Live Broadcast, June 12th The World Cup will start on Thursday, and Saudi Arabia will play the opening match against the host Russia. German media Bild reported that fans in Saudi Arabia may not be able to watch the broadcast of the opening game.
This may seem unbelievable, but it is true: Saudi Arabia has not signed a broadcast contract for the World Cup. According to the current situation, all Saudi fans will not be able to watch the broadcast of the World Cup opening game.
The World Cup broadcast rights in the region belong to QatarBeIN Sports. Saudi Arabia previously offered more than 35 million euros to purchase the broadcast rights for 20 World Cup games, but the deal was unsuccessful and the media speculated that there were political reasons.
The report also stated that Qatar does not want to cooperate with Saudi Arabia, but FIFA President Infantino is interested in providing help to Saudi Arabia and facilitated a deal between the two parties on broadcast rights.
In addition to Saudi Arabia, in the last few days before the start of the World Cup, Egypt is also fighting for free broadcast rights. Egypt's national antitrust department has made a request to FIFA, hoping that the national television station can obtain the broadcast rights for at least 22 of the 64 World Cup games.
(Ximu)
