Tag Archives: Television

arunfoot: Candid Football Conversations #1476 Zee Group to broadcast FIFA World Cup 2026 in India!

Candid Football Conversations returns with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, giving my thoughts on the broadcast rights for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 having been sold to Zee Group for India by FIFA.

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FIFA and ‘Z’ announce agreement to bring FIFA World Cup 2026 & major FIFA tournaments to audiences in India until 2034!

FIFA has reached an agreement with ‘Z’ to broadcast and distribute a wide portfolio of FIFA competitions in India from 2026 to 2034, including the FIFA World Cup 2026™, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ and the FIFA World Cup 2030™, ensuring that top-level football will be widely available to …

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arunfoot: Candid Football Conversations #1466 FIFA close to sign FIFA World Cup 2026 broadcaster in India!

Candid Football Conversations returns with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, giving my thoughts on the broadcast rights for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 still being unsold in India. Will this get sorted?

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arunfoot: Candid Football Conversations #1459 FIFA World Cup 2026 broadcast media rights still unsold in India!

Candid Football Conversations returns with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, giving my thoughts on the broadcast rights for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 still being unsold in India. Will this get sorted?

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arunfoot: Candid Football Conversations #1406 FIFA World Cup 2026 broadcast rights still unsold in India!

Candid Football Conversations returns with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, giving my thoughts on the broadcast rights for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 being unsold in India and across South Asia. What is going to happen?

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One Month On: 5 billion engaged with the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar!

On December 18, 2022, 88,966 spectators packed into Lusail Stadium and close to 1.5 billion around the world watched a pulsating Final between Argentina and France. One month to the day since Lionel Messi, Lionel Scaloni and La Albiceleste lifted the trophy, we review some facts and figures from on …

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More TV investment by CAF & LOC to enhance African Nations Championship experience!

A number of African football legends including Ghana’s John Paintsil, Siaka Tiene of Cote d’Ivoire, former Algeria star Nouredinne Bounaas and Zambian Clifford Mulenga will form part of the historic on-site commentary team for CAF during the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (“CHAN”) Algeria 2022 starting from January 13, 2023 in …

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MLS, FOX Sports, TelevisaUnivision, TSN & RDS announce multi-year Linear TV rights agreements!

Major League Soccer today announced new four-year linear television agreements in the U.S. and Canada: FOX Sports (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes) and TelevisaUnivision (Univision/UNIMÁS/TUDN) in the U.S., and TSN and RDS in Canada. The new linear agreements complement the transformative 10-year partnership between MLS and Apple starting next year that will feature …

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FIFA World Cup delivering record-breaking TV audience numbers!

2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar is continuing to engage TV audiences around the world with record-breaking numbers across multiple markets. In Japan, the group game between Japan and Costa Rica on Sunday, November 27drew an average audience of 36.37 million viewers. This surpassed the audience of their incredible comeback …

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Sony Pictures Networks bags exclusive TV & Digital rights for DFB-Pokal in Indian subcontinent!

Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) has bagged the exclusive media rights to broadcast the 2022-23 season of the Germany DFB-Pokal. The broadcaster will get the exclusive rights to televise the league across the Indian subcontinent – India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan & Sri Lanka. The partnership will also give …

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