Canal do Boi streaming platform still live in June 2026

Canal do Boi: The First 24/7 TV Channel on Brazilian Internet

I was there, I handled that. I was 14. My father and I put the first full time TV channel on the Brazilian internet, over dial-up connections. And if that wasn’t enough, it was a RURAL TV CHANNEL! For a rural audience that had barely heard of the internet. In fact, most of them just despised the internet. You might not believe it, but at the time, I remember, there wasn’t another one. And today, I’ve spent time looking for any record of something similar happening in Brazil around 2000. I found nothing. As far as I can verify, this was it. ...

July 21, 2026 · 8 min · 1598 words · Eduardo Potumati
Historical screenshot of the MF Rural platform homepage

MF Rural: The Biggest Brazilian Rural E-commerce

MF Rural - The biggest brazilian rural e-commerce It started in early 2005, I was just 18 and I already was deeply immersed in IT work and rural fields. At that time, I had already launched some professional websites to Canal do Boi (a rural national TV channel) and to some auction companies in Brazil. So I received a visit from some guys from another state (São Paulo), who wanted to create a new way to make business in the rural field. ...

June 5, 2026 · 8 min · 1574 words · Eduardo Potumati