Globo is also forging ahead on broadband Internet access through its listed subsidiary Globo Cabo, Brazil's largest cable-TV provider.

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Its listed subsidiary Globo Cabo, Brazil's largest cable TV provider, has laid 15, 000 miles of coaxial cable past almost 5 million homes.

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The channel currently has distribution deals with several U.S. cable networks, including GlobeCast , a subsidiary of France Telecom (nyse: FTE - news - people ), and online streaming operators JumpTV and BDC.

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Disney sports television subsidiary ESPN generates revenue through advertising and with fees through cable networks such as Time Warner, Comcast and DirecTV.

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