Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação (commonly referred only as Grupo Bandeirantes or Bandeirantes) is a Brazilian media conglomerate founded on the creation of the first group communication vehicle, Rádio Bandeirantes, on 6 May 1937. The group was founded by São Paulo Brazilian-Syrian businessman João Saad. Since 1999, the conglomerate has been chaired by Johnny Saad, João Jorge's son, who assumed this role in the company after his father's death.
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Companies
Broadcasting
Band TV — broadcast television network with national coverage.
Rede 21 — broadcast television network, broadcasting the programming of its leaseholder, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
TV Terra Viva — free-to-air satellite television channel about agrobusiness.
Arte 1 — channel about art and culture.
BandNews TV — rolling news channel.
BandSports — sports channel.
Band Internacional — channel oriented for Brazilian public who lives outside Brazil.
FishTV —
Sexprivé — adult content channel, partnership with Brasileirinhas.
Sabor & Arte — gastornomy content channel.
New Brasil - Channel with content of channels of Newco, in addition to programs of Rede Bandeirantes.
Band FM — popular music radio network.
BandNews FM — all news radio network.
Rádio Bandeirantes — news talk radio network.
Nativa FM — popular music radio network, joint venture with Grupo Camargo de Comunicação.
Band Vale FM — radio station from Taubaté, São Paulo, with music and news programming.
Brasil Radio (WRSO) — radio station from Orlando, Florida, United States, which broadcasts the programming of the Grupo Bandeirantes radio networks in partnership with Cafifa Media Group.
Educadora FM — radio station to provide programs for young people located in Campinas.
MPB Brasil — radio station with a música popular brasileira programming at Rio de Janeiro city.
Rádio Trânsito — radio station with traffic information from Greater São Paulo.
Print media
Metro Brasil — free distribution newspaper, result of a joint-venture with Metro International.
Primeiramão — classified ads newspaper.
Digital media
Band.com.br — web portal which houses all the company's sites, hosted by UOL.
BandPlay — streaming platform offering content and live broadcasts from Rede Bandeirantes and other channels within the group.
Ipanema FM — rock web radio station.
One Brasil — interactive media company.
Out-of-home
Otima — joint-venture with Odebrecht, Kalítera Engenharia e APMR Investimentos e Participações, responsible for urban furniture of the bus stops in São Paulo city.
Outernet — main out-of-home company of the group, which operates with several other companies.
Mão Dupla — out of home company that works with static media the bus lines in the city of São Paulo.
Modern Airport — out of home company that operates in the São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport.
Nextmídia — out of home company that operates in bus terminals.
Orla TV — out of home company that operates in kiosks on the shores of the Rio de Janeiro beaches.
TVO — out of home company that operates in bus lines in the city of São Paulo.
TV Minuto — out of home company that operates in the lines 1-Blue, 2-Green and 3-Red of São Paulo Metro.
Other companies
Band Content Distribution — content distribution company.
Band Music — record company.
Enter — events promoter company.
payleven — online payment company. (merged with SumUp)
TkT1 — ticket sales.
Lawson – convenience store franchise