Brazil
Top media companies ‘paid bribes’, football corruption trial hears
A series of leading media companies paid bribes to secure multi-year rights deals for football matches, according to the testimony of a prosecution witness in the ongoing US football corruption trial of three of the sport’s former administrators.
BeIN set to offer Ligue 1 rights to broadcasters in Brazil and LatAm
BeIN Media Group will launch tenders for French Ligue 1 media rights in Brazil and Latin America next week, TV Sports Markets understands.
Globo nets linear national team rights in knockdown CBF deal
Globo has retained its hold on exclusive rights to Brazilian national team matches, striking a deal well below the Brazilian football federation’s target price
SBT returns to football coverage with Copa do Nordeste deal
Brazilian commercial broadcaster SBT has acquired rights to the Copa do Nordeste, an annual football competition contested by clubs in the Northeastern region of the country.
Band extends LNB rights deal
Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has agreed an extension to its rights deal with the Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) to cover its top-tier club competition, the NBB.
Esporte Interativo partners with Facebook for Brazilian football tournament
Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has agreed a partnership with social media platform Facebook to enhance coverage of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes club football competition.
Globo secures long-term Brazil coverage
Brazilian media group Globo has struck an exclusive long-term rights deal for Brazil national team football matches.
Globo snaps up short-term Brazil friendlies deal
Brazilian media group Globo has acquired rights for two football matches featuring the country’s national team next month.
LNB sets another Brazilian first with Twitter partnership
The Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) has continued its commitment to innovation in the domestic media market by agreeing a live streaming partnership with social media platform Twitter.
Band set to seal World Cup rights deal – reports
Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has agreed a sublicensing deal for rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament, according to multiple reports.
Globo keeps out Silicon Valley for streaming, lowballs on TV
Brazilian media group Globo is understood to have paid a substantial premium to acquire non-exclusive domestic digital rights to Brazil matches, but would not meet the federation’s valuation of its linear television rights.
Globo lands digital rights as CBF considers TV options
Media group Globo has acquired digital media rights to Brazilian national team games, with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) considering its next move after failing to assign television rights.
Brazilian Football Confederation spells out targets for new rights tender
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has said it is targeting a minimum of $148m (€125.3m) through its new rights sales process for national team games.
CBF chooses Synergy to handle keenly-anticipated sales process
The Brazilian football confederation has appointed the Synergy Sports agency to manage the sale of media rights to its national team matches. The move represents the first time the confederation, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, will sell its rights via an agency.
Globo awarded Euro 2020 rights
Brazilian media company Globo has been awarded exclusive rights for the Uefa Euro 2020 international football tournament.
CBF hires Synergy Football to market Brazilian national team rights
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has engaged the Synergy Football agency in an advisory role to aid the sale of media rights to national team games.
Late Brazilian rights deal secured for World Para Athletics Championships
Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV has acquired rights to the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, which commence in London, England today (Friday).
Football rights frenzy begins in Brazil with EPL and Uefa sales
The summer of 2017 will prove a critical period in determining where major football rights in Brazil will end up for the next few years.