I’m not arguing, I know French football and television rights have had a rocky few years, and it’s not entirely out of the realms of possibility that it’s an continuation of that.
But given how much various football-related organisations really don’t want much to do with the US part of the World Cup, it wouldn’t be a complete surprise.
Worth remembering it’s going from 64 to 104 games and arguably the expanded format makes the first 72 games much less attractive.
SA has a Winter Olympics team for the first time since Pyeongchang. The event isn’t shown live on Supersport but on YT instead.
There’s F1 pre-season testing underway now, but not shown live either. Have they lost the rights to that too?
NowTV/ViuTV will continue to be the exclusive broadcasters to World Cup 2026 in Hong Kong.
Some interesting developments.
More information on Now TV/Viu TV’s World Cup 2026 rights deal. This year’s tournament will be the third consecutive men’s FIFA World Cup broadcast by Now TV since 2018.
Taking over from ESPN, which still has rights in AU and NZ through 2030.