Latin America

Football

The homes matches of Liga MX team Querétaro will continue to be shown free-to-air on Mexico’s Imagen Televisión network, despite the ongoing sale of the club from the family of businessman Olegario Váz…
Basketball

Short-form video platform TikTok has partnered with Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), the top division of club basketball in Brazil
Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports is set to cease operating its local version in Uruguay amid a change in business strategy
Football

The executive committee of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) is to take over control of negotiation of broadcast rights to the country’s top-tier Primera División.
Basketball

The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has agreed a rights deal for the competition with Argentinian subscription-television c…
Football

Free-to-air broadcasters in South America bidding for rights to the 2020 Copa América will be limited to showing a maximum of 11 matches on their linear channels, according to the terms of the recently …
Multi-sport

Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defence (Cade), the competition regulator, has ruled that the planned acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company will be subjected to a review.
Football

Chilean pay-television sports broadcaster Canal del Fútbol has been ordered to repay customers whose subscriptions have been affected by the ongoing protests in Chile.
Volleyball

The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) has launched a pay-per-view model for its OTT streaming service, a move that will grant full coverage of the men’s and women’s Superliga club competitions for…
Multi-sport

The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico’s antitrust regulator, has agreed to hand Disney and Fox Sports a six-month extension to sell its sports assets in Mexico.
Football

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Corinthians has become the latest football club to launch an official account on short-form video platform TikTok.
Basketball

DirecTV, the long-term rights-holder in South America to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) competitions, has become the latest broadcaster in the region to pick up the rights to the new Basketball…
Basketball

Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Brazil to the new Basketball Champions League Americas club competition
Basketball

Brazilian media group Bandeirantes, which operates free-to-air and pay-television channels, has acquired rights for the NBA basketball league
Tennis

An invitation to tender has been issued for broadcast rights in Brazil to ATP Tour events, and also the French Open, one of tennis’ four grand slam events.
Football

Tenfield, the Uruguayan agency and media company, has acquired rights to the Uruguayan national football team’s four remaining international friendlies this year.
Multi-sport

Carlos Maluf has been announced as the new chief executive of sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil. The appointment was made by the broadcaster’s parent company Disney.
Football

Bolivian league vice-president Robert Blanco has claimed that incumbent rights-holder Sport TV Rights has submitted a $23m (€21m) offer for the exclusive rights to the league from 2021 to 2024.