South America

The Torneos y Competencias agency has agreed a deal with US prosecutors to pay $112.8m (€106m) to settle charges in relation to a football corruption probe.

Clubs in Argentina’s Primera División, the top tier of football in the country, have put forward a counterproposal to US media companies Fox and Turner for the future media rights to the competition.

Clubs in Argentina’s Primera División, the top tier of football in the country, have rejected an initial media-rights offer from US media companies Fox and Turner and are set to put forward a counterproposal.

Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast organisation for all Olympic Games, is contesting a Brazilian police investigation that has accused it of negligence in the episode during Rio 2016 which saw an overhead camera crash to the ground, injuring eight people.

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football club Palmeiras has agreed to assign its pay-television rights to Esporte Interativo, according to multiple Brazilian media reports.

Founder members Coritiba and Atlético-PR have confirmed their withdrawal from Brazilian domestic football competition the Primeira Liga, citing dissatisfaction with the division of broadcast rights revenue.

Clubs in Argentina’s Primera Division, the top tier of football in the country, are reportedly at odds over the future direction of the domestic broadcast rights model.

Uncertainties over the Brazilian football calendar and a dispute over revenue sharing is delaying a new rights agreement for the Primeira Liga – Brazil’s newest football competition.

US media conglomerate Viacom has agreed a $345m (€312.5m) deal to acquire Argentinian free-to-air broadcaster Telefe from the Telefónica telecommunications company.

US media companies Fox and Turner are keen to strike a partnership to acquire rights to club football in Argentina, according to reports.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has agreed a partnership with media company Cinelive to provide coverage of English Premier League football games in cinemas throughout Brazil.

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has agreed a rights deal with the Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) to cover its top-tier club competition, the NBB.

Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast organisation for all Olympic Games, has said equipment seized from it by Brazilian authorities has been returned.

Brazilian media company Globo is set to agree a rights deal covering the next three editions of domestic football competition the Primeira Liga.

The Lagardère Sports agency has struck worldwide media distribution rights deals for ATP 250 men’s tennis tournaments in Munich and Sao Paulo.

The Argentinian government has confirmed that its Football for All (FPT) scheme, which ensures free-to-air coverage of domestic football competitions, will be scrapped at the end of this year.