rede Globo, and quickly gathered extensive media coverage worldwide, including an article in The Wall Street Journal, and has become since then the most famous case in modern Brazilian ufology.