South America

Cycling

Amaury Sport Organisation has struck broadcast rights deals in a host of overseas markets ahead of the 2018 edition of the Tour de France cycling race.

Football

Social media platform Facebook has acquired rights to the Uefa Champions League in Brazil, according to multiple reports, while sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has extended its deal for the European club football competition.

Football

Brazilian commercial broadcaster RedeTV has acquired rights for football’s English Premier League.

Football

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has signed a content partnership with social media platform Twitter for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Football

The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has awarded rights for the national team’s matches between September 2018 and December 2021 to four media companies.

The Mediapro agency has been unveiled as the host broadcaster for the 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games multi-sport event in Lima, Peru.

Football

Earnings from FC Diez Media’s sale of Copa Libertadores rights in South America have fallen below its internal targets, TV Sports Markets understands, but the joint venture is still on track to meet its guarantee.

Football

BR Newsmedia’s acquisition of international rights to Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was finalised on Tuesday despite the warnings of the Brazilian football federation

Football

Argentina’s Federal System of Public Media and Content has launched a new OTT platform that will provide live streaming of forthcoming national team football tournament the Fifa World Cup.

Kickboxing

Kickboxing league Glory has renewed its rights partnership with Brazilian media company Globo.

Football

The Mediapro agency has struck a deal with internet company Google that will grant video-sharing platform YouTube rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football, across 27 markets in Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Football

FC Diez Media, the joint venture established by the IMG agency and digital media company Perform to advise the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on their commercial rights for club competitions from 2019 to 2022, has launched a media rights tender for the Copa Sudamericana and Recopa tournaments.

Football

A proposal by a new company, BRnews, to acquire the international rights for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of football in Brazil, has been approved by the competition’s clubs, according to reports.

Olympic Games

Brazilian media company Globo has struck a content partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.

Football

Klefer Marketing Esportivo has begun discussions with interested parties over the sale of international media and betting rights to the Copa do Brasil

Basketball

North American basketball league the NBA has today (Thursday) signed a multi-year partnership with Perform that will see the digital sports content and media group manage the organisation’s official websites in more than 15 international markets.

Football

Globo’s latest deals with Santos and São Paulo mean only three Brazilian Série A clubs are yet to sell their domestic free-to-air and pay-per-view rights from 2019 onward.

Football

GolTV has emerged victorious in the third tender for Ecuadorian club football rights this year, overcoming the annulment of its previous deal and an initial vote awarding the rights to DirecTV.