Pay-television operator DirecTV has struck a carriage deal in several Latin American countries for the Mediapro agency’s Canal F1 Latin America Formula One-dedicated pay-television channel.
The deal covers standard- and high-definition channels in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Mediapro, which is producing the international Formula One channel for the Americas, has also reached carriage deals for the channel with pay-television operators Izzi, Sky and Televisa in Mexico.
The channel will show 20 hours of live programming every race weekend, including coverage of the F1, GP2 and GP3 series.