Re: FOX, Telemundo get 2018, 2022 World Cup, beat out ESPN, Univision

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On Oct 21, 7:36 am, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-beats-espn-2018-2022-world-...
>
> Fox Beats Out ESPN for 2018, 2022 English-Language Soccer World Cup
> Rights
> by Georg Szalai, Marisa Guthrie
>
> NEW YORK - Fox Sports has won the English-language FIFA soccer World
> Cup rights for the 2018 and 2022 men's tournaments, beating out
> incumbent ESPN.
>
> It wasn't immediately clear who won the Spanish-language rights that
> both incumbent Univision and NBCUniversal's Telemundo were bidding on,
> Sports Business Daily said . But CNBC sports business reporter Darren
> Rovell tweeted that "Fox & Telemundo win 2018 & 2022 World Cup TV
> rights."
>
> Fox picked up all English-language FIFA events from 2015 through 2022,
> including the rights to the women's World Cup in 2015 and 2019, as
> well as U-20 and U-17 games, Sports Business Daily said without
> outlining financial details.
>
> FIFA has informed the bidders and is planning to announce winners
> later on Friday or early next week, Sports Business Daily said. Bids
> were submitted in Zurich on Wednesday, with a second round of bids
> Thursday afternoon, it reported.
>
> In a statement, Walt Disney-owned ESPN stressed its “disciplined” and
> ultimately losing bid. “We made a disciplined bid that would have been
> both valuable to FIFA and profitable for our company, while continuing
> to grow our unprecedented coverage of the World Cup and Women’s World
> Cup events,” the statement said. “We were aggressive while remaining
> prudent from a business perspective.”
>
> It added: "ESPN remains committed to presenting the sport of soccer at
> the highest level across our platforms with coverage of the UEFA
> European Football Championship, English Premier League, La Liga, MLS
> and other top leagues and tournaments, including the 2014 World Cup in
> Brazil.”
>
> ESPN in 2005 paid $100 million for an English-language package that
> included rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, according to the
> publication.
>
> "We thank FIFA for the opportunity to participate," Univision said in
> a statement. "On our part, we look forward to continue to be the
> number one destination for soccer programming. As always, we remain
> committed to prudently evaluating content investments to ensure that
> we dedicate our resources toward an optimum mix of the news, sports
> and entertainment programming our audiences love most."
>
> Representatives of the other networks and companies involved weren''t
> immediately available for comment.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/grant_wahl/10/21/fox.world.cups/index.html?sct=sc_wr_a1
Soccer writer extraordinaire Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated has some
thoughts and concerns on Fox’s winning bid for the FIFA World Cups
from 2015 through 2022.

http://www.adweek.com/news/television/fifa-deals-blow-tv-sports-powers-136024
Anthony Crupi of Adweek writes that Fox’s and Telemundo’s winning
World Cup bids definitely upset the soccer TV apple cart.

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Sports_TV_52/Soccer-s-sudden-leap-to-the-big-leagues.asp
Bill Cromwell from Media Life Magazine says Fox’s and Telemundo’s bids
show soccer has truly arrived on the big stage in the United States.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/fifa-official-with-knowledge-of-decision-tells-ap-fox-wins-us-tv-rights-for-2018-22-wcups/2011/10/21/gIQANGgW3L_story.html
The Associated Press has an in-depth story on how Fox and Telemundo
won the rights to the 2015-22 World Cups.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/telemundo-world-cup-soccer-252003
Marisa Guthrie and Georg Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter report on
NBCUniversal’s all-in bid for Telemundo for the rights to FIFA’s World
Cups from 2015 through 2022.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/475568-UPDATED_Fox_Sports_Telemundo_Win_FIFA_World_Cup_TV_Rights.php
R. Thomas Umstead from Multichannel News writes on the winning bids by
Fox and Telemundo for the US media rights to the World Cup.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/sports/soccer/fox-and-telemundo-win-us-rights-to-2018-and-2022-world-cups.html?_r=2&src=tp
Jeré Longman of the New York Times looks at Fox and Telemundo winning
the World Cup bids.