By Henrique Santiago ( September 29, 2026, 22:17 GMT | Insight) -- Traditional television networks came out in favor of collective negotiation of broadcasting rights for soccer matches in Brazil, arguing it centralizes negotiations with a single counterparty and avoids fragmentation. Still, broadcasters that do not air the country's top soccer leagues have warned that matches could become concentrated among a small number of rights holders.Major Brazilian free-to-air broadcasters expressed support for the collective sale of soccer match broadcasting rights as conducted by Futebol Forte União, or FFU, according to market test responses submitted to the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, Brazil's competition watchdog....
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