Torneos y Competencias
Encyclopedia
Torneos y Competencias is an Argentine
sports communications firm created by businessman Carlos Ávila, who has left the company. It is an important force in the world of Argentine sports, with interests in publications and radio and TV broadcasting.
program. Since then it produced and aired successful programs in network television such as El deporte y el hombre, Tenis de Primera, Fútbol
de Primera and La Magia de la NBA
; the most successful of them being the weekly Fútbol de Primera, which summarizes each day of competition in the Argentine first division
.
TyC current shareholders are: DirecTV
Latin America (33.2%), the former Chief Executive Officer
of CableVisión (Argentina) Fred Vierra (26.53%), Luis Nofal Sports Holding SA
(by Luis Nofal, 23.53%), and the America
n investment firm DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
(16.7%).
Group currently operate the domestic pay TV channel TyC Sports, as well as two international pay TV channels TyC Sports Latin America and TyC Sports USA. TyC also produces most sport shows for Fox Sports Latin America - South Cone, including the airing of Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana
, Formula One
and many others.
TyC also bought the rights for the transmission of the matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
from Germany
, but reached an agreement with several open-air channels to broadcast the matches of the Argentina national football team
.
between TyC and the Clarín
group) signed an agreement with the Argentine Football Association
(AFA) for the exclusive transmission of Argentine football (soccer)
matches. All the official matches were available on the TyC Sports and TyC Max cable channels. This agreement would expire in 2014.
Many people, such as the journalist Víctor Hugo Morales, disagrees with the agreement, accusing it of being monopolistic
. For example, no other media were allowed to broadcast images of Argentine Primera División
soccer games –the most important league in Argentine Football– until the end of the programme Fútbol de Primera. It was very common that football matches played, for example, on Fridays, could only be seen as a 4 minutes-long resume on Sundays 12pm. The programme, with no other competition permitted to broadcast the games, was allowed to win the TV awards for best sport program for more than a decade.
clubs, the AFA
tried new ways of financing. The President of the AFA
, Julio Grondona
, requested TSC authorities to modify the contract for television rights in order for the AFA
to receive 720 million Argentine Peso
s. However, in the last season, TSC paid the AFA 230 million pesos, and the request was rejected by TSC.
Later, Grondona received an offer from the Argentine Government in order for the National System of Public Media –the state-owned Channel 7– to replace TSC for broadcasting the games on TV. It is worth mentioning that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
's Government has a public confrontation against the Clarín
group, a member of TSC.
On August 11, 2009, the AFA
broke the contract with TSC, accusing it of not fulfilling the agreement. Then, the AFA
sued TSC, but TyC also tried an unsuccessful lawsuit against the AFA
for cancelling the contract.
Evertithing Follow producing of the Second
and Third Division
.
Since August 21, 2009, the television rights for Argentine Primera División
belongs to Channel 7, which is owned by the Argentine state.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
sports communications firm created by businessman Carlos Ávila, who has left the company. It is an important force in the world of Argentine sports, with interests in publications and radio and TV broadcasting.
History and Shareholders
TyC started its activities in the Argentine media in 1982, with a golfGolf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
program. Since then it produced and aired successful programs in network television such as El deporte y el hombre, Tenis de Primera, Fútbol
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
de Primera and La Magia de la NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
; the most successful of them being the weekly Fútbol de Primera, which summarizes each day of competition in the Argentine first division
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
.
TyC current shareholders are: DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
Latin America (33.2%), the former Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of CableVisión (Argentina) Fred Vierra (26.53%), Luis Nofal Sports Holding SA
SA
-Organizations:* S.A. , a type of corporation in various countries* Salvation Army, a Christian denomination founded by William Booth* Sewickley Academy, a private school in the United States...
(by Luis Nofal, 23.53%), and the America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
n investment firm DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. The firm is currently an affiliate of Credit Suisse and traces its roots to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, the investment bank acquired by Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000...
(16.7%).
Presence in the Media
Torneos y Competencias and the ClarínClarín (newspaper)
Clarín is the largest newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group. It was founded by Roberto Noble on 28 August 1945. It is politically centrist but popularly understood to oppose the Kirchner government...
Group currently operate the domestic pay TV channel TyC Sports, as well as two international pay TV channels TyC Sports Latin America and TyC Sports USA. TyC also produces most sport shows for Fox Sports Latin America - South Cone, including the airing of Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...
, Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
and many others.
TyC also bought the rights for the transmission of the matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, but reached an agreement with several open-air channels to broadcast the matches of the Argentina national football team
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
.
Argentine Football and Monopoly
In 1992 the company Televisión Satelital Codificada (TSC, a joint ventureJoint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
between TyC and the Clarín
Clarín (newspaper)
Clarín is the largest newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group. It was founded by Roberto Noble on 28 August 1945. It is politically centrist but popularly understood to oppose the Kirchner government...
group) signed an agreement with the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
(AFA) for the exclusive transmission of Argentine football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches. All the official matches were available on the TyC Sports and TyC Max cable channels. This agreement would expire in 2014.
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
. For example, no other media were allowed to broadcast images of Argentine Primera División
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
soccer games –the most important league in Argentine Football– until the end of the programme Fútbol de Primera. It was very common that football matches played, for example, on Fridays, could only be seen as a 4 minutes-long resume on Sundays 12pm. The programme, with no other competition permitted to broadcast the games, was allowed to win the TV awards for best sport program for more than a decade.
Removal of First Division television rights
In July 2009, due to a economical crisis that affected several Primera DivisiónPrimera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
clubs, the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
tried new ways of financing. The President of the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
, Julio Grondona
Julio Grondona
Julio Humberto Grondona is an Argentine football executive. He has served as president of the Argentine Football Association since 1979...
, requested TSC authorities to modify the contract for television rights in order for the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
to receive 720 million Argentine Peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...
s. However, in the last season, TSC paid the AFA 230 million pesos, and the request was rejected by TSC.
Later, Grondona received an offer from the Argentine Government in order for the National System of Public Media –the state-owned Channel 7– to replace TSC for broadcasting the games on TV. It is worth mentioning that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...
's Government has a public confrontation against the Clarín
Clarín (newspaper)
Clarín is the largest newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group. It was founded by Roberto Noble on 28 August 1945. It is politically centrist but popularly understood to oppose the Kirchner government...
group, a member of TSC.
On August 11, 2009, the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
broke the contract with TSC, accusing it of not fulfilling the agreement. Then, the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
sued TSC, but TyC also tried an unsuccessful lawsuit against the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
for cancelling the contract.
Evertithing Follow producing of the Second
Primera B Nacional Argentina
Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...
and Third Division
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
.
Since August 21, 2009, the television rights for Argentine Primera División
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
belongs to Channel 7, which is owned by the Argentine state.