German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to Italian, French, Brazilian and American club football competitions in a deal with the MP & Silva agency.
Sport1’s platforms will broadcast the 2013-14 seasons of Italy’s Serie A; France’s Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Coupe de la Ligue, as well as Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A and the regional Campeonato Paulista competition. Sport1 will also televise the 2014 season of North America’s Major League Soccer.
Under the terms of the deal, pay-television channel Sport1 Plus will broadcast live games, while free-to-air channel Sport1 and the Sport1.de website will offer highlights of the competitions.