DIRECTV, one of the world’s leading providers of digital television, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the exclusive Caribbean media rights to FIFA events across all platforms from 2015 through 2022. These include the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015™, the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™ and the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, among other FIFA events.
The agreement includes exclusive, all platform media rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada, the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ in Russia, the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, FIFA Confederations Cup and all FIFA Under-20 and Under-17 World Cup matches in this time period in the territories of Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago and the Turks and Caicos.
“We are proud to offer the FIFA World Cup™ to fans across the Caribbean region and continue to position DIRECTV as the leader in sports content,” said Jacopo Bracco, president of DIRECTV PanAmericana.
“Football generates tremendous emotion across the Caribbean and with this agreement we become the destination for the best football content with the highest quality production value that DIRECTV customers are accustomed to," he said.
“By acquiring Caribbean media rights to FIFA matches, we are delivering more football than ever before with the latest technology,” said Bernard Pantin, General Manager of DIRECTV Caribbean.
This, he said, "affirms DIRECTV’s commitment to football in the Caribbean providing us with an opportunity to deepen our relationship with the sport in the region and continue to grow its base of supporters. We will work with all of our free-to-air partners throughout the Caribbean to expand viewership for the game at all levels.”
Niclas Ericson, FIFA TV Director, expressed delight “that we will work with DIRECTV until 2022, and that through this partnership we can guarantee access and great coverage of FIFA’s tournaments for the large community of football fans in the Caribbean. Moreover, DIRECTV is committed to helping promote football in the region. DIRECTV has vast experience in the entire region and together we will continue to build on the strength of FIFA broadcasting there."
DIRECTV Caribbean offers not only the FIFA World Cup, but also full coverage of international leagues such as Liga BBVA, France’s Ligue 1 and the NBA.
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