The company will broadcast the matches of the maximum continental tournament for South America, Central America and the Caribbean through its different signals
The Copa Libertadores will be broadcast on ESPN and Star+ until 2026
The Conmebol ceded the rights to broadcast the Copa Libertadores to The Walt Disney Company Latin America until 2026< /b>with permits throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The most important event on the continent will be broadcast by the different channels of ESPN and in streaming through the platform Star+.
“Our strategic objective is to offer in all our entertainment proposals the most continuously and stably relevant. In this case, it is a source of pride to present the best sports offer on our screens. With this unprecedented agreement, we will offer the Conmebol Libertadores through ESPN’s linear channel and our digital platform Star+, reinforcing our commitment to offer relevant content to our audiences and remain at the forefront of sports in Latin America and in the world”, confirmed the news the president of The Walt Disney Company Latin America, Diego Lerner.
“With this unprecedented agreement, we will offer the Conmebol Libertadores through the lineal channel of ESPN and our digital platform Star+”, informed the president of the company Diego Lerner
The television screens of ESPN and the streaming of Star+ They are the only ones that have appropriated the rights to broadcast all the matches of the Copa Libertadores (155 matches) and those of the Recopa Sudamericana (2 matches).). The process to tender the rights until 2026 ended during the first days of May, as Conmebol had advanced. The selection of the new owners of the television rights of the different continental tournaments that this body regulates was supervised by an independent auditing firm. “The selection was made under the principles, rules of transparency and professional solvency and aims to achieve the most beneficial conditions for South American club football,” they assured from the entity based in Asunción, Paraguay.
The most popular championship on the continent, which has Club Atlético Independiente de Avellaneda as the top winner with 7 titles followed by Boca Juniors with 6, will distribute USD 16,000,000 to the champion in 2022, an increase of one million dollars in relation to the money that was delivered during last year’s edition. This number is added to what they have already earned for passing each stage, so the owner of this season’s crown will accumulate a total of USD 25,050,000.
Conmebol is currently organizing the 63rd edition of the tournament that, in addition to the money, will deliver the ticket to play the Recopa Sudamericanaagainst the annual owner of the South American Cup in order to settle the absolute champion of the season on the continent.
It should be noted that in recent weeks Conmebol held the round of 16 draw final of this demanding competition that will restart next Tuesday, June 28. The duels will take place between Atlético Paranense (Brazil)-Libertad (Paraguay), Fortaleza (Brazil)-Estudiantes de La Plata (Argentina), Cerro Porteño (Paraguay)-Palmeiras (Brazil), Emelec (Ecuador)-Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) , Deportes Tolima (Colombia)-Flamengo (Brazil), Corinthians (Brazil)-Boca Juniors (Argentina), Talleres (Argentina)-Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina) and Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina)-River Plate (Argentina).
The championship that brings together the best teams from the ten countries grouped under Conmebol is one of the most popular on the entire planet, to the point that the 2021 Libertadores final that matched to Palmeiras and Flamengo (both from Brazil) was seen in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.