South America

Football

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has forwarded media rights fees to clubs in the Bolivian Professional Football League for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, indicating…
Football

Potential US buyers baulked at the asking price for media rights to Conmebol’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, exposing several members of the seven-strong selling consortium to significant losses on their investments.
Football

Brazil's Paranaense State Championship has become the latest property to emerge as having its contract cancelled by DAZN due to the digital platform's decision to shutter its Brazilian operation and lay…
Multi-sport

ViacomCBS is close to a deal to acquire free-to-air broadcaster Chilevisión from fellow US media group WarnerMedia, according to local reports.
Football

Digital streaming platform OneFootball has picked up French Ligue 1 rights in Brazil at a substantial discount after DAZN’s exit from the market.
Football

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has filed a claim against Brazilian media group Globo to recover fees that it claims it is owed after the latter’s broadcast rights contract cancellation.
Football

Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have successfully fought off an appeal from world football’s governing body Fifa over payment of a $90m (€76.1m) sum for rights to a host of tournaments.
Motorsport

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Band has acquired exclusive domestic rights to Stock Car Brasil for five years, from 2021 to 2025
Football
Finance & Law

A judge in a commercial court has thrown out the Argentinian Football Association’s appeal to overturn a ruling reinstating pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ rights to the nation’s top tier of pr…
Football

A judge in a commercial court has thrown out the Argentinian Football Association’s appeal to overturn a ruling reinstating pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ rights to the nation’s top tier of pr…
Multi-sport

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) is to launch an online streaming channel offering coverage of domestic sports events, with the potential of also showcasing international competitions
Football

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster BandSports has acquired linear rights to all South American 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying matches played on Matchday 4 of the continent’s qualification competition, i…
Football

Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster TV Cultura has acquired rights to the closing stages of the 2020 edition of the Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino, the women’s state championship in São Paulo.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the pay-television rights to tomorrow’s (November 17) Fifa World Cup qualifier between Uruguay and Brazil, while commercial broadcaster Band is still in t…
Motorsport

Media rights to Formula One are back on the market in Brazil after a long-term deal with the Rio Motorsports business was ended just two months after being announced
Football

IMG has found new homes for the 2020-21 Serie A rights in Brazil after DAZN cancelled its deal. But the replacement deals will bring in significantly lower revenue, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

The Sports TV Rights agency has underlined its stance that it will issue penalty payments requests of $3.78m (€3.1
Football

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has acquired rights to the top-tier Brasileirão Feminino A-1 in a deal covering the semi-finals and finals of the 2020 season.