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The Justice Tribunal of the State of Rio de Janeiro has handed media group Globo a lifeline in its ongoing battle with pay-television broadcaster Turner by accepting an injunction from the commercial broadcasting…
Football

Bolivian football club Bolívar has raised concerns over the invitation to tender issued by the country’s football association (FBF), saying that the conditions laid out in the process are not “equal” to all…
Football

Brazilian media group Globo has been handed its latest legal defeat after a court ruling was handed down permitting rival pay-television broadcaster Turner to exploit the PM984 media-rights decree to air…
Football

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has received bids for rights to its domestic club competitions from incumbent the Sports TV Rights agency, telco Telefónica Celular de Bolivia (TELECEL) and GolTV, …
Football

The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner is gearing up for a legal battle against media group Globo after announcing which matches it will broadcast using the powers granted by the controversial…
Football

Football streaming platform MyCujoo has agreed a deal with OTT streaming service DAZN for domestic rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, with the agreement granting the third tier of Brazilian club …
Football

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
Football

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has requested the termination of its rights contract for South American football’s top-tier Copa Libertadores competition.
Football

Football media platform OneFootball is to broadcast free coverage of Korea’s K League to users in France, Italy, Spain, the UK and Brazil in a deal with Sportradar, the agency that was last year appointed t…
Football

Streaming platform DAZN has exited its deal in Brazil for the Copa Sudamericana competition, following on from the news that it has dropped the Italian Serie A from its programming output in the South…
Esports

Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a new three-year broadcast deal in Brazil, awarding rights to commercial broadcaster Globo and entertainment streaming platform Omelete
Football

A handful of Brasileirão Série A clubs have thrown their support behind media group Globo ahead of the new season after pay-television broadcaster Turner announced its intention to use the highly contentious ‘…
Football

Costa Rican pay-television channel FUTV has said it is in talks over a carriage deal with cable television provider Tigo
Football

The 2020-21 Italian Serie A season is in serious danger of being left without a broadcaster in Brazil as OTT platform DAZN has cancelled its deal one year early, SportBusiness understands
Football

Brazilian media group Globo has reached an agreement with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Coritiba that will see the club paid a flat fee for its media rights for the rest of 2020 instead of the previously …
Football

Paraguayan-based pay-television broadcaster Tigo Sports has signed a new three-year rights agreement with the Paraguayan Football Federation (APF)
Football

Brazilian media group Globo is engaged in a dispute with US-headquartered pay-television broadcaster Turner ahead of the new Serie A season as issues around the controversial ‘PM 984’ media-rights dec…
Football

The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and the Tenfield agency have reached a deal which will see every match from the country’s top flight broadcast for the remainder of the season.