Latin America

Uefa’s decision to stick with its incumbent broadcast partners has delivered a modest increase in the value of its club competition rights in Latin America.

The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has awarded rights for the national team’s matches between September 2018 and December 2021 to four media companies.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has further enhanced its portfolio of clubs from Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican club football, by agreeing a five-year rights deal with Club Rayados Monterrey.

The Mediapro agency has been unveiled as the host broadcaster for the 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games multi-sport event in Lima, Peru.

Earnings from FC Diez Media’s sale of Copa Libertadores rights in South America have fallen below its internal targets, TV Sports Markets understands, but the joint venture is still on track to meet its guarantee.

BR Newsmedia’s acquisition of international rights to Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was finalised on Tuesday despite the warnings of the Brazilian football federation

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has renewed an agreement for rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football competitions.

Argentina’s Federal System of Public Media and Content has launched a new OTT platform that will provide live streaming of forthcoming national team football tournament the Fifa World Cup.

Kickboxing league Glory has renewed its rights partnership with Brazilian media company Globo.

The Mediapro agency has struck a deal with internet company Google that will grant video-sharing platform YouTube rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football, across 27 markets in Europe, Asia and Oceania.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a three-season extension to its Spanish-language contract in Latin America for rights to European club football competitions the Uefa Champions League and Europa League.

FC Diez Media, the joint venture established by the IMG agency and digital media company Perform to advise the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on their commercial rights for club competitions from 2019 to 2022, has launched a media rights tender for the Copa Sudamericana and Recopa tournaments.

A proposal by a new company, BRnews, to acquire the international rights for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of football in Brazil, has been approved by the competition’s clubs, according to reports.

Brazilian media company Globo has struck a content partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.

The Infront agency has invested in London-based digital media company Copa90, according to the Financial Times.

AT&T’s sale of Golf Channel Latin America could breathe new life into the ailing broadcaster, but its new owners must work quickly to agree carriage deals and renew rights agreements.