Brazil

Full Play produces letter from Conmebol to back up claim to have Copa America rights

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…

New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players

IOC up in France and down in Germany after tough talks

Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa

ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League

Digital Plus furious about YouTube Copa ... Urhotv looking for partners ... ESPN looking at UK revamp

Football: Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, sold its domestic live rights for three seasons from 2012-13 for €829m ($1.136bn) per year. Sa

Comcast-NBCU network lands $4.38 billion four-games US Olympics deal

New viewing trends highlights the potential value of online rights especially in developing markets, report says

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.

Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories

Globo snaps up eight Brazilian league clubs, experts say more will follow.

Half of Brazil's top-flight clubs begin negotiating their own TV deals.

Football: Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE and regional Catalan broadcaster TV3 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League

Pay TV growth in South America's fourth-largest economy has local analysts predicting a big pay-day for domestic football.

Brazilian broadcaster targeting deals in the UK and Germany once it renews domestic league international rights.

Globo distribution will be key to potential rival establishing itself.