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LATIN MOBILE DEALS FOR INFRONT AND FIFA

Infront has concluded a new mobile broadcast deal for a host of Latin America territories ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup.

The agency has brokered a deal for FIFA with Latin American mobile technology firm EBClosion for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
The deal is for the non-exclusive Spanish-language rights to the tournament, which takes place in Germany.
The rights granted are in the category of mobile telephony and EBClosion has the sub-licensing rights within the territories.

In the case of Mexico, it is required that the sub-licensee is the leading national mobile telephony network operator, as identified by reference to the total number of subscribers.