FIFA has reached an agreement with \u2018Z\u2019 to broadcast and distribute a wide portfolio of FIFA competitions in India from 2026 to 2034, including the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027\u2122 and the FIFA World Cup 2030\u2122, ensuring that top-level football will be widely available to audiences in one of the sport\u2019s most significant growth markets.<\/p>\n
Under the partnership, \u2018Z\u2019 will deliver coverage of 39 FIFA events across this period, spanning men\u2019s, women\u2019s and youth competitions. These include the FIFA U-17 World Cup\u2122, the FIFA U-20 World Cup\u2122, the FIFA Women\u2019s U-17 World Cup\u2122, the FIFA Women\u2019s U-20 World Cup\u2122, FIFA Futsal World Cups, and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup\u2122, alongside the flagship FIFA World Cup\u2122 tournaments. The agreement also covers documentary content linked to these competitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FIFA World Cup is the greatest show on earth, and we are glad to partner with \u2018Z\u2019 for the first time, to bring this global spectacle to India,\u201d said FIFA\u2019s Chief Business Officer, Romy Gai.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Indian market is of strategic importance for FIFA as it displays immense potential driven by a young and passionate audience. We believe the extensive broadcast and digital distribution ecosystem of \u2018Z\u2019, coupled with their deep understanding of local viewers and multi-platform capabilities, will play a pivotal role in expanding the reach of football with fans across every part of India.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA has reached an agreement with \u2018Z\u2019 to broadcast and distribute a wide portfolio of FIFA competitions in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3289,156,36862,111,139,69,233120,437],"class_list":["post-459369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-broadcast","tag-entertainment","tag-fifa","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sportsbiz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}