Latin America

Baseball
Caribbean

US and Latin American broadcaster Alterna'TV acquired exclusive rights in Puerto Rico for baseball’s Caribbean Series in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014.
Football
Asia

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

Football
Asia

Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012
American Football
Africa

FOOTBALL
Hockey
Argentina

Argentinian state-owned broadcaster Canal 7 acquired rights for the International Hockey Federation’s women’s Champions Trophy, which will take place in Rosario, Argentina from January 28 to February 5.
Football
Brazil

Sports pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired rights in Latin America and the Caribbean to the Brazilian football league, the Campeonato Série A, and the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo’s state championship, in …
Football
Colombia

Colombian pay-television broadcasters Telefόnica, Une and Telmex had their latest joint bid to acquire rights for the country’s top football league, Liga Postobon, rejected by the División Mayor del Fút…
Football
Argentina

Concacaf stuck in neutral as deals wait...Bernie in the driving seat...Fresh joint bid in Colombia...Full steam ahead for Full Play
Football
Africa

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
Football
Africa

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Football
Brazil

Wanted: French home for acquisitive Al Jazeera... Eredivisie Live battling for content... SPL plays safe with Sky and ESPN... Conmebol confirms Full Play deal

Football
Central America

Football comes of age in US
Mexico

Sports and entertainment investment company Evolution Media Capital linked up with private investment company Nala to form Nala EMC, an investment banking and advisory company for the Latin American market
Football
Ecuador

Leading Ecuadorian football clubs vowed to fight “until the end” to prevent the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the country’s football federation, from centralising the sale of league rights from 20…
American Football
Brazil

Esporte Interativo, the Brazilian free-to-air sports broadcaster, acquired rights for the NFL Super Bowl in a two-year deal, covering the 2012 and 2013 matches. The deal was brokered by the IMG agency
Basketball
Africa

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Football
Asia

Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).
Basketball
Asia

FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal