Latin America

Football

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Brasil has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to the first season of the Brazilian Football Confederation’s new women’s league.

Boxing

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a multi-platform agreement with the World Boxing Council sanctioning body for the rights to the new WBC World Cup of Professional Boxing event.

Cycling

The International Cycling Union (UCI) and marketing partner the Infront Sports & Media agency have said the forthcoming Road World Championships will receive an “unprecedented level” of television coverage, including exposure for the first time in Middle Eastern, South American and Israeli markets.

Football

Argentina and Brazil football legends Diego Maradona and Romario have joined forces to attack the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), saying they will form a commission to investigate the distribution of revenue throughout the region, with media rights at the forefront of discussions.

American Football

Mexican media group Televisa and commercial broadcaster TV Azteca have confirmed a three-year extension to their rights deal with American football’s NFL.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced plans for a new sports channel to be launched in the country.

Football

As Brazil delivers increased audiences for the Fifa Confederations Cup in Europe’s big five markets, Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, runs the numbers T
Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts promoter the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Mexican media group Televisa have announced that their new UFC-dedicated pay-television channel will launch on September 1 across 20 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America.

Football

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Brasil has announced that it will provide live coverage of all 64 games of the 2014 Fifa World Cup and will launch a second channel next year.

Fishing

The IEC in Sports agency has announced rights deals for the 2013 World Fly Fishing Championship with pay-television broadcasters in Croatia, Israel and Chile.

American Football

Mexican NFL American football fans will be able to watch three extra games per week after a new broadcast deal starting with the 2013-14 season was concluded, according to the CNN Expansion news website.

Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed three additional broadcast deals, TV Sports Markets understands.

Paralympics

Brazilian pay-television channel SporTV has agreed a deal with the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) to broadcast the forthcoming IPC Athletics World Championships, according to the Meio e Mensagem news website.

Football

Traffic and Full play sign Copa American truce and agree to share rights

Mixed Martial Arts

Colombian commercial broadcaster Caracol has agreed a one-year deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to broadcast programming from the mixed martial arts promoter.

Baseball

Cuba has broadcast its first full Major League Baseball game on free-to-air television since 1961, according to the Associated Press news agency.

Football

Turner investment will help Esporte Interativo to be more aggressive in sports-rights market

Football

Brazilian media group Globo decided against showing live coverage of the Spain v Tahiti game last night (Thursday) at the Fifa Confederations Cup national football team tournament after opting to provide coverage of the ongoing protests on the streets of Brazil.