Globo TV Sports Clinches European Renewal for Brazilian Football

SÃO PAULO, December 7: Eastern European broadcaster TV Kosava has renewed its agreement with Globo TV Sports, picking up the 2008 season of Brazilian Magic Football along with a range of other Brazilian football programming.

The package for Brazilian Magic Football includes 82 live games from the Brazilian National and Sao Paulo championships, the main football championships in Brazil. The renewal follows the success of the 2007 season on TV Kosava. TV Kosava has also expanded its coverage. In addition to Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria, viewers in Albania and Montenegro will also be able to watch the games via TV Kosava.

Besides Brazilian Magic Football, TV Kosava has also renewed the broadcast rights for the 26-minute weekly show FootBrazil, which brings behind-the-scenes, line-ups, training and interviews with the players. The package includes 46 programs per year.

—By Irene Lew