Argentina

Football
Media

Argentinian club football will return to free-to-air television for the first time since June 2017 after public-service broadcaster TV Pública agreed a sublicensing deal with media group Disney.
Football
Media

Media group Turner is pushing back against the Argentinian government's plans to put four top-tier Primera División matches on free-to-air television, a move that would dilute the broadcaster's exclusive …
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Southern Hemisphere rugby union alliance Sanzaar has appointed chief operating officer Brendan Morris as its new CEO, and named Argentina’s Marcelo Rodriguez as its executive committee chairman.
Football
Media

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…
Football
Media

A judge in a commercial court has thrown out the Argentinian Football Association’s appeal to overturn a ruling reinstating pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ rights to the nation’s top tier of pr…
Football
Sports Betting

Sports data and technology company Genius Sports Group has agreed a long-term deal with the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) encompassing exclusive live data and integrity rights
Rugby Union
Governance

Sanzaar, the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions, has confirmed that Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have confirmed their places in the southern hemisphere’s R…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports broadcast the opening weekend of the top-tier Primera División league in Argentina after an injunction was issued.
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has warned that it will use “all measures” at its disposal, including “legal and judicial action” following the termination of its rights agreement for Argentina’s Primera D…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Argentinian football rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate have both signed up Spanish ridesharing company Cabify as a sponsor
Motorsport
Events

Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has confirmed the calendar for its inaugural season in 2021, which will start six weeks later than planned and feature a race in Patagonia after plans for…
Football
Media

Matías Lammens, Argentina’s minister for Sports and Tourism, has revealed that the national government is hopeful of a deal being reached to showcase club football matches on public-service television.
Football
Media

The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) and the newly-created Professional Football League (LPF) have cancelled pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ rights agreement for the Primera División, the to…
Media

The Disney media group’s latest attempts to merge international arms of pay-television broadcasters ESPN and Fox Sports has failed after Argentina’s competition authority blocked its proposal.
Volleyball
Media

Argentina’s Federación Metropolitana de Voleibol, which oversees the country’s top volleyball competitions, has announced plans to launch a major new digital platform in partnership with Genius Sports Grou…
Football
Media

OneFootball, the Germany-based digital platform, has expanded its free-to-air Bundesliga streaming coverage to a further nine Latin American countries to complement initial agreement in Brazil
Basketball
Media

The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has finalised a two-year broadcast rights deal in Argentina with DeporTV, the free-to-air s…
Badminton
Events

Seven-times MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has dismissed speculation he will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season, saying he is on the verge of signing a new deal with Malaysian-based team…