Doesn't quite have the implications of the Olympic TV rights, but still a pretty big deal that there are multiple players (pretty much the same 3 from the Olympic bids)...
World Cup rights bidding to have major implications for U.S. soccer
ESPN and Univision are seen as the favorites, although Fox and NBC (who will likely submit a combined bid with Telemundo) will very much be in the running. No presentations this time like there were in Lausanne back in June. The story does note that they expect a significant increase in the rights fees from last time and that had the 2022 World Cup been in the United States, it might have been worth at least $100 million more.
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Bidding for U.S broadcast rights for World Cups '18, '22 will be this Wednesday
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 03:09 PM
Quaker2001, on 16 October 2011 - 02:55 PM, said:
Doesn't quite have the implications of the Olympic TV rights, but still a pretty big deal that there are multiple players (pretty much the same 3 from the Olympic bids)...
World Cup rights bidding to have major implications for U.S. soccer
ESPN and Univision are seen as the favorites, although Fox and NBC (who will likely submit a combined bid with Telemundo) will very much be in the running. No presentations this time like there were in Lausanne back in June. The story does note that they expect a significant increase in the rights fees from last time and that had the 2022 World Cup been in the United States, it might have been worth at least $100 million more.
World Cup rights bidding to have major implications for U.S. soccer
ESPN and Univision are seen as the favorites, although Fox and NBC (who will likely submit a combined bid with Telemundo) will very much be in the running. No presentations this time like there were in Lausanne back in June. The story does note that they expect a significant increase in the rights fees from last time and that had the 2022 World Cup been in the United States, it might have been worth at least $100 million more.
They should bid low to send a message to FIFA.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 03:57 PM
If Fox wins, you can expect to hear this theme throughout:
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Posted 20 October 2011 - 05:46 PM
ESPN, Fox And NBC Today Submitted Second World Cup Bids
So apparently 1 round of bidding wasn't enough, so the networks submitted a second round of bids. According to them, we should have a winner announced tomorrow.
So apparently 1 round of bidding wasn't enough, so the networks submitted a second round of bids. According to them, we should have a winner announced tomorrow.
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Posted 20 October 2011 - 08:11 PM
anyone but FOX is fine with me...
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Posted 21 October 2011 - 08:50 AM
Soaring, on 20 October 2011 - 08:11 PM, said:
anyone but FOX is fine with me...
Hate to ruin your morning, Soaring, but...
http://www.sportsbus...10/21/FIFA.aspx
The FIFA World Cup will have a new U.S. TV partner in '18 and '22, with several sources saying that Fox will pick up the English-language rights. FIFA has informed the bidders and is planning to announce the winners at some point today or early next week. The decision to award the rights to Fox is a shocking development, since incumbent ESPN was widely believed to be the front-runner to retain the World Cup rights.
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Posted 21 October 2011 - 11:40 AM
So apparently here is ESPN's statement on not winning the rights to the 2018/2022 World Cup. Now where have I seen almost this exact same statement before...
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/docpmo
“We made a disciplined bid that would have been both valuable to FIFA and profitable for our company, while continuing to grow our unprecedented coverage of the World Cup and Women’s World Cup events. We were aggressive while remaining prudent from a business perspective.
“ESPN remains committed to presenting the sport of soccer at the highest level across our platforms with coverage of the UEFA European Football Championship, English Premier League, La Liga, MLS and other top leagues and tournaments, including the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.”
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/docpmo
“We made a disciplined bid that would have been both valuable to FIFA and profitable for our company, while continuing to grow our unprecedented coverage of the World Cup and Women’s World Cup events. We were aggressive while remaining prudent from a business perspective.
“ESPN remains committed to presenting the sport of soccer at the highest level across our platforms with coverage of the UEFA European Football Championship, English Premier League, La Liga, MLS and other top leagues and tournaments, including the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.”
