Fifa

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Brazil

Globo’s renegotiated deal for rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup has given Fifa hope of extracting even more from Brazil than it otherwise would have done, as its sales agent LiveMode prepares to take an additional premium package of rights to the market.
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South Korea

JTBC has secured exclusive rights in South Korea to the 2026 and 2030 Fifa World Cups, SportBusiness understands, in what was a competitive process in one of the world’s hottest sports media rights markets.
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Balkans

Fifa has turned to the Balkans in its media rights sales process for the next two men's World Cups, launching invitations to tender (ITTs) in eight countries.
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Global

Football’s world governing body Fifa and tech giant Apple are in advanced stages to seal an agreement for global media rights to the revamped Club World Cup.
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Indonesia

Fifa has launched a tender process in Indonesia for media rights to the next two men’s and women’s World Cups, with the country optimistic about its qualification for the 2026 edition after defeating Vie…
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Brazil

LiveMode has been renewed as Fifa’s exclusive media rights sales agent in Brazil for the men’s World Cup, providing the agency with a far more attractive package of rights for the 2026 tournament than it sold in 2022.
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Thailand

Thailand has never qualified for the men’s World Cup and the NBTC reportedly now sees the tournament as being fair game for pay-television broadcasters.
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United Kingdom

Fifa has launched invitations to tender for UK media rights to the 2026 and 2030 World Cups, with significantly more matches set to be broadcast as the tournament expands to 48 teams.
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Global

World governing body FIFA enjoyed income of $1.17bn (€1.07bn) in 2023, boosted by strong commercial revenues from the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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Hungary

Fifa has issued tenders in six Central and Eastern European countries for media rights to the 2026 and 2030 men's World Cups as it seeks to maximise the commercial impact of improved qualification prospects for Europe's mid-tier nations.
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Sub-Saharan Africa

Uefa and Fifa benefitted from the aggressive entry into the African sports-rights market of New World Television, the Togo-based pay-television operator, to enjoy strong uplifts for club competition and World Cup rights, respectively.
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Netherlands

The sales process has gone live in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg for media rights to the Fifa World Cup in 2026 and 2030
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Kazakhstan

Fifa has gone to market in five Central Asia countries with media rights to the men's World Cup in 2026, as well as this year's Futsal World Cup taking place in the region
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France

Fifa has launched the tender process in France for media rights to the men’s World Cup in 2026 and 2030.
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Global

Fifa and Uefa acted unlawfully when they threatened to ban clubs and players joining breakaway competitions like the European Super League (ESL), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled
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Austria

Public-service broadcaster ORF secured exclusive rights in Austria to the 2026 Fifa World Cup after agreeing to pay a slight uplift in its media rights fee.
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Sub-Saharan Africa

Broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the 2026 Fifa World Cup and the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup are now on the market after two concurrent tender processes were opened by football’s world governing bod…
Football
Austria

ORF, the public-service broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in Austria to the 2026 Fifa World Cup in a deal agreed directly with football's governing body