Kristin Brzoznowski

ESPN has reached a wide-ranging rights agreement with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to continue broadcasting the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Europa League in Spanish-speaking Latin America through the 2020-21 season.

Global Agency has landed some new LatAm deals, including licensing the romantic drama Evermore to TV Azteca in Mexico.

A new partnership has been formed between the Olympic Channel and Grupo Globo in Brazil.

Among a number of new highlights from Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the unveiling of a new on-demand and live streaming service, Univision NOW, which counts as partners BBC Studios, Comarex, RCN, RTVE, Televisa and Viacom.

Smithsonian Channel is launching today on DIRECTV in Latin America, following on its previous international expansion to Canada and Singapore.

Hemisphere Media Group has acquired a 75 percent stake in Ariel Tobi's Snap Media and entered into a co-production joint venture with MarVista Entertainment.

ESPN is touting that it is the first sports broadcaster to air a live sporting event in 4K in Latin America with its transmission of the Liverpool FC-AS Roma match, the first leg of the home-and-away UEFA Champions League semifinal.

A court in Uruguay has ruled in favor of Fox Networks Group (FNG) Latin America in a piracy case against Roja Directa, a site that rebroadcasts sports content.

The scripted series Pepe’s Beach Bar (Chiringuito de Pepe), originally produced in Spain, has been licensed for a Mexican adaptation.

According to Digital TV Research, fewer than 5 million additional pay-TV subscribers are expected to be added across LatAm between 2017 and 2023, bringing the total to almost 76 million.