Since there is a great number of immigrants from Brazil in the US specifically in large cities such as New York, Miami, and Boston, the possibility of watching Brazilian TV channels is rather significant for many people. The satellite provider Dish has a couple of choices available for Brazilian programming on their channels. Below is a list of Brazilian channels that are currently being broadcast in the USA through Dish.
Basic Options
Dish offers only one Brazilian channel, Globo Internacional, in its basic cable packages such as America’s Top 120 and above. Globo Internacional offers entertainment, news, and sports broadcast in Portuguese by Rede Globo, Brazil’s largest commercial television network. This provides Dish customers with Globo novelas (soap operas), other programs such as variety shows, news, and other sports including soccer. As one of the most popular Brazilian networks, Globo Internacional is the only channel where Dish viewers get their basic Portuguese programming and it is quite decent as a single option.
International Packages
For additional Brazilian channel choices, Dish has a few global add-on packages that include the Portuguese language options. The Dish Latino Clásico package is about 20 Spanish-language channels, along with 3 Brazilian channels: Globo Internacional, Record Internacional, and PFC Internacional. Record and PFC offers a blend of entertainment programs, movies, and sports programs. The Dish Latino Max pack increases the count of Brazilian channels to 4 with the inclusion of Band Internacional. Band is another large Brazilian broadcaster that is mainly accredited to soccer. For instance, the Latino Clásico or Max bundle gives Dish viewers a taste of the best Portuguese networks from Brazil in addition to Spanish content.
Brazilian-Focused Add-Ons
For more specialized Brazilian content, Dish provides two Brazil-oriented channel packages.DISH NETWORK Brazil packages include 8 channels that include the most popular broadcasters from Brazil such as Globo, Record, Band, and TV Brasil. Programming includes telenovelas, news, soccer, films, and programs for kids. The starting package offered by Dish Brazil is the Dish Brazil Pack which costs $14. 99 per month and offers a good number of Portuguese entertainment and information channels originating from Brazil. Getting to the Dish Brazil + Argentina pack increases means adding another 3 channels for $24. 99 per month. In between these two bundles, Dish offers its consumers more than 10 channels to meet all the consumers’ demands for Brazilian TV.
Standalone Channels
Besides the channel packs, Dish provides two premier Brazilian soccer channels as stand-alone packages. The solely dedicated channel includes Premiere FC Brazil which airs live Brazilian Serie A league matches, which is the country’s top domestic soccer competition. The channel costs $9. 99 a month and provides coverage of several live games every week with an opportunity to support Brazilian club teams. In addition to action from Premiere FC Brazil, viewers can also tune into PFC Internacional which offers highlight and commentary-based programming; anyone who subscribes to Dish can follow the soccer events in Brazil in detail.
Likewise, Dish offers the Combate Americas channel individually for $9. 99 per month for its own subscribers. Although Combate focuses on cage fighting instead of soccer, its shows are clearly targeted at the Brazilian public. Fights and fighters are selected for Brazilian MMA fans who want something familiar. Thus, between Premiere FC and Combate Americas, Dish provides the Brazilian expats with at least a couple of proper sports channels.
Summary
This is not as vast as what one would find in Dish’s offerings that are more directly geared towards Spanish speakers but there is a decent number of programs in Brazilian TV. The packages include the most popular Globo channel with basic entertainment and Latino and Brazil as add-ons offering more Portuguese programming including news, movies, sports, and children’s programming. For soccer lovers, the Brazilian league matches and more importantly the commentary are just a click away as well. For instance, while the streaming platform provides viewers with an entire library of Brazilian shows and movies for on-demand streaming, Dish’s channel selection leans more towards live events. But with add-on packs beginning at $15 per month, it’s an inexpensive way for Brazilian Americans to receive the familiar Portuguese programming via their primary television provider. For subsidized live content from Brazil’s largest broadcasters, Dish offers clear choices.
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