Overview
- UEFA’s commercial unit UC3, which named preferred bidders Thursday, selected Disney/ESPN and Paramount+ to split Champions League rights in Mexico, Central America and most of South America.
- Each platform is set to show about half the matches with the final on both, so viewers who want every game will need subscriptions to two services.
- ESPN/Disney+ secured 100% of the rights to the Europa League and the Conference League across Latin America.
- The new setup starts in the 2027–28 season, leaving HBO Max, Fox Sports and TNT Sports to finish the 2026–27 campaign under the current deal.
- Brazil remains with Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports, while Bloomberg reports rights values rose about 40% and outlets differ on whether the new term runs four or five years.