Globo, the Brazilian media heavyweight, and the international sports broadcaster ESPN will retain rights to South American soccer’s Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana club competitions for the next cycle after agreeing a deal with the CONMEBOL governing body.
The new agreement will see the broadcasters retain rights for the 2027-30 period.
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Globo will keep exclusive rights to the Copa Libertadores on free-to-air television, while ESPN has secured the main package on pay television.
In addition, Globo will also keep the games on its digital channel GE TV on YouTube, which guarantees access to the competition both on television and online. This broadcast had already been occurring this year, following the channel's launch.
Disney-owned ESPN will have priority in choosing matches each round.
Media heavyweight Paramount is expected to retain a secondary Libertadores package, but did not retain the rights to the Copa Sudamericana.
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By GlobalDataIn the current rights cycle, which expires in 2026, the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana were also broadcast on the Paramount+ streaming platform and Brazilian commercial network, SBT.
For the Copa Sudamericana, SBT has retained rights on free-to-air television, with Disney securing the main pay-TV package.
The Recopa Sudamericana, which is contested by the winner of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, will be broadcast exclusively on Disney's sports channels.
Other companies, such as CazéTV, the Brazilian sports streaming channel run by streamer Casemiro Miguel, and commercial network Xsports, also submitted bids but did not secure any packages.
The restructuring of contracts for the 2027-2030 cycle involved dividing the rights by platform type — free-to-air TV, pay channels, and streaming — and included packages for live games, multiple platforms, and highlights.
The 2025 Copa Libertadores was recently won by Brazilian giants Flamengo, beating fellow Brazilian outfit Palmeiras in the final.
