America Movil Sidesteps Televisa, Azteca to Air Olympics
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America Movil SAB said it reached an agreement to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympic Games through 26 of Mexico’s regional television networks, sidestepping the two major national broadcasters.
The company, Latin America’s largest mobile-phone carrier, will also air the games on its Claro Sports cable-TV channel and on its UnoTV website, it said today in a statement. Mexico City-based America Movil, controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, holds exclusive rights for coverage of the Sochi, Russia, Olympics across all platforms in Latin America, excluding Brazil.