Tenfield is a

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which holds the commercial rights to broadcast the Uruguayan

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and

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. It was founded in 1998 by the

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

an business-men Francisco "Paco" Casal, and the former football players Enzo Francescoli and Nelson Gutiérrez with the objective of broadcasting the Uruguayan football league system. It also owns Spanish-language soccer network GOL TV, which it purchased in April 2007.

Sporting events

Football

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...

(not available on ESPN+ Argentina) (Four Games per Matchday live on VTV or VTV 2 and tape-delay on GOLTV) *

Uruguayan Segunda División The Segunda División Profesional is the second division of professional football in Uruguay, established in 1942. The league is sometimes referred to as ''Primera B''. In 1942, the Segunda División was established to replace the amateur Uruguaya ...

(Two Games per Matchday live on VTV or VTV Two). * Uruguayan Tercera División (One Game per matchday live on VTV or VTV Two) *

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...

(only available for Uruguay) (six matches per round on VTV or GolTV) *

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) The CONMEBOL, South American Zone of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification saw nine teams competing for #Intercontinental play-off, 4 or 5 berths in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, finals. Brazil national football team, Brazil automatically qualified for th ...

(only available for Uruguay) (all matches live on VTV and VTV Plus). * UEFA Euro (only available for Uruguay). *

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

(only available for Uruguay). *

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

(32 matches are broadcast live on VTV and VTV Plus) (Only Available for Uruguay). *

Uruguay national football team The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...

internacional friendly matches of home and away * International friendly matches. * VTV Sports Cup * Rio de Janeiro State Championship * São Paulo State Championship

Tennis

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...

Basketball

* Uruguayan Basketball League *

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

FIBA Americas Championship The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents. Since FIBA organized the entire Wester ...

(only available for Uruguay)

Cycling

Rutas de América Rutas de América is a multi-day road bicycle race held annually in February in Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Braz ...

Futsal

* Liga Nacional de Futsal (only available for Uruguay)

Handball

* Uruguayan League

Motor Sports

* Uruguayan Rally, *

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

, (Only 9 races that are broadcast live on VTV and tape-delay on VTV Plus)

Special events

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The 1896 Summer Olympics, inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, ...

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

Carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ...

Original Programming in co-production with Tenfield

Televisión

* Pasión Fútbol (Presented by Sergio Gorzy, Juan Carlos Scelza, Martin Charquero and Alberto Kesman) (Sunday at 22:00 on VTV) * K-Pos (Monday at 10:00 pm on VTV) * Sin Límite (Presented by Javier Máximo Goñi) (Monday to Friday at 18:00 live on VTV Plus) * RR GOL (Presented by Rodrigo Romano) (Monday at 21:00 on VTV Plus) * El Ascenso (Presented by Marcos Vitette) (Tuesday at 23:00 on VTV Plus) * Cámara Celeste * Pasión Básquetbol (Friday at 22:00 on VTV Two) * Pasión Voleibol (Friday at 22:00 on VTV Two) * Pasión Handbol * Pasión Rugby * Pasión Futsal

External links

Tenfield Official Site
Television companies of Uruguay Spanish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1998 Mass media in Montevideo {{Uruguay-tv-station-stub