Fox scores World Cup TV rights

Fox apparently paid out $425 million for your FIFA World Cups in 2018 and 2022.Fox and NBCU's Telemundo have snagged the U.S. television rights for the 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) FIFA World Cups. Fox won the British-language rights and Telemundo the The the spanish language language-language rights. Fox has apparently paid out $425 million while Telemundo has forked out $600 million, nearly double $325 m that Univision taken proper care of this year's and 2014 world cups. Most of the a substantial coup for Telemundo which has seen its bigger rival Univision dominate the The the spanish language language-lingo TV rights every single occasion since 1978. Aside from a larger bid, NBCU's support as well as the mix-marketing options involving the sister webs expected the probabilities in Telemundo's favor this time around around.ESPN and Univision hold the rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, getting paid out a combined $425 million for your deal.The requirement for the completely new pact isn't revealed. Deal includes rights to all or any FIFA occasions from 2015 to 2022, like the men's World Cup in 2018 and 2022 the women's World Cup in 2015 and 2019 and many types of Under-20 and Under-17 matches.FIFA, soccer's Zurich-based controlling body, made the decision after U.S. systems published bids Wednesday and Thursday. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com