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5 partners with DAZN to air FIFA Club World Cup

5 and DAZN have announced a partnership deal that will see 5 broadcast live coverage of 23 of the 63 matches from this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup free-to-air to UK viewers. The remaining 40 games will be available (also for free) on DAZN in the UK. The FIFA Club World Cup takes place from […]

April 23, 2025

Spain: RTVE scores World Cup 2026 rights

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the Football World Cup 2026 for €55 million, according to El Mundo, after offering the highest bid to FIFA, ahead of private TV operators. RTVE will share football matches from the World Cup with TV group Mediapro that will be able to launch its own […]

March 18, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

IMG brings World Cup 2026 to Sport 24

IMG has secured the rights to broadcast the FIFA World Cup 2026 to the Inflight and Cruise Ship markets. The new agreement grants IMG exclusive live rights to broadcast all 104 matches on the Sport 24 channels globally. Taking place across Canada, Mexico and the US from June 11th to July 19th 2026, the FIFA […]

March 17, 2025

FIFA+ on Netgem

Netgem has announced a collaboration with FIFA+, the official streaming platform of FIFA. The partnership brings access to free football content to Netgem TV viewers across Europe via their telcos’ TV services, starting with the UK and Ireland this February, followed by France and other regions in the near future. Netgem users in the UK […]

February 19, 2025

DAZN, TelevisaUnivision partner for FIFA Club World Cup in US

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish-language media company, for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in the US. Under the terms of the partnership, 18 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be available for fans to watch in Spanish on TelevisaUnivision’s US networks: […]

February 14, 2025

BBC, ITV confirm shared deal for World Cup 2026, 2030

The BBC and ITV have agreed a deal for live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and FIFA World Cup 2030 across TV, audio and digital platforms. Alongside live TV coverage and highlights across the BBC TV Channels and iPlayer, live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports […]

December 17, 2024

Lenovo named Official FIFA Technology Partner

Lenovo has been named an Official FIFA Technology Partner – FIFA’s top tier sponsorship category – in a deal that includes the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the US, and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 in Brazil. The two tournaments will provide a platform for Lenovo to further grow its global […]

October 16, 2024

World Rugby extends HBS production partnership

World Rugby has confirmed the continuation of its partnership with HBS (Host Broadcast Services) to produce the host broadcast for every Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cup through to 2029.   HBS will play an active role in projecting the Women’s Rugby World Cups in England in 2025 and Australia in 2029 and the Men’s […]

October 7, 2024

Verizon sponsors FIFA World Cup 26

An agreement between Verizon and FIFA was announced today, with the world-class network provider named the Official Telecommunication Services Sponsor for the FIFA World Cup 26 in Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as a Tournament Supporter in the USA for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. Building on Verizon’s reputation as the go-to […]

September 24, 2024

FIFA+ on Pluto TV

FAST service Pluto TV has announced the international launch of FIFA+ on its platform across multiple markets, including the UK. FIFA+ brings football entertainment to fans including documentaries and original series from around the world as well as historic full match replays and highlights from the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup and more. […]

September 9, 2024By Nik Roseveare