Torneos y Competencias

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company_name = Torneos y Competencias
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company_type = Private
foundation = 1982
location = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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industry = Media
products = Television
divisions = TyC Sports
TyC Max
slogan = | homepage = http://www.tyc.com.ar

Torneos y Competencias (TyC) is an Argentine sports communications firm created by Paraguayan businessman Carlos Ávila. It is an important force in the world of Argentine sports, with interests in publications and radio and TV broadcasting.

TyC 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", "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. Fox Soccer Channel in the United States airs "Fútbol de Primera" with English voiceovers by its own announcers.

Torneos y Competencias currently operates two cable TV channels TyC Sports and TyC Max. It also produces most sport shows for the South American version of the United States channel Fox Sports. Including the airing of Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Formula 1 and many others

Argentine football and monopoly

In 1992 TyC signed an agreement with the Argentine Football Association for the exclusive transmission of Argentine football (soccer) matches. All the official matches are available on the "TyC Sports" and "TyC Max" cable channels.

, disagrees with the agreement, they say it is a monopoly.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.

Owners

The company, with over 20 years of existence, belongs to Liberty Argentina, Inc, a subsidiary of Liberty Media International, Inc (LMI) (40%), ACH Acquisitions Co. (20%), Telefonica de Contenidos S.A. Unipersonal (20%), A y N Argentina LLC. (20%).

External links

* [http://www.tyc.com.ar/ TyC Official Site]
* [http://www.tycsports.com/ TyC Sports Official Site]