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fuboTV acquires South American World Cup qualifiers

fuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, has acquired the exclusive live streaming rights to the Qatar World Cup 2022 Qualifying matches of South American Football Confederation. fuboTV says the agreement, a partnership with the 10 South American teams’ rights holders, strengthens its position as a sports-first live TV streaming platform and its offering […]

April 9, 2021

CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers on Paramount+

CBS Sports has announced an agreement for Paramount+, ViacomCBS’ subscription streaming service, to serve as the exclusive English-language home in the US of qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for the CONCACAF region of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The deal, which comes into effect immediately, includes six away matches […]

March 26, 2021

FIFA on track despite pandemic

Covid-19 severely disrupted football at all levels in 2020, with the cancellation or postponement of leagues and FIFA’s football tournaments around the world. Despite the impact of the pandemic on the international match calendar and global economy, FIFA says that its revenue in 2020 exceeded its revised budget. In addition, preparations for its flagship tournament, […]

March 22, 2021

Mediapro signs content deals in Colombia, Brazil

Spain’s TV group Mediapro has reached content agreements with Colombia’s Caracol TV and Brazilian TV channel Walter Abrahao. Through its subsidiary, The Mediapro Studio, the company has agreed with Caracol TV on the production of premium TV content to be distributed internationally. The first project will be the TV series Las Cheers. In Brazil, Mediapro […]

January 28, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

FIFA World Cup 2026 rights awarded in Nordics

FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the FIFA World Cup 2026 to broadcasters in each of the Nordic territories:  DR and TV2 in Denmark, YLE and MTV in Finland, TV2 and NRK in Norway, and SVT and TV4 in Sweden. The deals complete FIFA’s current sales cycle in the Nordics, following the sale of […]

January 8, 2021

NENT Group to show World Cup 2022 African qualifiers

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has acquired the exclusive rights to show the African qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2022 on its Viaplay streaming service in nine countries. From summer 2021, fans will be able to stream 130 live qualifying matches in prime European timeslots as 40 African teams compete […]

December 16, 2020

NENT scores 2023 Women’s World Cup

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has acquired the exclusive rights to show the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. NENT Group will show every match from the tournament on its Viaplay streaming service, with selected matches available on its free-TV channels. Australia and New Zealand will host […]

November 18, 2020

The Secrets of La Roja free on Rakuten TV

Rakuten TV has announced the launch of its new original production, The Secrets of La Roja – World Champions 2010, a documentary that follows the path of Spanish national football team, La Roja, through the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The documentary will launch for free on Rakuten TV’s Rakuten Stories channel on July 9th, in […]

June 30, 2020