Ecuador

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

Football

Olympics deal part of Slim plan to expand media empire in Latin America through top sport

Football

Francisco Egas, the president of Ecuadorian football club Universidad Católica, threatened to take legal action against the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the Ecuadorian football federation, following th…
Football

Ecuadorian state broadcaster TC Televisión, commercial broadcaster GamaTV and public-service broadcaster Ecuador TV have agreed deals to acquire rights for Serie A and Serie B, the country’s top football di…
Football

Luis Chiriboga, the president of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the Ecuadorian Football Federation, said that the governing body remained in control of its broadcast rights despite having a centralised s…
Football

Ecuadorian commercial broadcaster Ecuavisa has succeeded in halting a centralised sales process for the rights to Serie A and Serie B, the country’s top two football divisions, that was launched by the F…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV Latin America acquired rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 football tournament.
Football

Digital media company Perform acquired rights from Uruguay-based agency the Full Play Group for club football matches in Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru in a three-and-a-half-year deal running…
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Serie A makes the most of heated Latin American market
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Battle heats up in Ecuador over rights centralisation scheme
Football

Leading Ecuadorian football clubs vowed to fight “until the end” to prevent the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the country’s football federation, from centralising the sale of league rights from 20…

Mexico deal takes IOC over the $100m mark in Latin America

Football

Rights fee increases for Uefa in the US and Caribbean
Badminton

Badminton: The Badminton World Federation, badminton’s governing body, signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with IMG Media for the global exploitation of all media rights for the BWF's major e…
Football

Venezuelan broadcasters expect to pay $4.5 million for World Cup qualifiers ... Uruguayan qualifiers tender a battle between Full Play/Tenfield and Traffic
Football

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.
Football

Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.

The IOC is determined to sell the 2010 and 2012 Games on a market-by-market basis and break the hold of the OTI.