Sports broadcasting contracts in Brazil

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Among the sports broadcasters in Brazil are the subscription channels ESPN, SporTV, BandSports and NSports; the pay-per-view channels Premiere FC, Combate and Nosso Futebol; and the subscription video streaming services Max, Star+, DAZN and Eleven Sports.

Association Football (Soccer)[edit]

Brazilian tournaments[edit]

National Championships[edit]

TV Globo broadcasts games of the First Division (Série A) only, on Wednesday nights and Sunday afternoon. The games are regionally divided. Globo has the rights to broadcast all games.

SporTV broadcasts games from both First and Second Division (Série B). On the first division, SporTV can only broadcast games from: Atlético-GO, Atlético-MG, Botafogo, Bragantino, Corinthians, Flamengo, Fluminense, Goiás, Grêmio, São Paulo, Sport and Vasco. On the second division, SporTV has the rights to broadcast all games, but the channel reserves some games for its sister PPV channel, Premiere.[1]

Premiere (Globo's PPV channel) has the rights to broadcast games from both First and Second Division. On the first division, Premiere can broadcast games from all teams, except Athletico-PR at home (19 games). On the second division, Premiere has the rights to broadcast all games.

TNT Sports (Max), rights to broadcast games from Athletico playing at home (19 games). and CazéTV (channels on YouTube and Twitch) also got the rights for the Athletico home games, available only for Youtube members and Twitch subscribers of the channel.

Band broadcasts the Second Division (Série B) only, having the rights of four games per week. Two games with national broadcast and other two regionally broadcast.

DAZN and Nosso Futebol broadcasts most part of the games from the Third Division (Série C). Canal GOAT (Channels on Youtube, Facebook and Onefootball) shares the rights and broadcasts two games per week.[2]

Eleven Sports (app) and TV Brasil share the rights for most part of the games from the Fourth Division (Série D).

State championships[edit]

Globo, SporTV and Premiere also broadcast the major part of the pre-season state championships. In 2020, Globo and FERJ had a disagreement, due to broadcasting rights for Flamengo's games. FERJ deactivated their contract with Globo, allowing teams to choose whether or not broadcast their games on the TV channel. Flamengo and multiple teams chose to broadcast their remaining games on their respective channels on YouTube. The final game was broadcast by SBT after negotiations between the channel and Flamengo and Fluminense FC.[3]

Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup)[edit]

Globo, SporTV and Premiere broadcast all the Copa do Brasil games.

European tournaments[edit]

Premier League (England)[edit]

ESPN and FOX Sports broadcast all games.[4]

FA Cup (England)[edit]

EFL Cup (England)[edit]

La Liga (Spain)[edit]

Serie A (Italy)[edit]

Star+ broadcasts all Serie A games.

Eredivisie (Netherlands)[edit]

Bundesliga (Germany)[edit]

Onefootball broadcasts all Bundesliga matches. SporTV, pay-per-view channel Nosso Futebol, and GOAT channels on YouTube and Facebook broadcast two games per week, CazéTV's channels on YouTube and Twitch broadcast one game per week.

2. Bundesliga (Germany)[edit]

Ligue 1 (France)[edit]

Primeira Liga (Portugal)[edit]

Super League Greece 1[edit]

Scottish Premiership (Scotland)[edit]

Jupiler Pro League(Belgium)[edit]

Süper Lig (Turkey)[edit]

Swiss Super League (Switzerland)[edit]

Fortuna Liga (Czech Republic)[edit]

Superligaen (Denmark)[edit]

Kazakh Premier League (Kazakhstan)[edit]

Besta deild karla (Iceland)[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

UEFA Europa League[edit]

UEFA Super Cup[edit]

UEFA European Championship[edit]

SporTV, and CazéTV channels on YouTube and Twitch will broadcast 26 of 51 games of UEFA Euro 2024 each, SporTV will have exclusively 25 games and CazéTV the other 25 games that won't be broadcast by SporTV. Both will broadcast the finals. Globo will broadcast one match of each playoff phase including finals.

