ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says Fox has won the bidding for U.S. television rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Fox outbid incumbent ESPN and NBC to win the English-language U.S. rights. It also got radio rights.
Soccer’s governing body did not disclose the value of the deals.
ESPN, which got the 2010 and 2014 tournament rights, earlier acknowledged defeat in its 2018-2022 bid.
FIFA says Telemundo was awarded Spanish-language rights, beating the incumbent Univision. Telemundo is owned by NBC Universal. Spanish-language radio rights went to Futbol de Primera Radio.
ESPN paid $100 million and Univision paid $325 million for their current two-tournament deals. Those deals made the U.S. FIFA’s most lucrative national market.
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