RTVE acquires the rights of the US World Cup for 55 million

Spanish Radiotelevisión is made with the rights of the 2026 World Cup in the US for a value of 55 million euros, as the world has advanced and has been able to confirm ABC. After this agreement, it is established that RTVE will distribute the issuance of the parties with Mediapro, which can also establish your own channel to sell these rights to other platforms. The contest ended on February 18. RTVE sources assure ABC that this contract implies “the highest economic offer to FIFA ahead of private operators.”

RTVE has an expense commitment to contracted sports rights, from 2025 onwards, higher than 360 million euros. These multimillion -dollar figures make RTVE the “showcase of premium sport in open · but, say the sources,” with hardly any economic return due to sponsorships. ” The increase in audience in 1, where most sport is broadcast, has “huge costs” for a public media and in fact it has chosen private television on the sports market.

An extensive list

This agreement adds to a long list of sports contracts that closed the corporation such as Eurocup 2028 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also with sublicence to Mediapro, for 50 million euros. Also the Los Angeles Olympic Games 2028Brisbane (Australia) in 2032, the Winter Olympic Games Cortina D ‘Ampezzo (Italy) in 2026 and the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps. All of them amount to 112 million euros, although the costs could increase due to production expenses. To this list are added 20 games of the Spanish soccer team between 2026 and 2028 qualifiers, Nations League and friendly and 20 games of other selections in Nations League for 60 million euros. There is also the Copa del Rey 2025 for 14.8 million euros and the football Champions Finals between 2025 and 2027 for 7.5 million.

ABC already advanced that the president of RTVE, José Pablo López, had reached an agreement with the UEFA for the public corporation to issue the Eurocup 2028 male and the matches of the Spanish male team from 2026 to 2028 for an amount of 110 million euros, as ABC has known.

In addition to football, the cycling It enters this list for 20.6 million euros for the Tour of France between 2026 and 2030, in addition to the FIBA ​​(basketball) competitions between 2025 and 2029 for 4.6 million euros. Also, the various sports rights such as the Tour of Spain, the evidence organized by the ICU (International Cyclist Union), Spanish women’s soccer team, international handball championships and international athletics championships. To these figures, the sources indicate, the rights of other sports to feed the Teledport channel should be added.