The “battle” for broadcasting rights Peruvian soccer. Despite the fact that through an official statement that league 1 has confirmed that first division matches will be broadcast by DirecTV as part of the deal with 1190 Sports, the company that markets those television rights, there are a total of eight clubs – including the popular Alianza Lima and Universitario de Deportes – that don’t accept said agreement with the international chain.
In addition to Alianza and the ‘U’, this group is joined by Cienciano, Deportivo Municipal, Sport Boys, Binacional, FBC Melgar and Cusco FC. Some of them have a contract with the Peruvian Football Consortium (GolPerú) for a few more seasons, and they also announced that they will be renewing their relationship with the television house.
According to Líbero, these eight teams will not accept the agreement between them 1190 sports j DirectTVas they are unaware of this agreement, arguing that the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) “does not have the necessary authority to negotiate their television rights”.
Clubs with a contract with GolPerú
There are currently four teams with an ongoing contract with GolPerú. They are Universitario, Carlos A. Mannucci, Sport Boys and Municipal. The aforementioned channel will be in charge of broadcasting these clubs’ home games and according to FPF their agreements will be honored until the end of the connection, after which the television rights will belong to 1190 Sports.