2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is an international soccer tournament organized by FIFA, with an expansion over the previous competition from 32 to 48 teams. The broadcasting rights are sold directly by FIFA to national and trans-national broadcasters.
Host broadcaster
On February 12, 2015, FIFA renewed the U.S. and Canadian broadcasting rights contracts for Fox (U.S. English), NBCUniversal (U.S. Spanish), and Bell Media (Canada) to cover 2026, without accepting any other bids. A report in The New York Times asserted that this extension was intended as compensation for the rescheduling of the 2022 World Cup to November–December rather than its traditional June–July scheduling, as it created considerable conflicts with major professional sports leagues that are usually in their offseasons during the World Cup.[1][2][3]
Futbol de Primera has the Spanish radio broadcasting rights.[4]
The International Broadcast Center (IBC) will be located at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.[5][6][7]
On January 8, 2026, FIFA signed a deal to make TikTok a “preferred platform” for World Cup video content. As part of the agreement, broadcasters may stream parts of games at a dedicated hub on the TikTok app.[8] FIFA then made a similar “preferred platform” deal with YouTube on March 17, allowing broadcasters to stream select games in full on their respective YouTube channels, as well as stream the first 10 minutes of every game on the platform. Later, it was confirmed that YouTube had extended this deal with FIFA and CazéTV to show all tournament Games for free in Brazil.[9][10][11]
On May 8, 2026, Fox Sports announced a partnership with Cosm to show 40 matches in their three current locations at time, the list of matches includes the Mexico vs. South Africa opening match, all USMNT matches and the final match of the tournament.[12]
Broadcasters
Sport24 secures the rights for international in-flight and cruise ship travel.[13]
Notes
- 54 matches only
- Agreement between Mediapro and DAZN, DAZN will produce the games for Mediapro cable channels and in trade DAZN will be allowed to show games in the streaming plataform
- Argentina matches and the final
- 12 matches
- 55 Matches on pay television and 32 matches on free-to-air television and streaming
- In partnership with YouTube
- 32 Matches only, production cooperation between SBT and N Sports
- Excluding Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti
- 54 matches only
- Eight matches only (opening match, four quarter finals, both semis, and a final), terrestrial broadcast only via DD Dish
- Available to Telkomsel customers via IPTV and OTT
- 35 matches (including opening match, both semi finals, and a final)
- 33 matches in Terrestrial TV and NHK+/NHK One, all matches in NHK BS Premium 4K
- 15 matches only
- 10 matches only
- 32 matches on Free-to-air TV and all 104 matches on Vix with premium add-on
- 32 matches only
- 40 matches only
- 20 Matches divided among RTP, SIC and TVI
- One match per day
- FTA coverage of 28 matches (24 for group stage (inc. opening match), both semis, and both finals)
- Excluding Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay
- For Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile, Perú and Venezuela, 30 matches: 22 from the group stage, 3 from the round of 32, 2 from the round of 16, 1 quarterfinal, the 2 semifinals, and the final. In addition, in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Disney+ Premium will broadcast the matches featuring that country’s national team
- Unlike years prior, FIFA has not handled the North Korea rights to the South Korean broadcasters[152]
- Sub-licensed from JTBC
- French-language rights
- English and Portuguese-language rights
- Main broadcaster; For CHT MOD and OTT (ELTA.tv and Hami Video)
- Cable TV broadcast; Selected matches
- Terrestrial TV broadcast; Selected matches
