The
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
was first broadcast on
television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
in
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
and is now the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
. 715.2 million individuals watched the
final match of the
2006 tournament (representing 11 percent of the entire population of the planet). The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers.
Europe
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium and Luxembourg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Burundi
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy and San Marino
Kosovo (Serbia)
Latvia
Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Lithuania
Luxemborg
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Over 100 nations have provided wall-to-wall coverage since the communications satellite launchings allowed for worldwide coverage beginning in
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
. European coverage of the World Cup has been extensive since
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
(though with the World Cup held in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
, much of the Euro coverage that year was tape-delayed).
Broadcasts of the qualification for the World Cup Finals for England is currently held by
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
(terrestrial, home and away matches) with Sky holding rights for home and away matches for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These were previously held by the
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but BBC have highlights of each home nation in their respective nation so BBC Scotland show Scotland highlights, BBC Wales show Wales highlights and BBC Northern Ireland show NI highlights.
However, coverage of the World Cup Finals is on a government mandated 'protected' list meaning it must be shown on free-to-air terrestrial television (
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ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
,
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
,
Five
5 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
5, five or number 5 may also refer to:
* AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era
* 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era
Literature
* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awa ...
) as opposed to satellite or cable television. Although only one broadcaster is required, the two biggest terrestrial operators, the
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and
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
, have always made a joint bid for coverage with broadcast of the
Home Nations matches (particularly England) alternating between the broadcasters up to the later stages of the tournament. This is believed to prevent an extremely expensive bidding war for coverage between the two networks, with the current agreement running until the 2022 tournament.
In addition, when matches involved Scotland or Northern Ireland the BBC or ITV franchise holder in that area (Scottish TV, Grampian, Border or Ulster / UTV) would provide their own commentary team and presenters for those games.
Notes
*In the 2006 World Cup, ITV showed two of England's three group games, with the BBC showing one. However, the BBC would then have shown England through to the final, had they made it; this would have been on an exclusive basis for the round of 16 and the quarter finals (the latter being the round where England were actually eliminated), with coverage of the semi-final and final being shared with ITV. The same method was used for the 2010 World Cup, where ITV showed the first two England games, and the BBC would have shown the next two, with England's semi final shared on both channels and the Final as well, but with England eliminated in the second round, the BBC instead had the first choice of the two quarter finals, and ITV the choice of a semi final and the third place match, with both channels showing the Final.
* For the 2014 World Cup the BBC showed England's first match against Italy with ITV showing the other 2 matches against Uruguay and Costa Rica. BBC had first choice for the 2nd round while ITV had first choice quarter final so if England got to the Quarters, which they didn't, the match would have been exclusively live on ITV.
* For the 2018 World Cup the BBC showed England's first 2 games against Tunisia and Panama respectively with ITV showing the one remaining group stage match against Belgium. The BBC carried the quarterfinal with Sweden. ITV aired the semi-final against Croatia and the third-place play-off with Belgium.
* ITV have had several sponsors over the years. For the 1990 World Cup, in one of the first sponsorship deals in British TV history, coverage was sponsored by
National Power. Coverage of the 1994 World Cup was sponsored by electronics company
Panasonic, whilst car company
Vauxhall
Vauxhall ( ) is a district in South West London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Vauxhall was part of Surrey until 1889 when the County of London was created. Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall", it became well known for ...
sponsored the 1998 World Cup. This was the first year actual idents were shown, as opposed to just the company logo, and featured comical exchanges between players dubbed over in suitable accents.
Travelex sponsored their coverage of the 2002 World Cup, and would also go on to sponsor their coverage of the
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...
. For the 2006 World Cup, there were two sponsors for the first time –
Budweiser and
EDF Energy. The latter would, like Travelex, go on to sponsor the
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...
along with
Peugeot
Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.
The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...
. In 2010,
Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol"), which was restructured into the following groups:
* Hyundai Group, parts of the former conglomerate which have not been divested
** Hyundai Mobis, Korean car parts company
** Hyundai ...
and
Lucozade Sport
Lucozade is a British brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by the Japanese company Suntory. Created as "Glucozade" in the UK in 1927 by a Newcastle pharmacist, William Walker Hunter (trading as W. Owen & Son), it was acquired by the ...
were the sponsors, with Hyundai having a ''Car World Cup'' tournament, which was eventually won by Spain. The former's stings were narrated by
Peter Brackley
Peter Brackley (13 June 1951 – 14 October 2018) was an English football commentator, perhaps most famous for commentating for ''Football Italia'' on Channel 4 in the 1990s, for the computer game series ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' until ''Pro Evol ...
. The 2014 World Cup had three sponsors for the first time,
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
,
Carling and
Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
. Carling would have a brief spell of sponsoring England matches on ITV, replacing
Continental Tyres
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before being replaced by
Screwfix
Screwfix is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc, which also owns B&Q, and is listed o ...
