South America

The future of the ‘Football for All’ scheme, which reserves domestic football coverage in Argentina for free-to-air television, is uncertain after the Argentinian Football Association suggested that the arrangement with the government could be curtailed.

The Torneos agency has renegotiated a rights deal with the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) covering the country’s national team and lower-league matches.

Coritiba has become the fourth Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the offer submitted by sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo for the pay-television rights to the top division of Brazilian football, while Corinthians has elected to extend its contract with media company Globo.

Internacional has become the third Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the offer submitted by sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo for the pay-television rights to the top division of Brazilian football.

Santos has become the second Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the offer submitted by sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo for the pay-television rights to the top division of Brazilian football.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a rights deal with the Mediapro agency for coverage of domestic Brazilian football leagues.

The Mediapro agency has expanded the reach of its Canal F1 Latin America channel ahead of the new Formula One motor racing season by agreeing a carriage deal with Argentine cable television operator Cablevision.

An audacious offer from Esporte Interativo has loosened Globo’s stranglehold on Brazilian domestic football.

Atlético Paranaense has become the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club to formally accept the offer submitted by sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo for the pay-television rights to the top division of Brazilian football.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has confirmed it has submitted a bid of R$550m (€126m/$139m) per year to secure the pay-television rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has confirmed it has made a substantial offer to secure the pay-television rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

US pay-television broadcaster GolTV has acquired exclusive rights in the country to the Primera División, the top division of domestic football in Venezuela.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has secured rights in Poland and Belgium to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) qualifying matches for the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

The South American League of Clubs organisation has said it is prepared to boycott the Copa Libertadores competition if it fails to reach an agreement with the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) over the distribution of broadcast revenues for its tournaments.

An eight-Games deal with Brazilian media group Globo has helped the International Olympic Committee lock in the gains of Rio 2016 for the long-term.

Argentinian media conglomerate Grupo Clarin and the Telefónica telecommunications company have been awarded rights to domestic football league action featuring the country’s biggest clubs, according to the Cronista newspaper.