Latin America

Brazilian broadcaster TV Gazeta has acquired rights for the 2018 season of the country’s top women’s basketball league, the LBF.

US media group Turner has won the race to acquire Canal del Fútbol, the commercial and pay-television broadcaster on which the ANFP, Chilean football’s governing body, exploits rights to the top two tiers in the country.

The International Olympic Committee’s deal with telco América Móvil for pay-television and digital rights this month heralds an abrupt change in strategy across Latin America.

Three senior executives at media company 21st Century Fox agreed for bribes worth millions of dollars to be paid to South American football officials to secure media-rights deals, according to US prosecution documents.

The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has appointed the Octagon agency to consult on its global media rights for the period spanning 2018 to 2022.

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Bandsports has extended its deal for tennis grand slam the French Open and has also acquired a package of rights for the men’s ATP World Tour.

Mexican commercial broadcaster TV Azteca has acquired rights to the season finale of Liga MX, the top-tier of domestic football.

A committee established by the Chilean Football Association (ANFP) to evaluate offers for pay-television football channel Canal del Fútbol has called for improved bids.

Conmebol is in the process of settling with Datisa for a nine-figure dollar sum to reclaim rights to the 2019 and 2024 Copa América tournaments.

Latin American telco América Móvil has agreed a rights deal for the next four editions of the Olympic Games.

The Chilean Football Association (ANFP) has reportedly received four official offers for Canal del Fútbol, the pay-television broadcaster through which the governing body exploits rights to the top two tiers of domestic club football.

Full Play, which has been accused of bribing football executives, held talks with an entity associated with Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi over a possible sale of the sports marketing agency, according to testimony in the trial of three ex-football officials from Latin America by Santiago Pena, a former financial executive at the Argentinian business.

The Brazilian basketball league’s renewed deals with Bandeirantes and Facebook, and a new deal with Twitter, will earn the property no rights fees but satisfies the league’s immediate needs: production services and worldwide exposure.

Mediapro’s agreement with Turner-owned Chilevisión to lead sales of Chilean national team rights is the first phase of a wider alliance between the agency and the media group, TV Sports Markets understands.

Mexican pay-television operator Televisa and Brazilian media group Globo were part of a $15m (€12.9m) bribery scheme for media rights to the 2026 and 2030 editions of national team football tournament the Fifa World Cup, according to a prosecution witness in the ongoing US trial into corruption in world football.

A series of leading media companies paid bribes to secure multi-year rights deals for football matches, according to the testimony of a prosecution witness in the ongoing US football corruption trial of three of the sport’s former administrators.