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Netflix‘s foray into live sports continues: The streaming behemoth announced Friday that it has secured the exclusive U.S. rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031.
“This is a landmark moment for sports media rights,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement. “As a marquee brand and FIFA’s new long-term partner, Netflix has shown a very strong level of commitment to growing women’s football. This agreement sends a strong message about the real value of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the global women’s game.
“FIFA and Netflix partnering together makes this a truly historic day for broadcasting and for women’s football,” his statement continues. “Besides broadcasting the tournaments themselves, Netflix will play a key role in terms of bringing the fascination of women’s football to a multimillion audience in the lead-up to both final tournaments, thereby enabling us to further increase their appeal.”
Per Netflix, FIFA coverage will include a dual English and Spanish-language broadcasts in the U.S., as well as studio shows with top-tier talent. Netflix will also produce exclusive documentary content in the lead-up to both tournaments that spotlights “the world’s top players, their journeys, and the global growth of women’s football.”
As previously announced, the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be hosted in Brazil, from June 24 to July 25, and feature the 32 best teams from across the globe competing across 12 cities.
The FIFA deal comes one month after Netflix’s Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight, five days out from the NFL’s streaming-only, Christmas Day double-header (with a Beyoncé halftime show), and less than three weeks out from the streaming debut of WWE Monday Night Raw (on Jan. 6).
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Did Netflix fix their live streaming issues. Everytime there is a large audience that watch Netflix live, there is always a possibility of delay or crashes.
Let’s see how WWE will do next month.
Otherwise, that’s really big news for fifa woman World Cup
I would argue that it should be shown on a traditional sports network that is already presenting soccer and will advertise this to their viewers. These networks already have morning shows, podcasts, etc. that is talking about sports and is going to cover the World Cup before it actually happens.
Also every time Netflix has a live sporting event they seem to have streaming issues.
To fifa it’s all about money and wouldn’t be shocked if the men’s World Cup goes to Netflix as well in 2028
No more Alexi Lalas on Women’s World Cup
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