The service was going to provide an eight-hour block running three times to make a 24-hour cycle, and that 70% of the schedule would be identical to its parent network in Brazil.

The service wasn't set to launch in Portugal due to its shares held at SIC, as well as the Portuguese GNT cable channel.

Globo wanted to launch the channel in selected Latin American countries (Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico) within its first two weeks and Europe within its first month.

[6] Three years after launch, the channel already surpassed 200,000 subscribers, divided in three key areas – Americas, Africa and Australia (also including New Zealand and East Timor).

[9] In 2004, the channel signed a contract with Comcast, aiming to reach out to subscribers in Boston and Miami, cities with a strong Brazilian diaspora.

[12] The channel carried the 2006 FIFA World Cup in the United States thanks to a last-minute agreement days before the start of the competition.

[14] Broadcasts to Portugal resumed on 1 October 2007 with a separate service than the one to the rest of Europe in order to avoid conflicts with SIC, which had a contract to air some of its titles.

[18][19] TV Globo Internacional offers more than four thousand hours of programming a day, including soap operas, series, miniseries, music, comedy, documentaries, news and live soccer.

The channel's signal comes from Globo's playouts in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and transmitted via satellite to the different international distributors.

Serials such as A Diarista, Casseta & Planeta Urgente, Caldeirão do Huck, A Grande Família, Domingão do Faustão and Zorra Total, among others, are also broadcast by TVGI.

Viewers will follow Globo Internacional's programming through Globoplay, whose international service is available in select Western European countries.

[24] TV Globo Internacional launched in August 2000 on the DStv platform catering audiences in South Africa, Angola and Mozambique.