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Torneos y Competencias S.A. (abbreviated TyC, also referred as Torneos) is an
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sports communications firm created by businessman Carlos Ávila, associated with Jose Santoro, and Héctor Dayan. It is an important force in the world of Argentine sports, with interests in publications and radio and TV broadcasting. Its headquarters are in Buenos Aires.


History

Torneos started its activities in the Argentine media in 1982, with a golf program. Since then it produced and aired successful programs in network television such as ''El deporte y el hombre'', ''Tenis de Primera'', ''
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de Primera'' and ''La Magia de la
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''; the most successful of them being the weekly ''Fútbol de Primera'', which summarizes each day of competition in the Argentine first division. In 1994, Torneos launched the channel TyC Sports to broadcast the Argentine Primera Division.


Removal of first division television rights

In 1992, the company Televisión Satelital Codificada (TSC, a joint venture between TyC and the Clarín group) signed an agreement with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) for the broadcasters exclusive live of Argentine
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matches. All the official matches were available on the "TyC Sports" and "TyC Max" cable & satellite channels. This agreement expired in 2014. In July 2009, due to an economic crisis that affected several
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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 pesos. 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
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– to replace TSC for broadcasting the games on TV. 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
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and
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. Since August 21, 2009, the television rights for Argentine
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belongs to the state-owned
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. The matches are carried by TVP and various stations in interior Argentina; the broadcasts are known as ''
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''.


Present

On 30 March 2016 the AFA approved the contract with the company that includes the
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,
Argentine Second Division Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...
, Primera B Metropolitana,
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, Argentina national football team's friendly and qualifiers games, and the international media rights, until 2019.


Management

Ignacio Galarza has been the CEO of Torneos since 2015.


Shareholders

Torneos current shareholders are:
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(60%), Luis Nofal Sports Holding (40%).


Channels

Torneos and the 34 South Media Group (before Clarín Group) in Argentina currently operate the domestic pay TV channel TyC Sports, as well as two international pay TV channels TyC Sports Latin America, TyC Sports COL, TyC Sports USA and TyC Sports URU. Torneos also produces most sport shows for Fox Sports Latin America - South Cone, including the airing of
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,
Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...
, Formula One and many others.


Exclusive Rights

The company’s television rights includes:
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,
Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...
,
Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana), known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club association football, football compe ...
, Argentine First Division,
Argentine Second Division Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...
, Primera B Metropolitana,
Argentine Cup The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with the aim of qua ...
,
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friendlies and qualifiers games, international media rights and the Summer and Winter Tournaments from Mar del Plata, Salta, Mendoza and Córdoba (vía ESPN Premium, ESPN, TNT Sports, TNT, TyC Sports, TyC Sports Latin America, TyC Sports Colombia and TyC Sports USA).


References


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