South America
Jair Bolsonaro’s swipe at Globo injects yet more uncertainty into Brazilian football
The business of Brazilian club football is a minefield at the best of times, but a temporary change to the law by the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro has made it even trickier, especially for dominant media giant, Globo.
August deadline set in new Bolivian football TV rights tender
The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) will today (Thursday) launch a fresh invitation to tender process for the broadcast rights to club competitions in the country
Band to pay off Globo football rights debt ‘by September’
Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has pledged to pay back the football media-rights debt it owes to Globo, the dominant Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster, by September
Tenfield ‘reaches deal’ with Uruguayan FA over $2.5m rights payment
The Tenfield agency is said to have reached an agreement with the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) to make a rights payment due in June for rights to club competitions, amid financial pressures caused…
SBT lands rights to second leg of Flamengo-Fluminense final
Brazilian free-to-air commercial broadcaster SBT has acquired rights to the decisive second leg of the Campeonato Carioca football final between Flamengo and Fluminense
Globo relents after court’s ruling over Carioca broadcasts
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo was ordered to honour its contract with the Carioca State Championship by the Rio de Janeiro district court following an injunction being filed by the rights-holder
Bolivian Football Federation to discuss launch of fresh TV rights tender
The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has cancelled its broadcast rights tender for club competitions, with a new process expected to be drawn up
Globo cancels Carioca Championship contract amid escalating Flamengo dispute
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has cancelled its contract with the Carioca State Championship amid an escalating conflict with Flamengo over the Rio de Janeiro-based club’s broadcast rights.
IndyCar takes slight Brazil rights-fee hit in one-year Bandeirantes renewal
Brazilian broadcaster Bandeirantes has agreed a one-year extension to its IndyCar rights, paying a lower per-year and per-race fee for the Covid-truncated 2020 season.
Globo foiled in bid to block Flamengo state championship broadcast
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has failed in its attempts to block Flamengo from broadcasting its forthcoming Carioca State Championship match on the club’s TV channel, FlaTV.
Globo wants R$2m penalty for Flamengo as Carioca broadcast dispute heats up
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has stepped up its opposition to Flamengo broadcasting any of the club’s matches in the Rio de Janeiro state championship on its own TV channel by filing a legal a…
Globo handed injunction to withhold $90m Fifa media-rights payment
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has been handed an injunction against world football’s governing body Fifa to withhold a $90m (€79.7m) broadcast rights payment.
Brazil issues decree placing TV rights back in clubs’ hands
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has issued a decree that markedly alters the media rights landscape for the country’s football clubs.
Leading Bolivian clubs plan to shun tender and sell TV rights individually
Four of Bolivia’s leading football clubs have signalled their intention not to participate in a broadcast rights tender process planned by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF).
Bolivian league tender set to continue despite concrete offer from Bolivar president
The Bolivian Football Association’s (FBF) general director Freddy Téllez has said that the invitation to tender for the nation’s top tier of domestic football will continue, despite a concrete offer havi…
MyCujoo strengthens CBF ties with e-Brasileirão deal
Football streaming platform MyCujoo has ramped up its association with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) by agreeing a deal to live stream its esports competition
Bolivian clubs mull $100m 10-year media-rights offer from Bolivar president
The 14 Bolivian Primera Divisíon sides are weighing up whether to accept a 10-year media-rights proposal worth $100m (€88.7m
Globo ‘ordered to pay costs’ in Brazilian aquatics federation rights spat
Brazilian media group Globo has been ordered to pay costs totalling R$177,400 ($34,500/€30,500) to the Brazilian Confederation of Water Sports (CBDA) as the payment dispute between the two parties intensified.