Ecuador

The Ecuadorian football federation (FEF) has been forced to relinquish its status as the commercial rights-holder of the top two tiers of Ecuadorian club football after a series of events that included an annulled media-rights deal, court orders, two botched tenders and charges against the federation’s president.

The 24 clubs of the Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B, the top two divisions of Ecuadorian football, have regained control of the broadcast rights to the leagues.

Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV has seen its sole bid for the rights to the Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B rejected by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), with clubs set to discuss the potential for seizing control of the commercial rights to the leagues.

The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has commenced a new process to find a broadcast rights partner for the Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B club competitions, maintaining it is doing so “under protest”.

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster GolTV will retain its rights deal with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) after an offer from rival DirecTV under a new bidding contest was rejected.

Dalo Bucaram, the leader of the Fuerza Ecuador political movement, has initiated legal action against Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) president Carlos Villacís over the governing body’s rights deal with pan-regional pay-television broadcaster GolTV.

Ecuador’s football federation says it is unconcerned about its recent deal with GolTV, despite the pay-television broadcaster delaying payments in its equivalent agreement with the Venezuelan football federation.

Interview with Diego Palma, head of marketing at the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, on the long-term media-rights deal with pay-television broadcaster GolTV.

Government-controlled channels GamaTV and TC Televisión have agreed to pay debts related to their rights deals for the Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B, the top tiers of domestic football, according to the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster GolTV has agreed a 10-year deal with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to become the new rights-holder of Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B, the top tiers of the domestic game.

Agency Tenfield is understood to have struck a deal in principle for global rights to Ecuador’s domestic football competitions.

Ecuador’s football federation and its government have reached an agreement that will ensure the existing contract for the country’s domestic league will run to the end of its term in 2017.

The Fox Sports Argentina division of international sports broadcaster Fox Sports has stated its interest in bidding for rights to the top two divisions of Ecuadorian football after claiming it was initially left out of the tender process opened by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).

The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has moved to play down reports that the Tenfield agency has agreed a deal for rights to the top two divisions of domestic football, stating a number of parties are currently in talks.

The Copa América Centenario will receive free-to-air exposure in Ecuador after state-owned broadcaster Gama TV sealed a late rights deal for the national team football tournament.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has announced plans to launch a number of new video services in seven Latin American markets.