Portuguese football, Brazilian novelas, Carnaval and the news from home, live or on catch-up, on the TV, stick or phone you already own.
Every plan includes the Portuguese, Brazilian and Cape Verdean lists, so a family from Lisbon, São Paulo or Praia is covered by the same subscription. Looking for one channel? Ask us on WhatsApp before you buy.
The national and regional channels, entertainment, series and talk shows
Football weekends, the studio shows and more
Film channels around the clock
Rolling news and the evening bulletins
Portuguese music channels
Cartoons and children’s shows in Portuguese
Brazilian national and regional channels, with 9 sports channels
Cape Verdean channels for the Kriolu-speaking community
Some channels are listed in more than one quality or with a backup stream, and each version is counted.
Brazil hasn’t used daylight saving time since 2019, so Brasília stays on UTC-3 all year. From Boston, New York or Toronto, Brazil’s prime time is your prime time.
Brazil confirmed there will be no daylight saving time in 2026/27.
Lisbon, London and Dublin change their clocks on the same dates, so they always match.
The prime-time novela starts right after the evening news, around 21:20 in Brasília. In Boston that’s 19:20 or 20:20.
Straight after the novela, from mid-January to the final in late April.
Three nights of samba school parades in Rio, through the night. In Boston it’s your evening, in London the small hours.
Benfica, Porto, Sporting and the rest: the weekend most Portuguese households plan around.
Brazil’s league, with midweek kickoffs between 19:00 and 21:30 Brasília time.
Portugal’s song festival in February and March, then the night of Santo António in Lisbon on 12–13 June.
Sources: Itatiaia (novela schedule), Exame (Big Brother Brasil 26), Poder360 (Carnaval 2027 order), Rádio Renascença (Festival da Canção), Visit Lisboa.
When Gabriela became the first telenovela shown on Portuguese television in 1977, parliament reportedly pushed its sessions back so deputies wouldn’t miss it, and Brazilian expressions entered everyday Portuguese. Almost fifty years on, Portuguese and Brazilian families still watch each other’s TV.
In London’s Stockwell, Little Portugal and a Brazilian community share the same streets. In Massachusetts, Cape Verdean, Brazilian and Portuguese families live side by side. One plan covers all of them.
Sources: Diário de Notícias; Brazilians in the United Kingdom.
Brazil’s foreign ministry has published a full curriculum for teaching Portuguese as a heritage language to children abroad, and Portugal runs Portuguese classes for children of the diaspora around the world. At home, cartoons in Portuguese do the everyday work.
Sources: FUNAG, Proposta Curricular para Ensino de Português como Língua de Herança (2020); Camões I.P.
Sources: Migration Policy Institute 2026 (ACS 2024), US Census 2020, Statistics Canada 2021, ONS Census 2021, States of Jersey Census 2021.
Free M3U lists work for a few days, then the channels go dark, usually in the middle of a match.
About 10 Mbps of steady internet per screen for Full HD, 25 Mbps for 4K. A network cable to the TV prevents most buffering: check your connection in two minutes.
Every plan has every channel. You only choose how many screens play at the same time, and for how long. 3-month and 6-month plans are on the plans page.
or $60.99 (about $5 a month) for 12 months
or $99.99 for 12 months
or $150.99 for 12 months
Full refund within 48 hours, for any reason. Test the channels on your own TV, with your own internet. After that, our 14-day money-back guarantee covers any technical problem on our side that we can’t fix.
Pick the number of screens and how long you want it on the plans page.
A real person sends it, usually within 5 minutes and never more than 15.
The channels from each country sit together in their own groups, and the TV guide fills in automatically.
With Watch TV Direct you watch Brazilian channels over your home internet, on a smart TV, Firestick, phone or computer. Choose a plan, get your login on WhatsApp in about 5 minutes and open the app. No box and no dish.
Yes, anywhere with a steady internet connection. The UK and Ireland are on the same clock as Lisbon, so you watch at the same time as Portugal.
930+ in total, including HD and backup versions of some channels: 680+ from Portugal (111 of them sport), 210+ from Brazil and 25 from Cape Verde.
It starts around 21:20 in Brasília, which is 20:20 in Boston from March to early November and 19:20 in winter. With catch-up you can also watch it later.
Yes, 25 channels from Cape Verde are included in every plan.
Send us the channel name on WhatsApp and we’ll check before you buy. It takes a minute.
Yes, with the 2-screen or 3-screen plan. Install the app on as many devices as you like; the plan sets how many can play at the same time.
We don’t do trials. Instead, you can ask for a full refund within 48 hours of buying, for any reason, so you can test the channels on your own TV before you decide.
930+ Portuguese-language channels, 40,000+ channels in total, catch-up and a TV guide, on the devices you already own. Full refund within 48 hours if it’s not for you.
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