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Posted 21 October 2011 - 05:11 PM
This is a disaster for soccer in the U.S. I'm not a huge fan of ESPN in general, but their coverage of last year's World Cup and this year's Women's World Cup was phenomenal--some of the best work they've ever done, IMO. ESPN's coverage has helped to grow soccer considerably in the U.S. FOX will not devote the same type of attention to soccer, and a lot of the games will probably be on relatively obscure channels, like Fox Soccer Channel, as opposed to ESPN or ESPN2. I could see ESPN pulling out of soccer coverage altogether after 2014.
For as much of a behemoth as people consider ESPN to be, they sure haven't done very well as of late in securing major events. They lost the Major League Baseball postseason to TBS a couple of years ago, they lost the NCAA Men's basketball tournament to CBS and Turner, they got crushed in the Olympic bidding race, and now they lost the FIFA contract. That's not a great record for a network that most believe has the money to win whatever they want. Clearly they don't.
For as much of a behemoth as people consider ESPN to be, they sure haven't done very well as of late in securing major events. They lost the Major League Baseball postseason to TBS a couple of years ago, they lost the NCAA Men's basketball tournament to CBS and Turner, they got crushed in the Olympic bidding race, and now they lost the FIFA contract. That's not a great record for a network that most believe has the money to win whatever they want. Clearly they don't.
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Posted 27 October 2011 - 09:32 AM
FIFA Receives $1.85 Billion for Television Rights to 2018, 2022 World Cups
Soccer ruling body FIFA said it has now secured more than $1.85 billion for television rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
FIFA, which last week awarded broadcasting rights in the U.S., has extended agreements with SBS in Australia and IMC in the Caribbean region, while Bell Media was selected in Canada, the Zurich-based organization said in a statement today.
The World Cup is FIFA’s main source of income, with last year’s tournament in South Africa bringing in about $4 billion.
“FIFA is delighted with the progress of our media rights sales to date which, coming amid austere economic times, more than confirm the strength and appeal of our competitions,” Secretary General Jerome Valcke said in the statement.
It has also hired Zug, Switzerland-based Infront Sports & Media AG to sell rights in China and India among other Asian countries.
Last week, News Corp’s Fox was awarded the English-language rights in the U.S. to the tournaments scheduled for Russia and Qatar and other events between 2015 and 2022. Telemundo, part of Comcast Corp.’s NBC Universal unit, has the Spanish-language rights.
Business Daily said Fox is paying $450 million to $500 million, as much as five times more than Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN paid for the current cycle which culminates with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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http://www.bloomberg...world-cups.html
Soccer ruling body FIFA said it has now secured more than $1.85 billion for television rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
FIFA, which last week awarded broadcasting rights in the U.S., has extended agreements with SBS in Australia and IMC in the Caribbean region, while Bell Media was selected in Canada, the Zurich-based organization said in a statement today.
The World Cup is FIFA’s main source of income, with last year’s tournament in South Africa bringing in about $4 billion.
“FIFA is delighted with the progress of our media rights sales to date which, coming amid austere economic times, more than confirm the strength and appeal of our competitions,” Secretary General Jerome Valcke said in the statement.
It has also hired Zug, Switzerland-based Infront Sports & Media AG to sell rights in China and India among other Asian countries.
Last week, News Corp’s Fox was awarded the English-language rights in the U.S. to the tournaments scheduled for Russia and Qatar and other events between 2015 and 2022. Telemundo, part of Comcast Corp.’s NBC Universal unit, has the Spanish-language rights.
Business Daily said Fox is paying $450 million to $500 million, as much as five times more than Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN paid for the current cycle which culminates with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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http://www.bloomberg...world-cups.html
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Posted 03 November 2011 - 11:34 PM
gotosy, on 27 October 2011 - 09:32 AM, said:
FIFA Receives $1.85 Billion for Television Rights to 2018, 2022 World Cups
Soccer ruling body FIFA said it has now secured more than $1.85 billion for television rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Soccer ruling body FIFA said it has now secured more than $1.85 billion for television rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Holy ****... FIFA already raised almost 2b in 7/11 years advance and also during a big financial crisis in the Europe? Great job! FIFA is walking on money.
This is great for Football fans.
FIFA is a corrupt organization!
Blatter, Teixeira, Leoz, Grondona, etc, all need to go!
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