Mexico bars Televisa, Carlos Slim from exclusive World Cup, Olympics broadcast rights
at 21:06 on May 30, 2014, EDT.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican regulators are barring both the country's main television network and Carlos Slim's telecom company from getting exclusive rights to broadcast World Cup matches and opening and closing ceremonies of future Olympics.
The federal Telecommunications Institute's decision announced Friday is the first taken since the Televisa network and America Movil were declared "preponderant" two months ago. The institute announced then that it would impose restrictions on the companies to allow others to enter the sector dominated by a handful of telecom providers.
