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Football

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has received bids for rights to its domestic club competitions from incumbent the Sports TV Rights agency, telco Telefónica Celular de Bolivia (TELECEL) and GolTV, …
Football

The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner is gearing up for a legal battle against media group Globo after announcing which matches it will broadcast using the powers granted by the controversial…
Football

Football streaming platform MyCujoo has agreed a deal with OTT streaming service DAZN for domestic rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, with the agreement granting the third tier of Brazilian club …
Football

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has requested the termination of its rights contract for South American football’s top-tier Copa Libertadores competition.
Football

Football media platform OneFootball is to broadcast free coverage of Korea’s K League to users in France, Italy, Spain, the UK and Brazil in a deal with Sportradar, the agency that was last year appointed t…
Football

Streaming platform DAZN has exited its deal in Brazil for the Copa Sudamericana competition, following on from the news that it has dropped the Italian Serie A from its programming output in the South…
Esports

Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a new three-year broadcast deal in Brazil, awarding rights to commercial broadcaster Globo and entertainment streaming platform Omelete
Football

A handful of Brasileirão Série A clubs have thrown their support behind media group Globo ahead of the new season after pay-television broadcaster Turner announced its intention to use the highly contentious ‘…
Football

The 2020-21 Italian Serie A season is in serious danger of being left without a broadcaster in Brazil as OTT platform DAZN has cancelled its deal one year early, SportBusiness understands
Football

Brazilian media group Globo has reached an agreement with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Coritiba that will see the club paid a flat fee for its media rights for the rest of 2020 instead of the previously …
Football

Paraguayan-based pay-television broadcaster Tigo Sports has signed a new three-year rights agreement with the Paraguayan Football Federation (APF)
Football

Brazilian media group Globo is engaged in a dispute with US-headquartered pay-television broadcaster Turner ahead of the new Serie A season as issues around the controversial ‘PM 984’ media-rights dec…
Football

The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and the Tenfield agency have reached a deal which will see every match from the country’s top flight broadcast for the remainder of the season.
Football

Dimayor, the organisation which operates Colombian club football, is set to discuss two proposals to reform the means by which broadcast and sponsorship rights revenues are divided between its teams
Football

Support is building for a decree introduced by Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, which markedly alters the media-rights landscape for the country’s football clubs, with 16 teams backing a manifesto in …
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.
Football

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
Football

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