WAPA America announced that it has acquired the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to Puerto Rico’s National Superior Basketball games. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. Spanish-language cable and satellite channel will feature live broadcasts of one to two games per week.
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XV Pan American Games Rio 2007 @ ESPN Deportes.
The Pan American Games, last televised on ESPN in 1999, will be making a comeback to ESPN this summer. ESPN Deportes, the company’s Spanish-language network, today announced that it has acquired the exclusive Spanish-language multimedia rights throughout the United States and Puerto Rico to the XV Pan American Games Rio 2007. The Pan American Games, the largest international sports competition in the world after the Olympics, will celebrate the 2007 edition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 13 – 29. Like other recent ESPN Deportes rights acquisitions, the agreement includes access to extensive content that will fuel ESPN Deportes’ multimedia assets including ESPN Deportes television, ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN Deportes Wireless. ESPNdeportes.com, the leading Spanish-language sports site in the U.S., will have non-exclusive Spanish-language rights in the U.S.
Fox Sports En Español acquires exclusive Spanish-Language rights to Major League Baseball.
Fox Sports en Español announced it has extended its exclusive Spanish-language rights to Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2013 season. As part of the expanded seven-year deal, a sublicensing agreement with Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports en Español will for the first time offer live and exclusive Spanish-language coverage of approximately 26 regular season games each year.
