South America

The Argentine government has maintained that the Fútbol para Todos platform will be dissolved after rejecting the latest move by certain stakeholders in domestic football to have the program extended for a further six months.

Brazilian commercial broadcaster RedeTV has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second division of domestic club football.

Argentine football clubs have approved a settlement offer made by the government to dissolve the Fútbol para Todos platform as officials prepare to hear the latest proposals from broadcasters for the rights to the domestic game.

Brazilian pay-television broadcasters Fox Sports Brasil and SporTV have agreed a rights-sharing partnership for club football competitions the Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores.

US media companies Fox and Turner are set to put forward an improved offer for the broadcast rights to Argentina’s Primera División, the top tier of football in the country.

Argentina’s Primera División is beset by uncertainty as a leaderless football association – its government funding withdrawn and a new season imminent – fields offers for its media rights and searches for a new president.

Ecuador’s football federation and its government have reached an agreement that will ensure the existing contract for the country’s domestic league will run to the end of its term in 2017.

An unsolicited Esporte Interativo offer drove media group Globo to more than treble its fee for domestic Copa do Brasil rights in a deal with the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has moved to make the broadcast rights to the forthcoming friendly game between Brazil and Colombia, which is designed to benefit Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Chapecoense, freely available on a global basis.

The Fox Sports Argentina division of international sports broadcaster Fox Sports has stated its interest in bidding for rights to the top two divisions of Ecuadorian football after claiming it was initially left out of the tender process opened by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).

International sports broadcaster ESPN has lowered its offer for rights to Argentina’s Primera División, the top tier of football in the country, according to La Nacion.

The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has moved to play down reports that the Tenfield agency has agreed a deal for rights to the top two divisions of domestic football, stating a number of parties are currently in talks.

Clubs in Argentina’s Primera División, the top tier of football in the country, have claimed they are in a “dramatic” situation over alleged non-payment of broadcast rights revenue by the Argentinian Football Association.

Marcelo Tinelli, vice-president of Argentinian Primera División club San Lorenzo, has said an “excellent meeting” has been held with international sports broadcaster ESPN and Spanish agency Mediapro over the next set of rights to club football in the country.

Brazilian media company Globo has renewed a rights deal for the Copa do Brasil domestic knockout football competition.

Reigning Brazilian champion Palmeiras has brought the battle over Série A club’s pay-television rights to an end by agreeing a deal with Esporte Interativo from 2019.