Conmebol

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has hailed a ruling from the Federal Court of the Southern District of Florida dismissing a claim from pan-American pay-television broadcaster GolTV and its agency partner Global Sports Partners for damages in connection to the sport’s wide-ranging corruption scandal.

Conmebol, the governing body for South American football, is hoping for a solid increase in the value of its global Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana commercial rights.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has shortlisted four entities in its search for a new partner agency for the commercialisation of its club and national team competitions.

Ten companies have been named by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on a shortlist of bidders to become the governing body’s new partner agency for the commercialisation of its club and national team competitions.

GolTV’s accusation of bribery against Fox Sports Latin America – made in a Florida court late last month – has cast light on one of the most secretive deals in world football.

This month’s deals for South American football rights followed a trend in the sub-Saharan African sports rights market in 2016 – Kwesé Sports and StarTimes acquired second-tier properties, Fox Sports were outbid and SuperSport let go of a poorly-performing property.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has secured rights in Poland and Belgium to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) qualifying matches for the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

Distributing the commercial rights to next summer’s Copa América Centenario is a “great opportunity” for the IMG agency.

Interview with Ioris Francini, president of media and events, and Michael Mellor, head of football, IMG, on the agency’s deal for Copa América Centenario rights.

The Traffic Sports agency has said that it remains the international rights-holder for a series of tournaments operated by Conmebol, after the governing body of football in Latin America announced it had agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox International Channels.

International pay-television broadcaster Fox International Channels has acquired rights for a series of tournaments operated by Conmebol, the governing body of football in Latin America.

The contract for the unsold commercial rights to next year’s centenary edition of the Copa América represents an opportunity for sports-rights agencies to build relationships with the two governing bodies of football in the Americas.

French basic-tier broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has bounced back from losing several rights properties in recent months by agreeing deals for football and tennis competitions.

The centenary version of the Copa América, which will take place in the US in June 2016, looks likely to earn at least twice as much in media rights income as the 2015 Copa América.

US broadcaster Univision has been named as the Spanish-language rights holder in the United States for the Copa América Centenario national team football tournament, which will take place in the country in June 2016.

Conmebol, football’s governing body in South America, has said that the clubs participating in the 2014 Copa Libertadores knockout competition will receive 95% of the media rights income from the tournament.