Costa Rica
Mountrigi to show profit from 2022 World Cup deals across LatAm
Mountrigi has profited from its Fifa media rights investment across the 2019-22 cycle, but is expected to earn far more from its rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup held across the US, Mexico and Canada.
Costa Rica’s Cartaginés stays with FUTV after failed Tigo switch
Top-tier Costa Rican football club Cartaginés has failed in its bid to cancel a domestic media rights deal with FUTV, opting to remain with the pay-television broadcaster for the foreseeable future.
Cartaginés breaks away from Costa Rica’s FUTV
Costa Rican Primera Divisíon side CS Cartaginés has ended its contract with FUTV, the football-focused pay-television broadcaster which launched in the Central American country just under a year ago.
Tigo seals carriage for Costa Rican football channel FUTV
Costa Rican pay-television channel FUTV has finalised a carriage deal with cable television provider Tigo.
FUTV launched in February and is exclusively dedicated to football
FUTV, Tigo in talks over carriage deal
Costa Rican pay-television channel FUTV has said it is in talks over a carriage deal with cable television provider Tigo
ESPN Deportes to broadcast return of Costa Rica’s Liga FPD
ESPN Deportes will broadcast some games in Costa Rica's top-flight Liga FPD, which has become the first professional soccer league in the Americas to resume action amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Costa Rican pay-TV channel to launch showcasing top-tier football
A new pay-television channel exclusively dedicated to football is scheduled to launch in Costa Rica next month
Teletica to retain exclusive World Cup rights
Costa Rican broadcaster Teletica has said it will retain exclusive television rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament after failing to strike a sublicensing deal with fellow media group Repretel.
Telefónica to launch new video services in Latin America
Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has announced plans to launch a number of new video services in seven Latin American markets.
América Móvil targets premium sports rights in long-term strategy
Olympics deal part of Slim plan to expand media empire in Latin America through top sport
IOC over the $100m threshold in Latin America
Mexico deal takes IOC over the $100m mark in Latin America
Europa League proving big attraction in US
Rights fee increases for Uefa in the US and Caribbean
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TV RIGHTS CLIPS1: Uefa Champions League, Indian, Brazilian football and more
Football: Italian satellite pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia acquired the exclusive rights for top Tuesday-night Champions League matches, all other matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, excluding the…
Uefa stuck with BBC-ITV for Euro
Uefa looks to conclude Euro 2012 talks with BBC and ITV, accepting that there will be no changes to UK listed events legislation before 2012.
World Cup deal in doubt as downturn squeezes OTI
A Latin American deal for the next two football World Cups in 2010 and 2014 may have to be renegotiated, with local broadcasters struggling to meet rights fee payments against the background of global recession.