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Team maintains Champions League fee in Brazil as Turner goes big on renewal
The value of Uefa Champions League rights in Brazil has stayed steady thanks to Turner’s appetite for greater exclusivity and commercial broadcaster SBT’s desire to add more premium rights to its sports portfolio.
Turner and SBT in box seat for Champions League rights
Pay-television broadcaster Turner and commercial free-to-air broadcaster SBT are thought to be close to signing off on deals for Uefa Champions League rights in Brazil across the 2021-24 cycle
Globo ends legal battle with Turner over football rights, ‘nears’ F1 deal
Brazilian media group Globo and pay-television broadcaster Turner have drawn a line under their legal dispute which had been sparked by the introduction of a controversial media rights measure
Turner acquires rights to Uruguay-Brazil, Band ‘eyes free-to-air rights’
Pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the pay-television rights to tomorrow’s (November 17) Fifa World Cup qualifier between Uruguay and Brazil, while commercial broadcaster Band is still in t…
IMG salvages Serie A exposure in Brazil but income drastically reduced
IMG has found new homes for the 2020-21 Serie A rights in Brazil after DAZN cancelled its deal. But the replacement deals will bring in significantly lower revenue, SportBusiness Media understands.
Globo fails in late bid to secure Peru-Brazil live rights
Brazilian media group Globo has failed to negotiate a late agreement to broadcast tonight’s (October 13) 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying match between Peru and Brazil.
CNN Brasil ‘in talks’ to take on Turner’s Brasileirão rights
The Brazilian arm of CNN is reported to be in talks to acquire the rights to the top tier of Brazilian domestic football that are currently held by Turner Sports in the country
Court overturns Globo-Turner media-rights ruling, Band secures Série C coverage
The Justice Tribunal of the State of Rio de Janeiro has handed media group Globo a lifeline in its ongoing battle with pay-television broadcaster Turner by accepting an injunction from the commercial broadcasting…
Globo suffers latest media-rights decree defeat as court sides with Turner
Brazilian media group Globo has been handed its latest legal defeat after a court ruling was handed down permitting rival pay-television broadcaster Turner to exploit the PM984 media-rights decree to air…
Turner draws up Brazilian battle lines over Série A match broadcasts
The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner is gearing up for a legal battle against media group Globo after announcing which matches it will broadcast using the powers granted by the controversial…
Jair Bolsonaro’s swipe at Globo injects yet more uncertainty into Brazilian football
The business of Brazilian club football is a minefield at the best of times, but a temporary change to the law by the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro has made it even trickier, especially for dominant media giant, Globo.
Turner suspends rights fee payments to eight Brazilian clubs
The Brazilian arm of US-based broadcaster Turner is reported to have suspended pay-television broadcast rights fee payments to eight Brasileiro Série A clubs.
Turner’s likely Brasileiro Série A cancellation heralds bleak future for rights-holders
US pay-television broadcaster Turner Sports’s likely cancelation of its pay-television rights with eight top-flight Brasilieiro Série A clubs could see a collapse in competition in the Brazilian domestic football rights market experts told SportBusiness Media.
Turner ‘bids to terminate’ Brasileiro club rights deals
US-based media group Turner is seeking talks with the eight Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football clubs with which it holds broadcast rights deals, with a view to exiting the contracts ahead of the 2020 …
Palmeiras closes income gap on Flamengo and Corinthians
The two-and-a-half-year negotiation between Brazilian club Palmeiras and media group Globo ended in a good result for the club last month, as it became one of only three Série A clubs to receive a minimum guarantee for its pay-per-view rights in 2019.
Brazilian Série B payment reduced by Globo as Coritiba paradox causes mayhem
The paradoxical nature of Brazilian club football rights is once again causing problems, this time in the second-tier Série B.
Turner shutters Esporte Interativo’s TV operations
Brazilian sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo will cease its television operations and move to a digital-only model as parent company, US media group Turner, seeks to introduce the ‘superstation’ con…