South America

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has agreed a partnership with social media platform Facebook to enhance coverage of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes club football competition.

Brazilian media group Globo has struck an exclusive long-term rights deal for Brazil national team football matches.

Brazilian media group Globo has acquired rights for two football matches featuring the country’s national team next month.

The Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) has continued its commitment to innovation in the domestic media market by agreeing a live streaming partnership with social media platform Twitter.

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has agreed a sublicensing deal for rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament, according to multiple reports.

Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) president Wilmar Valdez has said the Tenfield agency is keen to extend its rights deal for domestic football in the country.

Brazilian media group Globo is understood to have paid a substantial premium to acquire non-exclusive domestic digital rights to Brazil matches, but would not meet the federation’s valuation of its linear television rights.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has selected a consortium made up of the IMG agency and digital media company Perform as its new partner for the commercialisation of its club competitions for the four-year cycle spanning 2019 to 2022, stating that the offer is worth a guaranteed minimum of $1.4bn (€1.17bn).

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has hailed a ruling from the Federal Court of the Southern District of Florida dismissing a claim from pan-American pay-television broadcaster GolTV and its agency partner Global Sports Partners for damages in connection to the sport’s wide-ranging corruption scandal.

Media group Globo has acquired digital media rights to Brazilian national team games, with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) considering its next move after failing to assign television rights.

A new OTT sports streaming platform has launched in the Latin America market, with a focus on football content.

Conmebol, the governing body for South American football, is hoping for a solid increase in the value of its global Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana commercial rights.

Media companies Fox, Turner and beIN Media Group have been shortlisted following their bids to acquire full ownership of Chile’s football league broadcaster, Canal del Fútbol, according to Chilean newspaper, El Mercurio.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has shortlisted four entities in its search for a new partner agency for the commercialisation of its club and national team competitions.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has said it is targeting a minimum of $148m (€125.3m) through its new rights sales process for national team games.

US media companies Fox and Turner have rejected reports that the Argentinian Superliga, the top division of domestic football, will continue to be broadcast on a free-to-air basis by Televisión Digital Abierta.