Latin America

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV has acquired rights to the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, which commence in London, England today (Friday).

Mexican football club Chivas Guadalajara plans to offer its in-house OTT platform, Chivas TV, on a global basis after sealing a partnership with streaming services provider Playmaker Media.

Social media platform Twitter has entered into its first live sports streaming agreement in Argentina through a partnership with Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, the organising body of club basketball in the country.

Government-controlled channels GamaTV and TC Televisión have agreed to pay debts related to their rights deals for the Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B, the top tiers of domestic football, according to the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).

The summer of 2017 will prove a critical period in determining where major football rights in Brazil will end up for the next few years. 

Latin America’s major media groups are competing to take ownership of Chile’s successful football league channel, Canal del Fútbol.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) will next week launch a tender process with a view to appointing an agency to assist in the commercialisation of its club and national team competitions.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has struck a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Premier League, the top division of English club football.

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster GolTV has agreed a 10-year deal with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to become the new rights-holder of Primera Categoría Serie A and Serie B, the top tiers of the domestic game.

Consumer electronics company Samsung has partnered with North America’s Major League Baseball to provide fans with a virtual reality offering for the remainder of the 2017 season.

The MP & Silva agency has been appointed as the exclusive global media-rights adviser for the Colombian Baseball League and the Serie Latinoamericana pan-continental competition.

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) last month agreed a new deal with Fox Networks Group in Latin America for its club competitions, earning a decent increase.

Telecommunications company Telefónica is to add mobile football content to its service offering in Brazil and Chile.

The Argentinian government has reached a deal with US media companies Fox and Turner to subsidise free-to-air coverage of the country’s top-tier Primera División football competition for the first three months of next season.

The Brazilian Confederation of Rugby (CBRu) has agreed a rights deal with sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is set to adopt a new means of broadcasting friendly matches played by its national team after electing not to award the rights to media group Globo.