Brazil

The International Paralympic Committee has hailed record audience figures for its 2016 summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro stating the organisation has benefited from a change in strategy for its rights deals.

The Brazilian Confederation of University Sports (CBDU) has agreed a rights deal with Esporte Interativo under which the pay-television broadcaster will cover the 2017 summer Universiade multi-sport event.

Brazil’s Paranaense Football Federation (FPF) has been criticised after it made the late decision to postpone a Campeonato Paranaense state championship game between Atletico Paranaense and Coritiba that was due to be live streamed via social media platforms Facebook and YouTube.

The Fox Networks Group Latin America division of media company 21st Century Fox has secured fresh carriage deals in the region with pan-regional pay-television operator DirecTV and Brazilian pay-television operator Sky Brasil.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured a series of rights deals for upcoming seasons of the Champions Hockey League pan-European ice hockey club competition.

Brazilian commercial broadcaster RedeTV has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second division of domestic club football.

Brazilian pay-television broadcasters Fox Sports Brasil and SporTV have agreed a rights-sharing partnership for club football competitions the Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores.

An unsolicited Esporte Interativo offer drove media group Globo to more than treble its fee for domestic Copa do Brasil rights in a deal with the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has moved to make the broadcast rights to the forthcoming friendly game between Brazil and Colombia, which is designed to benefit Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Chapecoense, freely available on a global basis.

Brazilian media company Globo has renewed a rights deal for the Copa do Brasil domestic knockout football competition.

Reigning Brazilian champion Palmeiras has brought the battle over Série A club’s pay-television rights to an end by agreeing a deal with Esporte Interativo from 2019.

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football club Palmeiras has confirmed that it has awarded its pay-television rights to Esporte Interativo under a six-year deal that will run from 2019 to 2024.

Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast organisation for all Olympic Games, is contesting a Brazilian police investigation that has accused it of negligence in the episode during Rio 2016 which saw an overhead camera crash to the ground, injuring eight people.

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football club Palmeiras has agreed to assign its pay-television rights to Esporte Interativo, according to multiple Brazilian media reports.

Founder members Coritiba and Atlético-PR have confirmed their withdrawal from Brazilian domestic football competition the Primeira Liga, citing dissatisfaction with the division of broadcast rights revenue.

Uncertainties over the Brazilian football calendar and a dispute over revenue sharing is delaying a new rights agreement for the Primeira Liga – Brazil’s newest football competition.