Latin America

The Peruvian football federation (FPF) has decided not to follow through with its public threat to strip Gol TV of the international rights to Peru’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, after the broadcaster finally made an overd…

A decision on who will broadcast the Copa Sudamericana in Brazil and Latin America is understood to be close, but FC Diez Media won’t be making it.

Streaming platform DAZN is preparing to launch its OTT service in Brazil and Latin America in the coming weeks and is close to securing rights to Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1 in both regions, mul…

The paradoxical nature of Brazilian club football rights is once again causing problems, this time in the second-tier Série B.

The complex nature of the World Cup qualifier rights market in South America is unlikely to become more straightforward over the coming months, but one thing is now all but certain: the international r…

Pay-television broadcaster Sky México has renewed its English Premier League rights in a new three-season deal covering Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic.

Spanish telco Telefónica has launched an OTT service in Argentina.

Sports streaming service FloSports has agreed a three-season deal to show matches of the cross-border Pro14 rugby union league in multiple markets, from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

Italy’s Lega Serie A last week announced new deals for its club-competition rights covering a host of markets.

BR Foot Sports Media’s joint venture deal with social video technology company FanHero will lead to the creation of a global OTT service dedicated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil’s top-tier footb…

Conmebol has officially announced Facebook’s acquisition of media rights to the Copa Libertadores across Latin America and Brazil.

Coverage of the 2018-19 season of the Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will be available in 140 countries after the league distributed its rights in-house.

Fox Sports Latin America will launch its Fox Sports Premium video on demand and streaming service in Mexico and Central America next year, which will be available only to existing Fox Sports subscribers

The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has at least doubled its income from domestic and international rights to Ecuador’s home World Cup qualifiers and friendlies, selling them to Ecuadorian tech c…

Reports in Brazil suggest the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) will receive no media rights income from the country until at least 2020, after its deal with Esporte Interativo collapsed

Last week, the English Premier League sent out three invitation to tenders (ITTs) covering a total of 50 countries in: the Caribbean, Central and South America, and German-speaking countries in Europe.