DAZN has acquired the streaming rights for the 2026 World Cup in Spain

February 9 – Streaming giant DAZN’s growing influence in the sports broadcasting industry takes another major step with the announcement that it will be Spain’s pay television home for the World Cup in 2026.

Since partnering with FIFA on the Club World Cup, DAZN’s relationship with the governing body has grown significantly and will include the relaunch of FIFA’s FIFA+ broadcast channel on the DAZN platform later this year.

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE will maintain free-to-air broadcasts with one match per day, while DAZN will exclusively distribute Mediapro Group’s World Cup channel, showing every match live and on demand.

According to Super sportall 104 matches will be played on the platform, and broadcast behind a DAZN login. For the Club World Cup in the US, last summer’s matches in Spain can be watched for free but require a log-in. No details of the commercialization of World Cup broadcasts were announced, nor the rights fees paid by DAZN.

RTVE’s role remains significant in the big picture of free-to-air services, but it will now be selective. Spain’s matches will be given priority, apart from the opening match on June 11 at the Estadio Azteca, important matches in the knockout phase, semifinals, match for third place, and of course, the final on July 11 at the MetLife Stadium in New York.

Spanish broadcasting regulations mandate that all Spanish matches plus the World Cup final must be broadcast on free-to-air television.

For DAZN, the goal is to gain customers beyond its traditional base, and with the expansion of the World Cup, match inventory is at an all-time high. The platform plans to provide subscribers with wall-to-wall coverage, analysis, storytelling, and the promise that fans won’t miss a moment.

DAZN has a similar 2026 World Cup streaming deal in Brazil.

Óscar Vilda, DAZN CEO for Spain and Portugal, said the partnership is about “democratizing viewing” – accessibility through flexibility, innovation through streaming.

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