Sports broadcasting contracts in Central America

This is a list of sports events in Central America, showing the companies holding broadcasting rights under contract. Companies with rights to a wide range of sports include Fox Sports and ESPN.

Auto racing

• Formula One: Canal F1 Latin America (All Races live); Fox Sports 3 (Only 10 races live in 2016); ESPN (Highlights)
• GP2 Series: Canal F1 Latin America
• GP3 Series: Canal F1 Latin America
• Porsche Supercup: Canal F1 Latin America
• IndyCar Series: ESPN
• Indy Lights: ESPN
• NASCAR Sprint Cup: Fox Sports
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: Fox Sports
• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Fox Sports
• United SportsCar Championship: Fox Sports
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Fox Sports
• World Rally Championship: Fox Sports (highlights)
• TC 2000 and Top Race: TyC Sports
• Formula E: Fox Sports
• Race of Champions: Fox Sports
• FIA World Touring Car Championship: Fox Sports
• Blancpain Sprint Series: Fox Sports (highlights)
• FIA World Endurance Championship: Fox Sports
• Codasur South American Rally Championship: Fox Sports (highlights)
• NACAM Rally Championship: Fox Sports (highlights)
• FIA World Rally Cross Championship (WRX): Fox Sports
• TCR International Series: F1 Latin America

Baseball

Major League Baseball

• ESPN: Domingo de Grandes Ligas; Monday Night Baseball; Wednesday Night Baseball; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays games; Festival de Cuadrangulares; All Star Game; Division Series; League Championship Series (TBS games); World Series.
• Fox Sports: Regular season games; All Star Game; Division Series; League Championship Series (FOX games); World Series.
• SKY: 500+ games per season.

Other baseball

• Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: ESPN
• Little League World Series: ESPN
• NCAA Baseball: ESPN

Basketball

National Basketball Association

• ESPN: Two regular season games per week (Wednesday and Friday night)and select NBA playoffs (including ESPN/ABC conference finals) and NBA Finals.
• NBA TV and NBA League Pass: Selected Matches.

Other basketball

• WNBA: ESPN
• NCAA Basketball: ESPN
• Euroleague: SKY

Boxing

• ESPN: Premier Boxing Champions and Protocol Sports Boxing
• Fox Sports: Premier Boxing Champions

Cycling

• ESPN: Tour de France; Giro d'Italia; Vuelta a España; Tour de San Luis; Paris–Roubaix; Liège–Bastogne–Liège; La Flèche Wallonne; Paris–Tours; Tour of Taihu Lake

Equestrianism

• ESPN: Indoor Brabant and Winter Equestrian Festival

Golf

• ESPN: The Masters; U.S Open; The Open Championship; PGA Championship; World Golf Championships (Except HSBC Champions) ; PGA Tour; Senior PGA Championship; U.S. Senior Open and U.S. Women's Open; Senior Open and Women's British Open; Presidents Cup; Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship; Latin America Amateur Championship
• Golf Channel: European Tour; PGA Tour; LPGA Tour; Champions Tour; HSBC Champions; Ryder Cup; Web.com Tour

Gridiron football

National Football League

• ESPN: Sunday Night Football; Monday Night Football; Wild Card Saturday; Thanksgiving games (CBS, NBC); playoff games (NBC, CBS); Super Bowl.
• Fox Sports: Thursday Night Football; Two Sunday afternoon games; Thanksgiving game (FOX); Sunday Wild Card games; playoff games (FOX); Super Bowl.
• SKY: All Sunday Ticket games

NCAA college football

• ESPN: Regular season (ESPN or ABC games); selected bowl games; Bowl Championship Series
• Fox Sports: Regular season (FOX networks games)

Horse racing

• ESPN: Kentucky Derby; Preakness Stakes; Belmont Stakes; Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo classic races; Hipódromo de San Isidro classic races; Hipódromo de La Plata classic races; Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas classic races; Gran Premio Latinoamericano

Marathon

• ESPN: Tokyo Marathon, New York City Half Marathon, Rome Marathon, London Marathon, Buenos Aires Marathon, Venice Marathon and New York Marathon

Motorcycle racing

• ESPN: Moto GP, Moto 2, Moto 3 and AMA Motocross Championship
• Fox Sports: Superbike World Championship
• Claro Sports: Isle of Man TT (highlights)

Mixed Marcial Arts

• UFC Network: UFC (Programs and PPV Events)

