South America
Canal 5 in Uruguay set up for summer of sport
Uruguayan state broadcaster Televisión Nacional Uruguay has acquired free-to-air rights to both Euro 2012 and this summer’s Olympic Games in sublicensing deals with the Tenfield agency.
Dailymotion serves up Wimbledon deal
Video sharing website Dailymotion agreed a deal to stream live content from the 2012 Wimbledon tennis championships
Leenders: Fiba has found ‘innovative solution’ for rights
Fiba teams up with Leenders and Klooz in 'innovative' move
Uefa enjoys 30% increase in Europe despite recession
Champions League value up by 30% in top 5 European markets
Terra scouting the US
Terra goes looking for football rights in US
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Uefa looking for value from games worth ‘peanuts’
Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
Canal 13 acquires 2015 Copa America rights
Chilean commercial broadcaster Canal 13 acquired the rights to the 2015 Copa America in a deal worth $12 million (€9.16 million).
The fee rose by 380 per cent from the $2.5
Spanish Liga game is first 3D broadcast in Colombia
Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV’s live coverage of the Spanish Liga football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid on Saturday, April 21, marked the first ever 3D broadcast in Colombia.
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Al Jazeera pays big fees for key content ahead of launch
Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch
Full Play wraps up South America
Full Play with full hand
Domestic football league boosts DirecTV Colombia subscriber numbers
Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV has increased its subscriber base significantly in Colombia since the start of the year due to its coverage of the country’s top-tier football league, Liga Postobon.
Gol TV in deal for Argentina friendly matches
North American pay-television channel Gol TV acquired rights to the Argentina national team’s friendly matches until 2014, in a deal with rights-holders the Full Play Group.
DirecTV sublicenses Euro 2012 rights in Latin America
Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV Latin America acquired rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 football tournament.
Fox Sports Brasil seals carriage deal with Net
Fox Sports, a division of US broadcaster Fox, agreed a carriage deal with Net, Brazil’s largest cable-television operator, for its recently-launched pay-television channel Fox Sports Brasil.
Bolivian league considers own TV channel
La Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian football league, is considering launching its own television channel to provide live coverage of its games once its existing domestic rights deal …
IMG looks east in FIVB expansion plans
IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia