Ecuador
Ecuador centralised sales process halted by civil court
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…
DirecTV sublicenses Euro 2012 rights in Latin America
Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV Latin America acquired rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 football tournament.
Perform strengthens South American football portfolio
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…
Serie A doubles its money with Fox in Latin America
Serie A makes the most of heated Latin American market
Top Ecuadorian clubs in battle with federation
Battle heats up in Ecuador over rights centralisation scheme
Ecuador clubs hit out at centralised rights plan
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…
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
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NCAA and NBA basketball, boxing, football and more
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…
World Cup qualifier rights value up by a third
Venezuelan broadcasters expect to pay $4.5 million for World Cup qualifiers ... Uruguayan qualifiers tender a battle between Full Play/Tenfield and Traffic
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.
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
Hard talks persist as IOC advances into OTI territory
The IOC is determined to sell the 2010 and 2012 Games on a market-by-market basis and break the hold of the OTI.
DirecTV set for La Liga renewal
Sports rights agency Mediapro is thought to be close to renewing a deal for Spanish football’s top-tier La Liga with pan-regional pay-operator DirecTV Latin America.
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.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008 host country deal and other football
Football: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF acquired the rights for all 31 matches of the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal worth €10m (£7m).