Tigo Sports

Tigo Sports
TypeSports
Country Paraguay
 Bolivia
Broadcast area Paraguay
 Bolivia
Formerly:
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Panama
 Argentina
Programming
LanguageSpanish
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerMillicom
History
Launched1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)
Replaced byFox (exc. Bolivia and Paraguay)
Links
Websitewww.tigosports.com.py
www.tigosports.com.bo
www.tigosports.com.hn
www.tigosports.gt
www.tigosports.cr
www.tigosports.com.sv
www.tigosports.com.pa

Tigo Sports is a Latin American pay television network operated by the telecommunications company Tigo, dedicated exclusively to sports. The brand was launched in February 2014 by Tigo Paraguay, and was later extended to other Latin American countries.

In April 2026, Fox Corporation purchased the Tigo Sports operations in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The following month, the assets started being rebranded into Fox and Fox+ Channels, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] Tigo Sports continues operating in Paraguay and Bolivia.

By country

Paraguay

The channel was launched on February 1, 2014, with the broadcast of Paraguayan football, basketball and rugby matches, which were broadcast exclusively by Unicanal and by the Tigo Star Paraguay events channel.

On April 30, 2015, Tigo Sports used the black ribbon in mourning, due to the death of sports journalist Gustavo Köhn, who died at the Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo, Brazil, due to colon cancer that he suffered in the last years.[3]

In February 2016, the Tigo Sports channels began to broadcast all their programming in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

On June 6, 2018, representatives of Tigo Star Paraguay announced the launch of Tigo Sports+, a parallel backup signal for the main channel.[4]

On February 1, 2019, it was revealed that Tigo Sports acquired the rights to the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.[5] And on June 14, 2020, it was revealed they acquired the rights to the Spanish La Liga for the 2019/2020 season, up to 5 exclusive matches on the Tigo Sports and Tigo Sports + signal.

In mid-2022 Tigo Sports 3 was released.

The 3 channels broadcast Paraguayan football matches on Saturdays and Mondays, volleyball on Wednesdays, basketball on Thursdays, and futsal on Fridays.

Bolivia

Tigo Sports began its broadcasts in Bolivia on November 27, 2014, with the La Paz derby that was played at the Hernando Siles Stadium, between The Strongest and Bolívar, which was the event chosen for the launch of the first Bolivian channel specialized in sports. Minutes before the start of the match, company executives officially announced the beginning of the programming of Tigo Sports, a channel that broadcasts its signal through the cable operator Tigo Star, visible on channel 800 of the standard service, 900 in HD and on 8 in satellite service.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FOX adquiere la programación y producción de Tigo Sports para Centroamérica" [FOX acquires Tigo Sports' programming and production rights for Central America]. revistaeyn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-27.
  2. ↑ "FOX Latin America Announces The Launch Of The FOX Channel In Central America And Strengthens Its Position In The Region". Fox Corp. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
  3. ↑ "Fallece periodista deportivo Gustavo Köhn". 29 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Es una realidad el nuevo canal de Tigo Sports". 6 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Conmebol Sudamericana Tigo Sports adquiere los derechos de 2019". 1 February 2019.
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