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Mexico finally set to open up
Mexico could finally be opened up to competition after regulatory intervention
Institute to reduce dominance of Televisa, América Movil
Televisa and América Movil will be prohibited from acquiring exclusive media rights for certain sporting events by the Mexican government’s Federal Telecommunications Institute, which has also ordered the media companies to share their infrastructure with competitors.
Claro claws back some money but must wait for prize
América Móvil enjoys Olympic benefits but the big prize will come in 2016
Fox and ESPN explain why having the Olympic Games non-exclusively makes sense in Latin America
Televisa agrees EHF Euros rights deal
Televisa Networks, a subsidiary of Mexican media group Grupo Televisa, has acquired media rights to the European Handball Federation’s European Championship national team competition in all Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tennis, skiing, boxing, darts, athletics and more
Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.
Lagging Poland and Spain agree World Cup deals
Polish television has agreed a deal for football’s 2006 World Cup after months of negotiations with the Infront agency.