South America
Record acquires Carioca State Championship rights
Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster Record will air the 2021 Carioca State Championship, the annual tournament in the state of Rio de Janeiro, after acquiring the free-to-air rights
MyCujoo moves into basketball with Liga ACB deal
Streaming service MyCujoo has continued its transition to a multi-sport business model after agreeing a rights deal with Spanish basketball organisation Liga ACB for coverage in Brazil and across sub-Saharan…
Band ‘set to seal’ F1 rights after no Globo agreement
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Band is closing in on a rights deal with Formula 1, with media group Globo again said to have ended talks over extending its contract due to unease over the motor-racing…
NBA maintains Brazilian revenue model in Globo, Band extensions
The NBA has maintained its existing rights revenue picture in Brazil, in extensions with media group Globo and commercial broadcaster Bandeirantes for pay-television and free-to-air rights, respectively.
Band lands free-to-air rights to Brazil’s World Cup qualifiers from TV Walter Abrahão
Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster Band has acquired rights to the remainder of Brazil's away 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, starting with a fixture against Colombia on March 25
Brazilian clubs reject Globo’s pleas to reduce rights value
Clubs playing in the top tier of Brazilian football have rejected proposals from media group Globo to reduce the amount they are paid for rights to their home matches
Brazil market report, 2021
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Brazil
Mediapro sells World Cup qualifiers to Brazil’s TV Walter Abrahão in surprise deal
TV Walter Abrahão, a youth-oriented basic-tier channel launched in May last year, has shocked the Brazilian sports industry by acquiring the rights to a bulk package of South American qualifiers to the …
Sky Brasil picks up Copa do Nordeste, MyCujoo streams Carioca preliminaries
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Brasil has acquired pay-per-view rights to the knockout Copa do Nordeste tournament in Brazil
Disney renewal provides sliver of stability for Argentine football league
Media giant Disney has agreed to pay a sizeable one-off fee to secure a three-season extension to its domestic broadcast rights to Argentina’s Liga Profesional de Fútbol (LPF), following a legal spat that had threatened to end its relationship with the league.
Uefa club rights on market in Oceania, ISOs issued in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand have been asked to lodge their first-round bids for Uefa Champions League rights by the middle of next month following the launch of the sales process by the Team…
Globo and Fifa ‘to hold clear the air talks’
Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have arranged to meet a delegation from world football’s governing body Fifa to clear the air between the two parties after their relationship has become strained i…
Telecel offers over $12m per season for Bolivian domestic football rights
The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has announced that telco Telecel submitted the highest bid in the most recent tender for media rights to Bolivian club football, bidding over $12m (€9.9m) per season.
Champions League broadcast rights ‘to hit market in Brazil’
Broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League are poised to hit the market in Brazil, it has been reported
Brazil’s Athletico Paranaense shows league game on Twitch
Athletico Paranaense have become the first Brazilian football club to show a live Série A match on Twitch, as the club used the platform to broadcast its home fixture against Vasco Da Gama via pay per …
Bolivian domestic football rights deal annulled as saga rumbles on
Sports TV Rights' four-year deal for exclusive rights to domestic Bolivian football, from 2021 to 2024, was annulled at the Bolivian Football Federation's (FBF) extraordinary congress on December 29, leaving…
Torneos and GSRM land Argentinian league international rights, Disney renews to 2030
Torneos, the Argentinian rights agency, and Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that holds international broadcast rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, have formed an alliance to commercialise…
GolTV receives $300,000 bid for Ecuador league final free-to-air rights
TC Televisión, the state-owned broadcaster in Ecuador, has submitted a bid for rights to the final of the country’s top-tier Serie A league.