Brazilian Série A
Brazil’s biggest clubs restrict rivals’ payout in Globo deal
A broadcast rights deal between Brazil's biggest football clubs and Globo is reported to contain clauses that limit the amount the broadcaster can pay for the rights of other clubs - a stipulation that would preserve the financial status quo in Brazilian football.
Brazilian clubs leave betting talks late as ZSM and 1190 push for clean sweep
Zeus Sports Marketing and 1190 Sports have agreed deals with 10 top-tier Brazilian clubs for the upcoming season, but the rights of Brazil’s biggest clubs remain unsold with the first round of Brasileirão fixtures beginning on Saturday, April 13.
1190 Sports named consultant to Liga Forte Futebol investors
1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has been appointed as a consultant to the two funds backing Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), one of two organisations s…
Brazilian league nets Mena exposure on SSC and MBC’s Shahid
Brazil’s top-tier football league is to be broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa following rights deals struck with Saudi Sports Company and MBC Group, the free-to-air broadcaster backed b…
CBS Sports seals three-season Brazilian league deal for Paramount+
The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has finalised a three-season deal for the rights to the top division of Brazilian club football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
GSRM launches Brazilian league’s international digital offering
An OTT streaming platform, supported by associated social media accounts, has been launched to showcase content from Brazil’s top-tier Brasileirão as part of the exposure plans put in place by Global Sp…
Brazilian top-tier side Goiás renews Globo rights deal
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Goiás has renewed its domestic media-rights agreement with media group Globo until 2024.
Goiás’ current agreement was due to expire at the end of the 2021 season.
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
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.
Brazilian clubs, federation ‘opt for expertise over cash’ in Brasileiro betting rights deal
Brazilian Série A football clubs and the Conferderação Brasileira de Futebol, the nation’s football association, may have learned the lessons of previous doomed tenders by opting for expertise over cash in its betting streaming and data rights deal for the 2020-23 cycle, experts told SportBusiness Media.
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.
Brasileiro Série A international rights set for correction with GSRM offer
The offer Brazilian football clubs accepted for their international rights from the newly-created GSRM agency is much more realistic than the outlandish valuations that characterised previous tenders, experts told SportBusiness Media.
Globo proposes rights fees cuts for Brazilian top flight
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has informed Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs that it intends to make significant reductions in its monthly rights fees due to the uncertainty over the status …
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.
Brazilian league nears award of international broadcast and betting streaming rights
Clubs from Brazilian football’s top two leagues are to meet on Friday with a view to finally awarding the international broadcast, betting streaming and data rights.
Globo treating rights fee decisions on case-by-case basis
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has sought to alleviate panic in the domestic football industry amid its decision to suspend payments for certain rights deals, stating its move will not affect clubs…
EXCLUSIVE: Details emerge of IMG’s commission-based five-year Brazilian league proposal
A proposal from the IMG agency for international rights to Brazilian football’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A covers five seasons, from 2020 to 2024, but would provide no minimum guarantee payment to th…
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.