Latin America

Mexican Liga MX football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara has confirmed it will form its own broadcast platform after electing to end its long-running rights partnership with pay-television operator Televisa.

Mexican media company Televisa has acquired rights for the NBA North American basketball league.

The Argentinian government has launched a tender process for the 2017 season of the ‘Football for All’ scheme, which reserves domestic football coverage in Argentina for free-to-air television, despite uncertainty over the initiative and the future of the domestic game as a whole.

Media company Liberty Global has completed a deal to acquire Cable & Wireless Communications, the London-listed Caribbean telecommunications operator, in an agreement it says will create the leading television, broadband and telecoms firm in Latin America and the Caribbean.

All but one of Brazil’s 20 Série A clubs has taken a side in the battle over domestic football rights between Esporte Interativo and media company Globo.

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has said it will end its coverage of Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of domestic football.

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Bandsports has acquired rights to the Chinese Super League, the top division of club football in the country.

Ponte Preta has become the latest Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the offer submitted by sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo for the pay-television rights to the top division of Brazilian football.

Colombian commercial broadcaster RCN has acquired rights to the Copa America Centenario, the special edition of the national team football tournament which is being hosted by the United States later this year.

The Brazilian Confederation of Rugby (CBRu) has agreed a rights deal with commercial broadcaster RedeTV that will lead to rugby union being granted free-to-air exposure in the country for the first time.

The Mediapro agency has broadened the reach of its Canal F1 Latin America channel by agreeing a carriage deal with telecommunications company Telefónica for the Chilean, Colombian and Venezuelan markets.

Flamengo has become the latest Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the broadcast rights offer submitted by media company Globo, but has elected to retain internet rights to its games.

The future of the ‘Football for All’ scheme, which reserves domestic football coverage in Argentina for free-to-air television, is uncertain after the Argentinian Football Association suggested that the arrangement with the government could be curtailed.

The ATP World Tour earned a strong increase in the value of its rights in Latin America last month after renewing its deal with ESPN.

The Torneos agency has renegotiated a rights deal with the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) covering the country’s national team and lower-league matches.

Former Honduran President Rafael Callejas has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, admitting that he solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the wide-ranging Fifa football scandal over broadcast rights.