Latin American, Caribbean & North American tournaments[edit]

Copa Libertadores[edit]

Copa Sudamericana[edit]

LPF (Argentina)[edit]

Primera División (Uruguay)[edit]

Liga Pro (Ecuador)[edit]

Liga MX (Mexico)[edit]

MLS (United States)[edit]

The streaming service Apple TV+ broadcasts six matches per week without additional cost.

NWSL (United States)[edit]

USL (United States)[edit]

FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)[edit]

SporTV broadcasts all games. Globo broadcasts all games of Brazil.

Copa América[edit]

SporTV broadcasts all 32 games. Globo will broadcast Brazil games on Group Stage and 5 playoff games having or not, the national team.

Copa Libertadores Femenina[edit]

Asian tournaments[edit]

Saudi Pro League (Saudi Arabia)[edit]

King Cup (Saudi Arabia)[edit]

K League 1 (South Korea)[edit]

Chinese Super League (China)[edit]

A-League (Australia)[edit]

AFC Champions League[edit]

J1 League[edit]

African Tournaments[edit]

CAF Africa Cup of Nations[edit]

International (worldwide) tournaments[edit]

FIFA Club World Cup[edit]

In 2023 FIFA Club World Cup, Globo will broadcast semifinal games and the finals. CazéTV channels on YouTube and FIFA+ broadcast all games.

FIFA World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

Brazilian national team games[edit]

Australian Football[edit]

Finals Series: Every match live nationally including the Grand Final.

Athletics[edit]

Diamond League[edit]

Marathons[edit]

Some important World Marathon Majors, such as the New York City, London, Berlin and Tokyo marathons, and other major competitions like the Paris and Sydney marathons, among others, are split between these two channels.

Saint Silvester Road Race[edit]

World Athletics Series[edit]

Some major competitions like the World Athletics Championships are transmitted by this channel.

Baseball[edit]

MLB[edit]

ESPN only broadcasts games that are originally broadcast by the american ESPN.

LMB[edit]

Basketball[edit]

College Basketball (USA)[edit]

NBA[edit]

NBA League Pass broadcasts all games. ESPN and Star+ mostly broadcasts games originally broadcast by the american ESPN usually on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Prime Video usually broadcasts games aired on TNT in the US, but using the graphic package of the NBA International League Pass. It typically streams games on Sundays, Tuesdays and Saturdays. The NBA Brazil channel on YouTube broadcasts one game on Mondays. [6]

NBA G League[edit]

FIBA Basketball World Cup[edit]

NBB[edit]

WNBA[edit]

Basketball Africa League[edit]

Liga ACB[edit]

Includes Supercopa ACB.

EuroLeague[edit]

Beach Soccer[edit]

Globo broadcasts beach soccer games on a segment inside Esporte Espetacular (Spetacular Sport), a classic Sunday morning sports show. SporTV broadcasts the major part of the games, including the World Cup and Band Sports usually broadcasts the South American Cup.

Cricket[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Road cycling[edit]

Rai Italia broadcasts their signal in their international feed, which includes Brazil.

Track cycling[edit]

College Sports[edit]

Combat Sports[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Judo[edit]

Kickboxing[edit]

Mixed Martial Arts[edit]

Futsal[edit]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[edit]

Globo broadcasts the final of the World Cup on a segment inside Esporte Espetacular if Brazil is participating. SporTV (Globo's sports channel) broadcasts the whole tournament.

LNF[edit]

SporTV broadcasts the major part of the games, TV Brasil covers the small part of the games and Globo broadcasts the final of the tournament on a segment inside Esporte Espetacular.

Golf[edit]

Gridiron Football[edit]

American Football[edit]

College Football (USA)[edit]

NFL[edit]

NFL Game Pass broadcasts all games. ESPN Brazil broadcasts at least four games on Sunday. Star+ broadcasts at least two games on Sunday, and both ESPN and Star+ broadcast all primetime games despite the original network (CBS, FOX, NBC and ESPN). Both broadcast all playoffs games. Star+ also broadcasts NFL RedZone on Sundays at 3:00 p.m BRT. Free-to-air channel RedeTV! broadcast one Sunday afternoon game per week and two playoffs games per week including Super Bowl. [7]

USFL[edit]

XFL[edit]