. 2018 also had three, with
Budweiser, adopting their international campaign,
Volkswagen
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, with a series of idents about a confident man getting 'England Champions 2018' tattooed onto him, and
Screwfix
Screwfix is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc, which also owns B&Q, and is listed o ...
, sponsors of England's Qualifiers and Friendlies, with puns on famous England players performed by customers. The 2022 tournament on ITV will be sponsored by
KFC
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 2 ...
and
Google Pixel
Google Pixel is a brand of consumer electronic devices developed by Google that run either ChromeOS or the Android operating system. The Pixel brand was introduced in February 2013 with the first-generation Chromebook Pixel. The Pixel line inclu ...
.
Former nations
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
Yugoslavia
Asia
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China PR
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
South Korea
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
Africa
Whole of Africa
Algeria
Angola
Botswana
Benin & Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Libya
Mali
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
South Africa
Togo
Tunisia
North America
Canada
English-language television
Notes
* CTV and TSN used their own announcers for all Canadian games during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. For all other matches they used the English World Feed.
French-language television
Mexico
United States
English-language television
Finals
Notes
*The first American coverage of the World Cup consisted only of a
previously filmed telecast of the
1966 Final on
NBC. The Final was aired before their coverage of the Saturday ''
Major League Baseball Game of the Week
The ''Major League Baseball Game of the Week'' (''GOTW'') is the de facto title for nationally televised coverage of regular season Major League Baseball games. ''The Game of the Week'' has traditionally aired on Saturday afternoons. When the na ...
''. NBC used the
black & white
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Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. H ...
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feed and aired it on a two-hour film delay. This was the first time soccer had been shown in the United States as a stand-alone broadcast. Previously, ''
ABC's Wide World of Sports
''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Jim McKay, with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 198 ...
'' had shown
England's Football Association Cup on as long as a two-week delay.
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
's coverage was usually week-old filmed highlights shown on ''
ABC's Wide World of Sports
''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Jim McKay, with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 198 ...
''.
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
's coverage also contained week-old filmed highlights on ''
CBS Sports Spectacular
''CBS Sports Spectacular'' is a sports anthology television program that is produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States. The series began on January 3, 1960, as ''The CBS Sports Spectacular'', a ...
''.
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
had no English language coverage on American television at all.
Other rounds
Notes
*In
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
,
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...
and
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
provided the first thorough American television coverage of the FIFA World Cup.
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
aired the first
live
Live may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film
* ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film
*'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD)
Music
*Live (band), American alternative rock band
* List of albums ...
telecast of the final. ABC aired commercials during the live action. Meanwhile, PBS aired
same day highlights of the top game of the day.
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
marked the first time that the World Cup had extensive live
cable and
network television coverage in the United States.
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
carried most of the weekday matches while
NBC did weekend games. To be more specific, NBC aired seven matches, including the
"Hand of God" quarterfinal, with broadcasters on-site. NBC's theme music for their 1986 coverage was
Herb Alpert's "1980", from his 1979 album ''
Rise
Rise or RISE may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* '' Rise: The Vieneo Province'', an internet-based virtual world
* Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3''
* Rise Kujikawa, a video ...
''. It was originally a cue meant for the ill-fated
1980 Moscow Summer Olympics broadcasts. Meanwhile, ESPN aired about 25 matches that year, all with broadcasters calling matches "off tube" (off monitor) from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Broadcasting Centre on 25 John Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*In
1990
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, the World Cup was covered exclusively by cable television on
TNT in the United States and had many features about the host country, Italy.
*The
1994
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American coverage had many firsts: The first with all of the matches televised, the first with no commercial interruptions during live action, and the first to feature an
on-screen score & time box.
*In
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, all of the matches were televised in the United States live for the first time.
*The
2002
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American coverage had 59 matches live, and 5 rebroadcasts on ABC, with coverage from
Japan
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and
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
carried live in the American late night
graveyard slot
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.
*The
2006
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coverage from
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
was fully live as well.
**
Dave O'Brien joined
Marcelo Balboa on the primary broadcast team for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...
coverage on ESPN and
ABC Sports, despite having no experience calling
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
matches prior to that year. Because
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
, owner of both television outlets, retained control over on-air talent, the appointment of O'Brien as the main play-by-play voice was made over the objections of
Soccer United Marketing
Soccer United Marketing is the for-profit marketing arm of Major League Soccer which primarily deals in the promotion and sanctioning of professional soccer in the United States.
In 2016, Soccer United Marketing was also chosen as the exclusive w ...
, who wanted
JP Dellacamera
John Paul "JP" Dellacamera (born January 11, 1952) is an American play-by-play sportscaster primarily for Major League Soccer with the Philadelphia Union, as well as major soccer tournaments and ice hockey.
Commentary career
Soccer
In the 1980 ...
to continue in that role. Disney stated that their broadcast strategy was intended, in voice and style, to target the vast majority of Americans who do not follow the sport on a regular basis.
