Latin America

Mexican pay-television operator Televisa has extended a rights deal for North America’s Major League Baseball for three years, from 2016 to 2018.

Coritiba has become the fourth 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, while Corinthians has elected to extend its contract with media company Globo.

Internacional has become the third 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.

Santos has become the second 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.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a rights deal with the Mediapro agency for coverage of domestic Brazilian football leagues.

The Mediapro agency has expanded the reach of its Canal F1 Latin America channel ahead of the new Formula One motor racing season by agreeing a carriage deal with Argentine cable television operator Cablevision.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has extended a rights deal in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean for the ATP World Tour, which operates the professional circuit of men’s tennis.

An audacious offer from Esporte Interativo has loosened Globo’s stranglehold on Brazilian domestic football.

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal in Latin America and the Caribbean for the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Atlético Paranaense has become the first 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.

Media-rights deals between Guatemala’s football association and Mexican media magnate Angel Gonzalez were agreed at prices that were below market value, sources from an audit committee appointed by football’s global governing body, Fifa, have told the Reuters news agency.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has confirmed it has submitted a bid of R$550m (€126m/$139m) per year to secure the pay-television rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

Mexican mobile entertainment provider Binbit has struck a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA to distribute mobile phone content to fans in certain countries across Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has confirmed it has made a substantial offer to secure the pay-television rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

US pay-television broadcaster GolTV has acquired exclusive rights in the country to the Primera División, the top division of domestic football in Venezuela.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured new broadcast rights deals for the Champions Hockey League in Latin America, Israel, Latvia and France ahead of the finale of the second season of the pan-European club ice hockey competition.

Tennis Australia has renewed its deal with ESPN for Australian Open rights in Latin America and the Caribbean without putting the rights on the market.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has secured rights in Poland and Belgium to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) qualifying matches for the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.