Globo TV Sports’ Footbrazil Heads to U.K.

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6:
The Brazilian distributor Globo TV Sports has licensed the weekly sports
magazine show Footbrazil to Sky
Sports for broadcast across the U.K. and Ireland.

Currently airing in more
than 90 countries, Footbrazil
is a weekly magazine that is transmitted via satellite, with material in
English prepared especially for the international market. It covers
behind-the-scenes, training, standings and player profiles for the Brazilian
Championship. Footbrazil will
also feature an experienced journalistic team from TV Globo, which has covered
the major national and international sporting events for more than 30 years.

The program will be
broadcast weekly on Tuesdays. Sky Sports offers over 39,000 hours of coverage
across five channels. Sky Sports can also be seen in Scotland, Wales and
Ireland, in addition to England.