Latin America

Football

Clubs in Argentina’s Primera División, the top tier of football in the country, have rejected an initial media-rights offer from US media companies Fox and Turner and are set to put forward a counterproposal.
Olympic Games

Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast organisation for all Olympic Games, is contesting a Brazilian police investigation that has accused it of negligence in the episode during Rio 2016 which saw an overhead camera crash to the ground, injuring eight people.
Football

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football club Palmeiras has agreed to assign its pay-television rights to Esporte Interativo, according to multiple Brazilian media reports.
Football

Founder members Coritiba and Atlético-PR have confirmed their withdrawal from Brazilian domestic football competition the Primeira Liga, citing dissatisfaction with the division of broadcast rights revenue.
Football

Clubs in Argentina’s Primera Division, the top tier of football in the country, are reportedly at odds over the future direction of the domestic broadcast rights model.
Football

Uncertainties over the Brazilian football calendar and a dispute over revenue sharing is delaying a new rights agreement for the Primeira Liga – Brazil’s newest football competition.

Multi-sport

US media conglomerate Viacom has agreed a $345m (€312.5m) deal to acquire Argentinian free-to-air broadcaster Telefe from the Telefónica telecommunications company.

Football

US media companies Fox and Turner are keen to strike a partnership to acquire rights to club football in Argentina, according to reports.

Football

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has agreed a partnership with media company Cinelive to provide coverage of English Premier League football games in cinemas throughout Brazil.

Football

GolTV’s accusation of bribery against Fox Sports Latin America – made in a Florida court late last month – has cast light on one of the most secretive deals in world football.

Basketball

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has agreed a rights deal with the Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) to cover its top-tier club competition, the NBB.

Olympics

Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast organisation for all Olympic Games, has said equipment seized from it by Brazilian authorities has been returned.

Football

Brazilian media company Globo is set to agree a rights deal covering the next three editions of domestic football competition the Primeira Liga.

Mixed Martial Arts

Hispanic mixed martial arts promotion Combate Americas has agreed an exclusive, year-long Spanish-language rights deal with commercial broadcaster TV Azteca for the Mexican and US markets.

Basketball

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster DirecTV has extended its NBA rights deal in Latin America, while the North American basketball league has confirmed changes to its League Pass online streaming service for the international market.

Football

Mexican Liga MX football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara has signalled its intention to replicate its new domestic model of exploiting its rights in-house by taking the same approach for the US market.

Baseball

The Rushmans consultancy and Pitch International agency have struck a deal to market the global rights to the National Baseball Series, the top domestic competition in Cuba.

Tennis

The Lagardère Sports agency has struck worldwide media distribution rights deals for ATP 250 men’s tennis tournaments in Munich and Sao Paulo.