South America
Pitch’s confidence in English football provides boost for FA
FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession
Difficult year ahead in Europe
Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012
Hockey Champions Trophy deal in Argentina
Argentinian state-owned broadcaster Canal 7 acquired rights for the International Hockey Federation’s women’s Champions Trophy, which will take place in Rosario, Argentina from January 28 to February 5.
ESPN acquires Brazilian football rights
Sports pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired rights in Latin America and the Caribbean to the Brazilian football league, the Campeonato Série A, and the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo’s state championship, in …
Colombian broadcasters dispute Liga rights fee
Colombian pay-television broadcasters Telefόnica, Une and Telmex had their latest joint bid to acquire rights for the country’s top football league, Liga Postobon, rejected by the División Mayor del Fút…
Fastrack: Issue 15:23
Concacaf stuck in neutral as deals wait...Bernie in the driving seat...Fresh joint bid in Colombia...Full steam ahead for Full Play
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Euro 2012, Champions League, Ligue 1 and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
Fastrack: Issue 15:22
Wanted: French home for acquisitive Al Jazeera... Eredivisie Live battling for content... SPL plays safe with Sky and ESPN... Conmebol confirms Full Play deal
EMC and Nala set up South American joint venture
Sports and entertainment investment company Evolution Media Capital linked up with private investment company Nala to form Nala EMC, an investment banking and advisory company for the Latin American market
Ecuador clubs hit out at centralised rights plan
Leading Ecuadorian football clubs vowed to fight “until the end” to prevent the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the country’s football federation, from centralising the sale of league rights from 20…
Esporte Interativo acquires Super Bowl rights
Esporte Interativo, the Brazilian free-to-air sports broadcaster, acquired rights for the NFL Super Bowl in a two-year deal, covering the 2012 and 2013 matches.
The deal was brokered by the IMG agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Euro 2012 qualifiers and more
Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).
Fastrack: Issue 15:21
FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
Uefa competition rights up by 150% in the Americas
Brazil deals help Uefa achieve big increase in the Americas
World Cup income keeps growing
Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Sailing, skiing, tennis, US college sports and more
Pan American Games: Brazilian commercial broadcaster Record acquired rights for the 2019 Pan American Games in a deal said to be worth more than the $30m (€21.6