Spanish group Mediapro offered USD 13 million for the broadcasting rights to Bolivian national team for the qualifiers Qatar 2022, reported the Bolivian Soccer Federation (FBF in Spanish). Mediapro submitted the higher offer for rights to nine games. The Ecuadorian Servinsky offered USD 9.6 million and Full Play from Argentina USD 8.3 million. The opening [...]
The new online service “Otro”, focused on the soccer universe, was recently announced globally. It is backed by some of the sport’s biggest stars. It is available in eight languages (including Spanish) and offers a free version with limited access, and a monthly subscription model. Among the soccer stars that support this initiative and participate [...]
Dimayor, the entity in charge of managing soccer tournaments in Colombia, formally approved the creation of a premium channel to broadcast the local league, starting the second semester of 2019, El Tiempo reported. The decision was taken during the assembly held by the entity and had 35 votes in favor and only one against. In [...]
The Chamber of Deputies of Chile approved – with 74 votes in favor and 50 against – the “Goles para todos” initiative that seeks to broadcast national soccer games on free-to-ar TV. Now it will go to the Senate. The project includes the broadcast of one match a week of series A and B of [...]
Colombian sports channel Win Sports, which owns the TV rights to the local soccer tournament, has submitted an offer for the implementation of a Premium channel. Dimayor (Major Division of Colombian Soccer) will analyze the proposal during the next 30 days. According to local media, Win Sports offered Co$ 1.7 trillion (USD 570 million) for [...]
The Ecuadorian Soccer Federation (FEF) has signed a deal with Servisky for the rights to broadcast the national team in qualifiers and friendly matches, for the next four years. The president of the entity, Carlos Villacís, said, “revenues for the FEF will double.” For its part, one of the members of the board told El [...]
Spain’s Mediapro Group announced that it has been selected by the South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) for the creation of a HUB that will manage integration, production and distribution of the international TV broadcast of its three main competitions: the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana and the Recopa. The company said the facility will receive [...]
Given the shutdown of Turner’s Esporte Interativo in Brazil, the media group decided to give the TV rights of Serie C (the third division of the Brazilian soccer league) to CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation). Thus, fans can watch the games through the site www.cbf.com.br and Facebook and YouTube profiles. Turner will continue in charge of [...]
The US media company Turner will not use the television rights of the soccer tournament Copa do Nordeste in Brazil, which it has until 2022. This decision is a direct consequence of the closure of the sports channels Esporte Interativo, through which watched the tournament since 2013. Likewise, the company would fulfill the economic part [...]
Soccer streaming platform Premiere Play (Grupo Globo) is now available as standalone service in Brazil, with a catalog that includes live games of the series A and B of the ‘Brasileirão’ (Brazilian national championship) and the main state championships. The monthly subscription costs R$ 79.90 (USD 21). Globo had initially launched Premiere Play as TV [...]