O Brasileirão de 2024 começou sem transmissão para fora do Brasil. Libra e LFU enrolaram as empresas que fizeram a intermediação até 2023 e agora encaminham acordo com a agência suíça Infront. Contamos toda a história sobre os direitos internacionais e de apostas no @sportv. pic.twitter.com/FVzvRhpqIn— Rodrigo Capelo (@rodrigocapelo) April 16, 2024 About international rights for the Brasileirão: Between 2020 and 2023 clubs had a contract with a company called 1190. That expired and clubs failed to do anything to renew or get another partner. Companies reached out to them but they failed to answer in time, dragged their feet, etc. (In part because the domestic contracts took long too.) Now they are looking at international deals again. Decided not to renew with previous rights-holders, so no international broadcast so far (anywhere in the world). At this point there are two groups of clubs in Brazil and they went in different directions for TV rights. One of them (LFU) did in fact end up renewing with 1190 but went back on the deal at the last minute. This is because a Swiss company, InFront, came to them with a last minute offer. The other group, Libra, has two offers on the table, one from InFront, one from a British company called SportFive but they haven't moved ahead with either one yet. Eight minute video, I'll add if I hear more details as I finish watching. Also, Fanatiz is back to "pending confirmation" in its description of the Brasileirao. EDIT: The offer on the table was 8.5 million dollars, which LFU rejected for being too low. Libra also didn't like it because it would be split equally and they see that as a problem cause they are the bigger group and don't want to give LFU that leverage. Of course, Rodrigo Capelo (the journalist who is sharing all this info) pointed out that the alternative is what we have now, no options for overseas broadcasts until they finally do accept one of offers that has been made.
Perhaps, but if you're Brazilian it's not at all a surprising one. It's neat to hear the info (Rodrigo Capelo is a great journalist, he covers specifically the financial side of soccer in Brazil) but the mess doesn't surprise me.
I just got an email from Fanatiz that they'll be showing almost all games of the Brasileirao (all except Bragantino and Corinthians home games -- granted the latter is a big exception) with ambient sound, but no commentary.
There's a new FAST channel all about the UEFA CL. http://www.awfulannouncing.com/cbs/cbs-sports-champions-league-fast-channel.html