Premiere (Brazilian TV channel)

Premiere
Country	Brazil
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Programming
Language	Portuguese
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner	Canais Globo (Grupo Globo)
Sister channels	SporTV
History
Launched	1997 (Premiere); 2007 (PFC Internacional)
Former names	Premiere Esportes (1997–2006); Premiere Futebol Clube (2006–2011); Premiere FC (2011–2013)
Links
Webcast	globoplay.globo.com (subscription required)
Website	premiere.globo.com
Availability
Streaming media
Sling TV (United States)	Internet Protocol television

Premiere is a Brazilian television channel on pay-per-view broadcasts the main football State Championships in Brazil, and the Brazilian Championship Série A and Série B. Being part of Canais Globo, it is available on television providers such as SKY, Claro TV and Vivo TV, and some operators outside the country, such as MEO and NOS. From 1997 to 2006 it was called Premiere Esportes, switching to Premiere Futebol Clube and then to PFC, but in 2011 moved again, this time to Premiere FC, and finally to Premiere starting in 2013.

Team sports

Narrators

Minas Gerais: Rogério Corrêa and Rodrigo Franco
Pernambuco: Denis Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro: Antero Neto, Bernardo Edler, Bruno Fonseca, Claudio Uchôa, Daniel Pereira, Eduardo Moreno, Eusebio Resende, Gustavo Villani, Jader Rocha, Julio Oliveira, Leandro Chaves, Luiz Carlos Júnior, Luiz Felipe Prota, Márcio Meneghini, Renata Silveira and Rhoodes Lima
São Paulo: André Felipe, Everaldo Marques, Gustavo Villani, Isabelly Morais, Letícia Pinho, Natália Lara, Odinei Ribeiro, Paulo Andrade, Sergio Arenillas and Vinicius Rodrigues

Commentators

Minas Gerais: Fábio Júnior and Henrique Fernandes
Pernambuco: Cabral Neto and Danny Morais
Rio de Janeiro: Ana Thaís Matos, André Loffredo, Carlos Eduardo Lino, Carlos Eduardo Mansur, Eric Faria, Grafite, Jessica Cescon, Júnior, Ledio Carmona, Marcelo Raed, Marcelo Rodrigues, Paulo Cesar Vasconcellos, Paulo Nunes, Pedro Moreno, Ramon Motta, Renata Mendonça, Ricardo Gonzalez, Richarlyson, Rodrigo Coutinho, Roger Flores.
Rio Grande do Sul: Diogo Olivier and Mauricio Saraiva
São Paulo: Alexandre Lozetti, Alline Calandrini, Caio Ribeiro, Jordana Araújo, Ricardinho and Sergio Xavier Filho

Central do Apito

Paulo César de Oliveira

Reporters

Alagoas: Andréa Resende and Ricardo Amaral
Bahia: Camila Oliveira, Costta Filho, Daniela Leone, Danilo Ribeiro, Eduardo Oliveira, Gabriela Gomes, Renan Pinheiro and Thiago Reis.
Ceará: Beatriz Carvalho, Caio Ricard, Lucas Catrib, Marta Negreiros and Raísa Martins.
Distrito Federal: André Barroso and Karina Azevedo.
Goiás: Karla Izumi, Rafael Sebba, Rodrigo Castro and Victor Hugo Araújo.
Maranhão: Werton Araújo
Mato Grosso: Flávio Santos
Minas Gerais: Giovanna Pires, Guto Rabelo, Ludi Cianci, Maria Cláudia Bonutti, Raphaela Potter, Rodrigo Rocha and Roger Casé.
Pará: André Laurent
Paraná: André Cavalcante, Evandro Harenza, Juliana Fontes and Nadja Mauad
Pernambuco: Diogo Marques, Juan Torres, Sabrina Rocha, Sarah Porto, Thiago Ribeiro and Victor Andrade.
Rio de Janeiro: André Gallindo, André Pessoa, Anna Flávia Nunes, Bruno Halpern, Camila Barbieri, Débora Gares, Diego Morais, Duda Dalponte, Edson Viana, Fábio Juppa, Juliano Lima, Karin Duarte, Kiko Menezes, Klaus Barbosa, Lívia Laranjeira, Lucas de Senna, Marcelo Couregge, Pedro Neville, Raphael de Angeli, Ricardo Lay, Richard Souza and Sofia Miranda
Rio Grande do Sul: Arildo Palermo, Bruno Marsilli, Fernando Becker, Kelly Costa, Leonardo Muller, Mateus Trindade, Maurício Gasparetto, Mylena Acosta, Paula Menezes and Rodrigo Cordeiro.
Santa Catarina: Alisson Francisco, Carlos Rauen, Cristian de los Santos, Eduardo Prestes, Isabela Corrêa, Marcelo Siqueira and Ronaldo Fontana.
São Paulo: Amanda Barbosa, Débora Carvalho, Denise Thomaz Bastos, Diego Alves, Edgar Alencar, Emanoel Araújo, Estella Gomes, Felipe Brisolla, Fernando Vidotto, Filipe Cury, Gabriela Ribeiro, Guilherme Roseguini, Gustavo Biano, Joanna de Assis, José Renato Ambrósio, Júlia Dotto, Mariana Lo Turco, Matheus Ribeiro, Murilo Tauro, Pedro Rocha, Plácido Berci, Renato Cury and Renato Peters
Sergipe: Guilherme Fraga

Championships broadcast by Premiere

Nationals

Brasileirão Série A (9 games between LIBRA and LFU teams)
Copa do Brasil

Regionals

Premiere Clubes

Premiere FC created a channel for all its subscribers, with 24 hours of football per day, Premiere Clubes. With reruns of games all day, since 1993 until today. Every person that signs the Premiere Futebol Clube automatically gets the channel Premiere Clubes.

PFC Internacional

The PFC Internacional (or Premiere Internacional) was launched in 2007. It's the first Brazilian sports channel focused on international audience. Produced by Canais Globo, the channel is available in more than 33 countries (Indonesia, Cuba, Portugal, Curaçao, Mozambique, Angola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Japan). According to Premiere, more than 600 Brazilian football games are broadcast live by the channel every year.

The channel ceased operating in Portugal on 28 February 2025 with no clear rationale, though it is suggested that it had to do with the loss of its rights to Brasileirão matches.

Programming

PFC Internacional's programming consists in football matches and SporTV shows. From January to May, the channel focuses in broadcasting the state championships and from May to December in broadcasting the national championship. According to Premiere, the channel airs more than 600 Brazilian football matches live every year.

When football matches are not being shown, SporTV shows like Baú do Esporte, Bem, Amigos!, Esporte Espetacular, Giro da Rodada, Globo Esporte Brasil, Grande Círculo are broadcast. Redação SporTV, Seleção SporTV, SporTV News, Tá na Área and Troca de Passes are very likely to be aired live. The channel also rely on re runs of Brazilian football matches, specially at dawn.

References

External links

[1] "Copa do Brasil 2023: quando são as oitavas e onde assistir cada jogo".

[2] Sem alarde, Globo tira do ar canal 24h de futebol na Europa