Next Thursday, February 9th, starting at 9 pm, Paramount+ will make its debut on the transmission of CONMEBOL Libertadores. The premium streaming service will exclusively show the first round of the preliminary round between Boston River (Uru) and Zamora (Ven), at the historic Centenario Stadium, in Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital.
This Tuesday, February 7, Paramount+ held a press conference to launch the start of the transmission of CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana. During the event, the new hired narrators and commentators were presented: Alê Xavier, João Guilherme, Nivaldo Prieto and Paulo Vinícius Coelho (PVC).
Diego Reck, Paramount VP of Sports, opened the press conference and highlighted the importance of the two tournaments acquired by the platform, as well as the total of 154 matches that will be shown. In addition, he reinforced the important four-year partnership with CONMEBOL. “We will have a great team in front of and behind the cameras producing the 154 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana matches live. These teams will give us the strength to accompany all Brazilian and Latin American teams wherever they play.”
Narrators João Guilherme and Nivaldo Prieto, with extensive experience in sports broadcasting, highlighted the anxiety of debuting on Paramount+ and starting to narrate the games of the two most important tournaments on the continent: “the feeling is one of anxiety and expectation in starting this work, which we are sure will be successful, first, because they are two very important products such as Libertadores and Sul-Americana, second, because it is on Paramount+ and has a team that knows each other and gets along well.”stated João Guilherme. Nivaldo Prieto these, “I can’t wait to see the ball roll and go into the air. We are excited and excited to get started. It is an honor to wear the Paramount+ jersey.”
the commentator Alê Xavier highlighted the joy of working with big names in sports journalism: ‘Without a doubt, this is the biggest challenge of my career, working as a commentator at such an important event, I am very happy to have Paramount+ as my home.”
Already the commentator Paulo Vinícius Coelho was impressed with the reception of the public with the entry of Paramount+ in the sports segment. “People stop me on the street saying they are going to watch Libertadores on Paramount+. It was very fast and remarkable as the public already quickly noticed the arrival of the platform in the market”.
PARAMOUNT’S STRATEGY IN SPORTS IN THE REGION
In addition to Brazil, CONMEBOL Libertadores
will be available, simultaneously, in other Latin American countries through the open TV channels of Paramount, Telefe and Chilevisión, and also through Pluto TV, a free TV streaming service. In Argentina, coverage will be anchored by award-winning commentators, Pablo Giralt and Juan Pablo Wasky, while Chilevision’s voices will be Claudio Palma and Aldo Schiappacasse for coverage in Chile.
Following the same path as previous agreements for Paramount+, such as the exclusive broadcast of the English Premier League, in Mexico and Central America, and La Roja, in Chile, the agreement with CONMEBOL further solidifies Paramount’s sports strategy across the region and expands the strong sports offering that adds to the mountain of entertainment on the premium streaming service, Paramount+.
Paramount+ and PlutoTV are expanding rapidly around the world and the company’s sports broadcast will continue to drive subscriptions and engagement globally. This partnership with CONMEBOL Libertadores and with CONMEBOL Sudamericana marks the first live sports offering from the services of streaming of Paramount in South America and is aligned with the strategies of Central America, Mexico, United States and Australia.
The broadcast of the game between Boston River (Uru) vs Zamora (Ven) it will start at 9 pm, with narration by João Guilherme and comments by PVC, exclusively on the premium streaming service, Paramount+.
Want to know more about the news? Don’t forget to follow ADNEWS on social networks and stay on top of everything!
The post Paramount+ premieres first exclusive match of Libertadores appeared first on ADNEWS.
