Well Football fever on its peak as the world biggest football event FIFA World Cup 2018 is ready to take off in Russia. The mega football tournament will begin from 14th June 2018 and continues till 15th July 2018. The Football Federation in this scenario has made all the necessary arrangements and recent FIFA have also announced the list of their official media partners and TV channels who will telecast all the matches of FIFA World Cup 2018 Live in different regions of the globe.
No doubt all the matches of FIFA 2018 will be jam packed in stadium but massive numbers of people and fan will watch all the matches of this event Live on their TV sets as FIFA is one of the most watchable sports of the world. The List of all TV channels going to broadcast all the matches of FIFA World Cup 2018 Live on TV is provided in this article.
COUNTRY | TV CHANNELS |
United Kingdom | BBC, ITV (both networks set to share 2018 world coverage in the UK) |
Ireland | RTE (exclusive coverage rights for all world cup matches on TV, Radio and online) |
Australia | SBS, Optus Sport (Australia matches on SBS while other matches on SBS’s subscription channel Optus) |
France | TF1, beIN Sports (France matches on TF1 while other games on beIN Sports) |
USA | FoxSports (exclusive English rights in the US), Telemundo (Spanish coverage) |
India & South Asia | Sony Pictures Network (Sony has exclusive rights in south asia and sub continent countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afgahanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives etc) |
Germany | ARD, ZDF (Coverage to be shared between ARD and ZDF) |
Other European Countries | EBU (most of the european countries will have live coverage on Free to air local channels, specially the matches involving the nation team of that country) |
South American Countries | Direct TV, Sky |
Middle-east | beIN Sports |
Caribbean | Direct TV, Sky |
FIFA have sold their official TV Broadcasting Rights to different Multinational Sports Channels and these sports channel will telecast all the matches of FIFA World Cup 2018 Live in different territories of the World. In last FIFA World Cup 2014, the record audience watched all the matches Live on their TV sets and this amount is expected to be double in current editions. So different sports channels have made massive bids to purchase the media rights of FIFA World Cup 2018.
FIFA World Cup 2018 Live Radio Commentary
Along with Live TV Coverage and Live Stream, the FIFA will also facilitate their fans and followers with Live Commentary of all the matches of this event. In this scenario FIFA have made its agreements with different Radio Stations Worldwide to provide the On Air Commentary of FIFA World Cup 2018. The official announced List of all Radio Stations is given below.
- Radio Bandeirantes
- Radio Gaucha
- Rdio Itatiaaia
- Radio Jovem Pan
- Radio Verdes Mares
- Sistema Globo de Radio
- Super Radio Tupi’
The above mentioned Radio Station will provide the On Air Commentary of all the matches of FIFA World Cup 2018 in different regions came under their services. Among these stations Futbol de Primera will also provide their On Air services in different states of USA.