media founded 1982 headquarters buenos aires argentina key people ignacio galarza 1 ceo products television divisions tyc sports fox sports directv sports website http www.torneos.com head office torneos y competencias s.a. tyc also referred as torneos is an argentine sports communications firm created by businessman carlos vila who has left the company . 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 . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 removal of first division television rights 1.2 present 2 management 2.1 shareholders 3 channels 4 exclusive rights 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 f tbol de primera and la magia de la nba ; the most successful of them being the weekly f tbol 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 edit in 1992 the company televisi n satelital codificada tsc a joint venture between tyc and the clar n group signed an agreement with the argentine football association afa for the broadcasters exclusive live of argentine football matches . all the official matches were available on the tyc sports and tyc max cable & satellite channels . this agreement will expire in 2014 . in july 2009 due to an economic crisis that affected several primera divisi n 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 . 3 later grondona received an offer from the argentine government in order for the national system of public media the state owned channel 7 to replace tsc for broadcasting the games on tv . 4 cristina fern ndez de kirchner s government has a public confrontation against the clar n group a member of tsc . 5 on august 11 2009 the afa broke the contract with tsc accusing it of not fulfilling the agreement . 6 then the afa sued tsc 7 but tyc also tried an unsuccessful lawsuit against the afa for cancelling the contract . 8 evertithing follow producing of the second and third division . 9 since august 21 2009 the television rights for argentine primera divisi n belongs to the state owned tv p blica . 10 the matches are carried by tvp and various stations in interior argentina ; the broadcasts are known as f tbol para todos . 11 present edit on 30 march 2016 the afa approved the contract with the company that includes the argentine second division primera b metropolitana argentine cup argentina national team s friendly and qualifiers games and the international media rights until 2019 . 12 management edit ignacio galarza has been the ceo of torneos since 2015 . shareholders edit torneos current shareholders are directv latin america 33.2 % the former chief executive officer of cablevisi n argentina fred vierra 26.53 % luis nofal sports holding sa by luis nofal 23.53 % and the american investment firm dlj merchant banking partners 16.7 % . 13 channels edit torneos and the 34 south media group before clar n group in argentina currently operate the domestic pay tv channel tyc sports as well as two international pay tv channels tyc sports latin america and tyc sports usa . torneos also produces most sport shows for fox sports latin america south cone including the airing of copa libertadores copa sudamericana formula one and many others . torneos and globo group in brazil operate the domestic pay tv channel sportv and pay per view channel premiere fc exclusive rights edit the company s television rights includes copa libertadores copa sudamericana argentine second division primera b metropolitana argentine cup argentine national football team friendlys and qualifiers games international media rights and the summer and winter tournaments from mar del plata salta mendoza and c rdoba v a fox sports and tyc sports . references edit http www.infobae.com 2015 06 22 1736990 torneos y competencias nombro al sucesor alejandro burzaco . retrieved 16 february 2016 . missing or empty title help nuestras oficinas se encuentran ubicadas en balcarce 510 ciudad de buenos aires argentina in spanish . tyc.com . retrieved 25 november 2014 . mirando otro canal in spanish . ole.clarin.com . retrieved 25 november 2014 . diario los andes . tyc denunci que hay un acuerdo para estatizar la televisacin del ftbol . losandes.com.ar . retrieved 25 november 2014 . bbc mundo cultura y sociedad el f tbol argentino cambia de canal in spanish . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 25 november 2014 . infonews el argentino caba un mundo muchas voces in spanish . elargentino.com . retrieved 25 november 2014 . la afa entablar una demanda millonaria contra tsc . perfil.com in spanish . retrieved 25 november 2014 . terra la justicia rechaz presentacin de tsc contra la afa y habr ftbol 14 8 2009 actualidad in spanish . educacion.terra.com.ar . retrieved 25 november 2014 . 1 archived august 21 2009 at the wayback machine . argentina ftbol gratis por television in spanish . argentina.ar . retrieved 25 november 2014 . laura serra october 20 2012 . asignan m s fondos al f tbol para todos y a la propaganda oficial in spanish . la naci n. retrieved november 24 2012 . ajustes de n meros afa renegoci los contratos con torneos . retrieved 3 april 2016 . lerena ngela august 12 2009 . aquella idea de carlos vila . cr tica de la argentina in spanish 524 . issn 1851 6378 . external links edit torneos official site spanish location spanish retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title torneos y competencias & oldid 740631007 categories television production companies of argentinacompanies based in buenos airessports companieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlscs1 spanish language sources es articles with wayback machine linksarticles with spanish language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 08 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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