Latin America
Fox football rights deal casts doubts over Sport1 future
Aggressive Fox poses threat t Sport1 future in the Netherlands
Deal of the Month: Slim and Olympic rights in Latin America
Carlos Slim’s América Móvil acquired the media rights in Latin America, outside Brazil, for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games
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MP & Silva to push channel strategy
MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia
ESPN Deportes plots future
ESPN Deportes explains long-term strategy for growing US Spanish-language market
Colombian club fined for showing games online without permission
The Dimayor (División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano), the body responsible for the top two football divisions in Colombia, has fined second-tier club América de Cali 44.21
Slim targets F1, Monterrey rights for proposed new free-to-air channel
Multi-billionaire Carlos Slim wants to acquire rights to the Formula One motor-racing championship and games featuring top-tier Mexican football club Monterrey for a new free-to-air television channel…
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Santa Mónica to seek rights compensation
Santa Mónica seeks refund for centralised Spain matches
Saran looking beyond Turkey
Saran brothers sports-rights ambitions expand beyond Turkey; Perform and IMG take different routes to crack Turkish market; Super Lig deal probed
Argentinian government launches new sports channel
The Argentinian government has announced the launch of a new free-to-air television channel dedicated to sport.
The high-definition channel, DeporTV, is available nationwide
Dominican Olympic body to launch new sports channel
The Comité Olímpico Dominicano, the national Olympic committee in the Dominican Republic, has agreed a deal with state broadcaster CERTV to launch a new free-to-air sports television channel, according t…
Lawsuit on hold
Traffic v Full Play - peace in our time?
Mediaset to buck trend and make money on football
Market so bad in Spain that Telecinco expects to make
BeIN Sport and Esporte Interativo snap up judo rights
The International Judo Federation, the sport’s global governing body, has awarded media rights to pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport in France and Esporte Interativo, the Brazilian free-to-air sports b…
New sports channel launches on Sky Brasil
Argentinian agency Torneos y Competencias has launched Sport Plus, a new pay-television sports channel in Brazil
NFL closes in on new rights deals in Mexico
Mexican media group Televisa and commercial broadcaster TV Azteca are set to acquire domestic rights for American football’s NFL in three-year deals, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, according to news website E…
Gol TV expands football rights portfolio in Peru
Pay-television broadcaster Gol TV has struck domestic rights agreements in Peru with newly-promoted clubs UTC de Cajamarca and Pacífico and has sold rights for games featuring another top-tier football …
Canada not a big draw in Canada
Lack of stars caps Concacaf earnings in Canada