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State broadcaster bids to avoid Argentina blackout repeat
TV Pública, the state broadcaster in Argentina, has insisted it is in talks to sublicense rights to the Argentina national team for the remainder of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers after a rare blackout last night.
Commercial head Sluzewski Monti leaves Torneos
Santiago Sluzewski Monti, who has headed up media rights trading at Torneos for the last eight years, is leaving the Argentina-based rights agency.
Argentinian government reconsidering state TV blackout of Copa América
A national backlash against a government move to take matches of the Argentinian national football team off state television has prompted sub-licensing negotiations between broadcast executives.
Telefe steps in for Argentina national team rights after Milei’s state clampdown
Televisión Federal (Telefe), the Argentinian television station owned by Paramount Global, has acquired rights to matches of the men's national football team after the country's radical leader, Javier Milei, put an end to the use of public funds.
PFL lands expanded Latin American deal with Torneos, DirecTV
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a multi-year expanded deal with Torneos for live and on-demand PFL and Bellator Champions Series events in Latin America
Sportfive nets third-party rights to Brazil and Argentina’s home World Cup qualifiers
A key piece of the puzzle in the South American media-rights market has been solved ahead of the Conmebol Fifa World Cup qualifiers that get under way this week, with the Sportfive agency landing rights…
DirecTV lands PFL rights in Latin America
The Professional Fighters League mixed martial arts promotion has signed a multi-year agreement with Argentinian rights agency Torneos, through which satellite television company DirecTV will become the…
FuboTV pays strong fee for US rights to South American World Cup Qualifiers
Digital pay-television platform FuboTV is looking to diversify its business in the latter half of 2021, acquiring exclusive digital streaming and betting rights in the US to South American qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
Disney renewal provides sliver of stability for Argentine football league
Media giant Disney has agreed to pay a sizeable one-off fee to secure a three-season extension to its domestic broadcast rights to Argentina’s Liga Profesional de Fútbol (LPF), following a legal spat that had threatened to end its relationship with the league.
Torneos and GSRM land Argentinian league international rights, Disney renews to 2030
Torneos, the Argentinian rights agency, and Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that holds international broadcast rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, have formed an alliance to commercialise…
Torneos and GSRM land Argentinian league international rights, Disney renews to 2030
Torneos, the Argentinian rights agency, and Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that holds international broadcast rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, have formed an alliance to commercialise…
Conmebol World Cup qualifier distributors face losses after disastrous US process
Potential US buyers baulked at the asking price for media rights to Conmebol’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, exposing several members of the seven-strong selling consortium to significant losses on their investments.
Argentina’s Superliga gauges interest in international rights as tender issued
Argentina’s Superliga, the top-tier of domestic football in Argentina, has kicked off an invitation to tender to sell the league’s broadcast rights internationally from the 2020-21 season onwards.