Latin America
TyC Sports hit by complaint over World Cup access in Argentina
Cámara Argentina de Internet (Cabase), an entity which represents companies and organisations from across the country’s internet ecosystem, has filed a complaint against subscription broadcaster TyC Sp…
FC Diez Media head of broadcast rights Aquilino moves on
Felipe Aquilino, head of media rights at FC Diez Media, the IMG-owned agency that sells commercial rights to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) competitions, has left his position
Globo hammers out details of 2026 World Cup rights package
Brazilian media group Globo has finalised the details of its 2026 Fifa World Cup rights package as part of its renegotiations with football’s world governing body over its deal for this year’s tournament in …
Mountrigi to show profit from 2022 World Cup deals across LatAm
Mountrigi has profited from its Fifa media rights investment across the 2019-22 cycle, but is expected to earn far more from its rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup held across the US, Mexico and Canada.
Fifa opens up Qatar 2022 coverage in Brazil with streaming deals
Fifa has agreed what it claims is a landmark deal for its Fifa+ streaming service to provide the entire 2022 World Cup for free in Brazil, while content agreements have also been signed with the Disney…
Fox Sports México retains F1 rights
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports México has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Formula 1 motor-racing championship.
Concacaf signs on as OneFootball’s first confederation content partner
Global media platform OneFootball has signed a content sharing deal with Concacaf, marking its first such agreement with a continental governing body
HBS extends production deal with Concacaf to 2026
Concacaf, the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, has signed a four-year extension to its agreement with Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast…
European club football spend nears half-billion dollar mark in LatAm
Media groups across Latin America are spending just under half a billion dollars on top-tier European club football rights in the current 2022-23 season, almost all of which is driven by the Premier League, LaLiga and Uefa club competitions.
Protocol to distribute European rights to Brazilian volleyball’s Superliga
The Canada-based Protocol Sports Marketing agency has signed a multi-year deal to distribute media rights to Brazilian volleyball’s men’s and women’s Superliga across Europe.
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ACB renews with Sharjah Sports, lands Mexican rights deal
The Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has renewed a rights agreement with UAE-based broadcaster Sharjah Sports and struck a new deal with Mexican sports broadcaster Hi! Sports
Brazilian influencer Casimiro to stream World Cup matches, Airtel nets rights in Africa
Brazilian agency LiveMode has brokered an agreement on behalf of Fifa for matches from this year’s World Cup to be broadcast on streamer and digital influencer Casimiro’s various platforms in Brazil.
Mediapro awarded four-year VAR contract for Conmebol club competitions
Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has been appointed by Conmebol, South American football’s governing body, as its provider of video assistant referee (VAR) services for the C…
Claro Sports returns as UCI Track Champions League broadcaster
Pay-TV broadcaster Claro Sports will return as the broadcaster of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Track Champions League in Latin America for the 2022 season.
Warner Bros. Discovery to showcase Campeonato Paulista on TNT
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Globo’s Combate to showcase ONE Championship in Brazil
Mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship has agreed a multi-year rights deal with Brazilian broadcast group Globo
SporTV makes its return as NBA broadcaster in Brazil
Globo's pay-television broadcaster SporTV will once again broadcast the NBA in Brazil after securing a sublicensing agreement with beer brand Budweiser, which holds a package of NBA media rights in the…
F1TV Pro made available to Mexican telco subscribers
Formula 1 has teamed up with Telcel and Telmex to make its F1TV Pro streaming service available to subscribers of the Mexican telecoms companies