South America

Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target

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

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.

EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession

Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch

Full Play with full hand

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.

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.

Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV Latin America acquired rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 football tournament.

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.

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 sees room for growth in China and South East Asia

FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal

Klefer bags key Brazil rights

Fox Sports, a division of US broadcaster Fox, agreed a carriage deal with Brazil’s largest satellite operator, Sky Brasil, for its recently-launched pay-television channel in the country.

Brazilian media group Globo agreed a deal with Atlético Goianiense, of the Brazilian Campeonato Série A, the top-tier Brazilian football league, for the club’s television rights for the next four years, fro…