Multi-sports events

2014 Winter Games

Pay TV: ESPN, Fox Sports and Claro Sports

2016 Summer Games

Pay TV: ESPN, Fox Sports and Claro Sports

Special Olympics World Games

• ESPN

Parapan American Games

• ESPN

Polo

• ESPN: Argentine Open Polo Championship; Hurlingham Open Polo Championship; Open Championship of the Tortugas Country Club; U.S. Open; British Open for the Gold Cup; Sotogrande Open; Queen's Cup; Copa Cámara de Diputados; Coronation Cup; Polo Challenge Gold Cup; Polo Challenge Silver Cup

Rugby

• ESPN: Rugby World Cup; Six Nations; The Rugby Championship; Americas Rugby Championship; European Rugby Champions Cup; Super Rugby; Aviva Premiership; Currie Cup; ITM Cup; Rugby World Cup Sevens; World Club 7s; World Club 7s series Limerick; IRB Junior World Championship; The Varsity Match; Buenos Aires league; Top 14 de la URBA; Campeonato Argentino; Nacional de Clubes; Torneo del Interior; Test-matches.

Swimming

• ESPN: FINA Swimming World Cup

Tennis

• ESPN: Australian Open; French Open; Wimbledon; U.S. Open; ATP World Tour Masters 1000; ATP World Tour Finals; World Tennis Challenge
• TyC Sports: Davis Cup.
• Fox Sports: ATP World Tour (250 and 500).
• SKY: WTA; ATP World Tour (250 and 500).

Weightlifting

• ESPN: World Weightlifting Championships

Yachting

• ESPN: America's Cup, Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup World Series^[1]

Association football

European tournaments

UEFA Champions League

• ESPN and Fox Sports: All games^[2]

UEFA Europa League

• ESPN and Fox Sports: All games^[2]

UEFA Super Cup^[2]

• ESPN and Fox Sports

UEFA Youth League

• ESPN

La Liga

• SKY and TDN

Premier League

• SKY

Serie A

• ESPN, Fox Sports and RAI International

1. Bundesliga

• ESPN and Fox Sports

Ligue 1

• ESPN, TDN and TV5Monde

Portuguese Liga

• ESPN and GolTV (Only Benfica Home Matches)

Eredivisie

• ESPN

Superleague Greece

• GolTV

Russian Football Premier League

• GolTV

Swiss Super League

• GolTV

UEFA European Championship qualifying

• SKY

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

• ESPN

European cups

• Copa del Rey: SKY
• Supercopa de España: SKY
• FA Cup: SKY
• FA Community Shield: SKY
• Football League Cup: SKY
• Coppa Italia: GolTV
• Supercoppa Italiana: ESPN
• German Cup: TDN
• German SuperCup: ESPN and Fox Sports
• French Cup: TDN
• Coupe de la Ligue: ESPN
• Trophée des Champions: ESPN
• Taça de Portugal: GolTV
• Turkish Cup: GolTV
• Emirates Cup: ESPN
• Joan Gamper Trophy: ESPN

Other leagues and tournaments

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: ESPN and Globo International
• Copa do Brasil: ESPN and Globo International
• Campeonato Paulista: ESPN and Globo International
• Campeonato Carioca: ESPN and Globo International
• Major League Soccer: ESPN and Fox Sports^[3]
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: ESPN
• North American Soccer League: ESPN Play
• Toulon Tournament: ESPN
• Italian Serie B: GolTV
• Football League Championship: SKY

Copa Libertadores

• Fox Sports: All games

Copa Sudamericana

• Fox Sports: All games

Recopa Sudamericana

• Fox Sports: Both games

CONCACAF Champions League

• Fox Sports

CONCACAF FIFA World Cup qualification

• ESPN (USA home matches that ESPN broadcasts live in USA)

CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualification

• SKY

Primera División Argentina

• ESPN - Two matches per round
• TyC Sports Latin America - Until eleven matches per round

Primera División de México

• Fox Sports (Leon and Pachuca Home Matches)
• ESPN (Santos and Atlas Home Matches)
• TDN
• Copa MX: ESPN, SKY and TDN

FIFA international matches

• FIFA World Cup: SKY
• FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers: ESPN
• FIFA U-20 World Cup: SKY
• FIFA Confederations Cup: SKY
• FIFA Club World Cup: Fox Sports
• FIFA U-17 World Cup: SKY
• FIFA Women's World Cup: SKY

Wrestling

• Fox Sports: WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown,

References

1. "ESPN acquires America’s Cup rights", SportsPro, 21 August 2015
2. "Uefa renews with Fox and ESPN in Latin America", SportsPro, 7 August 2014
3. "Fox Sports Latin America partners with MLS", SportsPro, 6 October 2015