2024-03-05 15:52:01
Bixente Lizarazu and Grégoire Margotton, the star commentators of TF1. © PRESSESPORT
INFO LE FIGARO – The Bouygues subsidiary did not wish to outbid for the rights to the sporting event organized in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
This is undoubtedly a big disappointment. According to our information, TF1 will not broadcast the next Football World Cup organized in 2026. This Tuesday, mid-morning, François Pellissier, the deputy general director of business and sports of the TF1 group and Julien Millereux, its sports director, brought together their teams to inform them of the bad news. TF1 has not recovered the TV rights for the 23rd Football World Cup, organized jointly in the United States, Canada and Mexico in June and July 2026. According to RMC, it is M6 which will recover the matches in the clear of the competition. “There has never been any comment from the group on a current call for tenders», Reacted M6.
On January 10, FIFA launched a call for tenders for the acquisition of broadcasts of the 2026 and 2030 Football World Cups. Candidates had until February 13 to submit their applications. If TF1 did indeed make an offer, it would not have wanted to outbid, knowing that a competitor…
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