To the surprise of many viewers, Open television channels have only broadcast one match of the six played so far: that of the inauguration between Argentina and Canada.
The other commitments are exclusive to DirecTV, an international channel that has the rights to the 32 games in total.
Javier Hernández Bonnet, director of the Snail goltalked with WEEK and answered the viewers’ question: Why aren’t Caracol and RCN broadcasting most of the Copa América matches?
“The main reason is that that was what the rights owners sold us. They determined that the only way to have more subscribers is to save the greatest number of games; They only sold us seven games”, indicated the renowned journalist and commentator.
Caracol will have on its screen the three games of the Colombian National Team in the group stage, one quarterfinal, one semifinal and the final, added to last Thursday between Argentina and Canada.
This situation changed the channel’s plans at a logistical level. “We cannot operationally make the deployments we did before. “We have three journalists and we broadcast from the studios in Bogotá,” he explained.
“Many think that we enjoy RCN being bad. No, on the contrary. This affects us all because this is the open television industry and the day that power decreases, then the income and all that decreases,” he said.
Hernández Bonnet expressed his concern about the situation that arose in this Copa América. “Of course, because one would like to be in almost the entire deployment. We are preparing because every day that is going to be the defense of cable television, having live events to keep subscribers”, he stated.
The journalist commented, however, that it will not be the same for the 2026 World Cup. “Fortunately, that World Cup has already been negotiated. “There are not as many games as we would like, but not as few as closed television would like,” he sentenced.
From the Snail gol they commit to “They are not going to lose their mark on the Colombian National Team. That is our reason for being and that is why we have accompanied it” with the journalists who traveled to the United States.
Javier Hernández trusts Colombia
“Along these lines, I have the hope that Colombia will give us great joy in this opportunity.“, complete.
The Tricolor will start its journey this Monday facing Paraguay in Houston at 5:00 in the afternoon, then They will face Costa Rica next Friday in Glendale and will end their exercise in the group stage facing Brazil on Tuesday, July 2 in Santa Clara.
If you qualify for the quarterfinals, the match would be on Saturday, July 6 at 5:00 or 7:00, depending on the position in which you advance to the next round.
The hope centers on the 23 consecutive games that the Colombian National Team has accumulated without losing, 20 of them under the orders of Néstor Lorenzo, who has restored confidence to the players after the sad elimination from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
