Latin America

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Globosat has signed a multi-year partnership to show events from the World Surf League.

SRO Motorsports Group, promoter of the GT Series, has sealed a number of new rights deals ahead of the start of the 2015 season of the motor racing championship.

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Globosat has agreed a four-year rights deal with North America’s Major League Soccer.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has acquired rights to the European qualifying games for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments through a sublicensing deal with rights-holder and rival pay-television broadcaster Globosat.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has agreed a three-year rights deal for pre-season club football competition the International Champions Cup.

Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, has agreed a multi-year distribution partnership with the Metta Sport agency covering the Latin America region.

Pay-television operator DirecTV has struck a carriage deal in several Latin American countries for the Mediapro agency’s Canal F1 Latin America Formula One-dedicated pay-television channel.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has extended a rights deal for the Nascar North American stock car-racing series.

Pay-television operator Televisa has struck a carriage deal in Mexico for the Mediapro agency’s Canal F1 Latin America Formula One-dedicated pay-television channel.

A number of Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A clubs are challenging the revenue distribution model employed by the rights-holder of the top division of Brazilian football, media group Globo, according to the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.

The financial might of major US network Turner Broadcasting System, allied to strong local market knowledge, will enable Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo to be both competitive in the rights market and distinctive from rivals in its programming, the broadcaster believes.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has acquired rights to Italy’s Serie A, the top division of football in the country, under a sublicensing deal with the league’s rights-holder in Brazil, pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.

The International Olympic Committee has said it holds no plans to drive an extended roll out of ultra high-definition 4K coverage for the 2016 summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Globosat has agreed a multi-year rights deal with North American basketball league the NBA.

Spanish agency Mediapro will launch its new Formula One channel in Latin America on March 1.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has picked up rights to the Copa do Brasil club football tournament through a two-year sublicensing deal with the competition’s rights-holder, rival pay-television broadcaster Globosat.