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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…
Daytona International Speedway looks to create new July 4 tradition with Daytona Soccer Fest
Soccer and entertainment festival helps monetize iconic motorsport facility and enables NWSL club Orlando Pride to expand its regional reach. Bob Williams reports.
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…
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…
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.
After Leoz’s death, South American football is still battling the ghosts of its corrupt past
The death of former Conmebol president Nicolás Leoz has brought South American football one step closer to closing the book on an era of corruption. As global agencies and investment funds are taking advantage of the power vacuum, Callum McCarthy examines the current landscape and asks if and when that book can be closed for good.
Inaugural Colossus Cup includes four top Latin American sides on US soil
Four popular soccer clubs from Mexico and Argentina will face off in the US this summer in the inaugural Colossus Cup.