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For the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, Fox paid $425 million for U.S. English-language broadcasting rights, and NBC's Telemundo paid another $600 million for Spanish
by kijin 11y ago
For the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, Fox paid $425 million for U.S. English-language broadcasting rights, and NBC's Telemundo paid another $600 million for Spanish-language rights [1]. That's already a billion dollars from the U.S.
By comparison, FIFA's worldwide revenue from broadcasting rights for the 2014 World Cup was around $2.4 billion [2].
American soccer fans might only constitute a small fraction of soccer fans worldwide, but they watch more ads and have deeper pockets than most of the rest. A billion poor fans don't make FIFA any money.
[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2014/06/09/american-world-cup-rights-fees-soar-along-with-viewership/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2014/06/09/american-w...
[2] http://www.statista.com/statistics/380788/revenue-of-the-2014-world-cup/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/380788/revenue-of-the-201...
- akfanta 11y ago> The same package cost ESPN just $100 million for the previous two World Cups, in 2010 and 2014 It's clear the TV broadcasting price has jumped rapidly over the years. You can't compare the current revenue with a future deal. 100 million over two world cups is still a tiny portion compared to 2.4 billion in one world cup.
- vonmoltke 11y agoFIFA can't cut the US out of past World Cups. The future lost revenue is what is relevant for any retaliation FIFA may try to take against the US.