World Cup's U.S. rights go to ... Unvision and ESPN/ABC; topping NBC, Fox, Comcast.
Multichannel News, November, 2005 by Reynolds, Mike
The World Cup draw has been set. Not the groupings for Germany 2006--the U.S. TV rights.
Federation Internationale de Football Association last week squared up its United States television partners well into the next decade, signing deals totaling $425 million with Univision and ESPN/ABC Sports for the rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. Also included are the women's tournaments in 2007 and 2011, plus 11 other competitions and events.
In what the sport's governing body called a record deal for a single country's rights pacts, Univision allocated some $325 million, almost double its $175 million outlay, for a package from 2002-06.
ESPN/ABC Sports will pay about $100 million. The Walt Disney Co. unit's current World Cup rights,...
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