WNFC[edit]

BFA[edit]

ESPN does not broadcast all of the games but does broadcast the final game.[8]

Brasileirão CBFA[edit]

Australian Football[edit]

AFL[edit]

Handball[edit]

  • Star+: European Men's Handball Championship; European Women's Handball Championship

Lacrosse[edit]

  • Star+

Major League Lacrosse[edit]

National Lacrosse League[edit]

Premier Lacrosse League[edit]

Motor Sports[edit]

Automobile racing[edit]

Copa HB20[edit]

Copa Truck[edit]

Dakar Rally[edit]

DTM[edit]

F1[edit]

After 27 years, Globo lost the F1 broadcasting rights to Band. The second, now broadcasts the races on Sundays live and on free-to-air TV. The Free Practices and Qualifying are broadcast on BandSports, Band's sports network only available on cable TV.[9]

F2[edit]

F3[edit]

FE[edit]

IndyCar Series[edit]

Mercedes-Benz Challenge[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil[edit]

Stock Car Brasil[edit]

Stock Car Light[edit]

WRC[edit]

Motorcycle racing[edit]

MotoGP[edit]

Superbike Brasil[edit]

Multi-Sports Events[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]


Globo broadcast all the Olympic Games in the modern era so far, with the exception of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

SporTV, Globo's sports channel on cable television, broadcast all the games. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, the channel launched 13 HD extra channels on cable to celebrate and broadcast all of the events of the Rio Olympics. The channels were available on most cable providers and anyone with a SporTV subscription already included in their account could access them.[11]

Globoplay, Globo's streaming service, started to broadcast the Olympics in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The service provided users that paid for the "Globoplay + Live Channels" plan with 52 live OBS feeds with no commentary. In a partnership with NHK, Globoplay provided users with 8K special broadcasts in the same games.[12]

Pan-American Games[edit]

  • CazéTV (YouTube and Twitch)
  • NSports through "Canal Olímpico do Brasil"

Parapan American Games[edit]

Special Olympics World Summer Games[edit]

Padel[edit]

  • ESPN Premier Padel and APT Padel Tour.

Rugby[edit]

Rugby sevens[edit]

Rugby union[edit]

ESPN has the rights to broadcast all the major rugby tournaments. Such as Six Nations and World Cup

Skateboarding[edit]

  • SporTV broadcasts most of Skateboarding circuits, mainly SLS and Brazilian circuit STU

Surfing[edit]

Table Tennis[edit]

Tennis[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

Winter Sports[edit]

Ice Hockey[edit]

World Championships[edit]

NHL[edit]

Star+ broadcasts all games and ESPN broadcasts a major part of the games.[13]

SHL[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

WWE[edit]

ESPN broadcasts WWE RAW on Mondays

AEW[edit]

X Games[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tabela Brasileirão 2020: jogos na Turner (TNT e Space)". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ^ "Brasileirão Série C | Assistir jogos da Série C ao vivo no DAZN". Podecomparar (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "SBT garante transmissão da final do Campeonato Carioca". Observatório da TV. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Premier League está de volta com partidas pela TV e internet; veja como assistir". Canaltech (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ Lucia, Joe (24 March 2023). "NWSL launches international streaming service with Endeavor, also strikes deal with DAZN". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ Brasil, CNN. "NBA transmitirá jogos de graça no YouTube uma vez por semana". CNN (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2021. {{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Como assistir aos jogos da NFL no Brasil". Endzone Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  8. ^ "Brasil Bowl X: Como assistir AO VIVO na TV a decisão da Liga BFA 2019". Torcedores.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 December 2019.
  9. ^ "F1: Band confirma corridas na TV aberta e classificações no Bandsports".
  10. ^ "Olímpiadas de Tóquio: Onde assistir na internet e na televisão". 24 July 2021.
  11. ^ "SporTV anuncia programação dos 16 canais em HD para os Jogos do Rio".
  12. ^ "Globoplay oferece acesso à transmissão de provas das Olimpíadas de Tóquio em 8K".
  13. ^ "Final Stanley Cup 2020: Tampa Bay Lightning x Dallas Stars". The Playoffs (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 September 2020.