Latin America

Football

As reported in TV Sports Markets last month, pay-television operator DirecTV has acquired rights to Uefa European Qualifiers and the Uefa Nations League in a four-season deal, from 2018-19 to 2021-22.
Football

Pay-television operator DirecTV claims it has secured domestic rights to matches of Ecuador’s national football team.
Football

Facebook Watch, the social media company’s streaming service, will roll out globally a year after it launched in the US.
Football

The former head of the South American football confederation Conmebol, Juan Ángel Napout, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Wednesday (August 29) for his role in the Fifa corruption scandal.
Football

The top-tier football league in Panama has agreed media and sponsorship deals covering the next four years for a total of $7.6m (€6.6m). The critica.com.pa
Football

The IMG agency will launch its Serie A Pass OTT subscription service in Latin America tomorrow (Saturday)
Football

Social media platform Facebook has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights for football’s Uefa Champions League and Uefa Super Cup in Spanish-speaking Latin American territories.
Football

International sports broadcaster ESPN has extended its rights in Brazil to the Eredivisie, the top division of Dutch football
Football

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo will cease its television operations and move to a digital-only model as parent company, US media group Turner, seeks to introduce the ‘superstation’ con…
Boxing

Fight Sports, the linear sports channel and digital service, has secured exclusive rights in over 30 countries to the upcoming boxing title fight between Carl Frampton and Luke Jackson
Football

Shareholders of Televisa have launched legal action against the Mexican media company after claiming they have lost “hundreds of millions of dollars” after the business allegedly paid bribes to secure Fif…
Football

Uefa has finalised a host of media-rights deals for its national-team properties around the world as the start of its new cycle draws near.
Football

Copa Sudamericana rights could be sold to a single broadcaster across Latin America and Brazil, as FC Diez Media has called off tender processes in both territories and entered private negotiations.
Football

The Ecuadorian football federation (FEF) has launched a second tender for international rights to the national team’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier matches after deciding not to award rights to the winners o…
Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has said broadcast and online rights agreements covering 84 countries and territories have been reached for the upcoming Women's Softball World Championship
Golf

International sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a three-year extension to its rights deal in Latin America for golf major The Open Championship
Football

Paco Casal’s latest deal for 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier rights puts the Uruguayan businessman in a strong position ahead of a frenzied period of rights-trading in Latin America

Football

Facebook and Esporte Interativo are set to strike a deal for Uefa Champions League rights in Brazil at a much-reduced price