Mispronunciation
In linguistics, mispronunciation is the act of pronouncing a word incorrectly. The matter of what is or is not mispronunciation is a contentious one, and indeed there is some disagreement about the extent to which the term is even meaningful. Lang ...
and incorrect addressing of names, misuse of soccer terminology, and lack of insight into tactics and history plagued the telecasts, resulting in heavy criticism from
English-speaking
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the ''Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest language ...
soccer fans, many of whom ended up watching the games on
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
instead.
*The
2010
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coverage from
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
introduced
ESPN 3D for 25 matches.
*The
2014
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coverage was available on mobile devices and tablets via the
WatchESPN
WatchESPN was a branding of the Internet television website and mobile application operated by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Cor ...
application, as well as on
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation ...
and
Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...
video game console
A video game console is an electronic device that Input/output, outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller. These may be home video game console, home consoles, which are generally placed i ...
s, live and on-demand, via the ESPN on Xbox Live application.
*Starting in
2018
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, coverage is available on connected TVs, mobile devices and tablets via the
Fox Sports App.
Spanish-language television
Notes
*From 2002 to 2010, José Luis Chilavert joined Pablo Ramirez and Jesus Bracamontes on the booth during the Univision broadcast of the
FIFA World Cup Final
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the ' ( FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football), the sport's global governing body. The championship has ...
match.
*Starting in 2018, coverage will be available on connected TVs, mobile devices and tablets via NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes' En Vivo apps respectively, and on home devices and video game consoles such as the
Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...
,
PS4
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, and
Roku via the Fox Sports app and
Fox Sports Go
The Bally Sports app is the video streaming service of the former Fox Sports Networks, now Bally Sports regional sports networks. The app replaces Fox Sports Go (FSGO), the app of the former Fox Sports Networks. The service is available for custo ...
.
Central America
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
South America
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
English-language World Feed
Notes
See also
*By year:
**
1994 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
**
1998 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of the 1998 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.
Television broadcasters
Notes:
# Indonesia screened the tournament simulcast via 6-national free-to-air terrestrial ...
**
2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
**
2006 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2006 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.
Television
Broadcasters that were confirmed to be screening some or all of the matches in standard definition are in bold. Br ...
**
2010 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2010 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.
Television
Broadcasters that screened some or all of the matches in high definition are in bold. Broadcasters that screened ...
**
2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
**
2018 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.
Television
Radio
References
{{2018 FIFA World Cup
Broadcasting rights
Broadcasting rights (often also calle ...
**
2022 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was an association football tournament took place in November and December 2022 involved 32 men's national teams from nations affiliated to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). The tournament was bro ...
**
2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three ...
*By country:
**
Sports broadcasting contracts in Canada
This article refers to Sports broadcasting contracts in Canada. For broadcasting rights lists of other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
Athletics
* World Athletics: CBC Sports
* Boston Marathon: TSN
* London Marathon: FloSpor ...
**
Sports broadcasting contracts in France
**
Sports broadcasting contracts in Germany This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in Germany. For a list of contracts in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
Football
;FIFA
*FIFA World Cup
** ARD (1954–2026), ZDF (1966–2026), RTL (2026) (broadcast r ...
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Sports broadcasting contracts in Indonesia
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, t ...
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Sports broadcasting contracts in India
This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in India. For a list of contracts in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
American Football
* NFL - Star Sports & Disney+ Hotstar
Association Football
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Sports broadcasting contracts in Italy This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in Italy. For a list of broadcasting rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
In Italy, due to an anti-siphoning law known as 8/99, the following sport events must be ...
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Sports broadcasting contracts in Latin America
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Sports broadcasting contracts in Spain
This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in Spain. For a list of broadcasting rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
Football
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*Spain national football team (2018–28):
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Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, sporting events are broadcast on several national television networks, as well as radio. Many of the sporting events are listed online or in different kind of apps. These apps are mainly designed by sport fans who want to ...
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Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States
In the United States, sports are televised on various broadcast networks, national and specialty sports cable channels, and regional sports networks. U.S. sports rights are estimated to be worth a total of $22.42 billion in 2019, about 44 percent o ...
References
Sources
World Cup broadcasting history in the U.S.The early days of World Cup broadcasting in the USA brief history of the World Cup, European Championship and Copa America on US TVFIFA World Cup 2022 Broadcast Rights
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Broadcasters
Broadcaster may refer to:
* A presenter of any syndicated media program
* A broadcasting organization, one responsible for audio and video content and/or their transmission
* A sports commentator on television or radio
* Broadcaster, currently kn ...
Association football on television
Lists of association football broadcasters
FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
ABC Sports
BBC Sport
CBC Sports
CBS Sports
Telemundo Deportes
ESPN announcers
ESPN2
Fox Sports
Fox Sports 1
ITV Sport
NBC Sports
SBS Sport
The Sports Network
Sportsnet
Turner Sports
Xbox network
CBS Sports Spectacular
Nine's Wide World of Sport
Wide World of Sports (American TV series)
Lists of sporting event broadcasters