Infantino calls emergency broadcaster meeting to drum up support for Club World Cup 2025
September 20 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino is reported to have called an emergency meeting with broadcasters for today (Friday) amid concerns over a lack of tv interest in his much-trumpeted pet project, the expansion of Club World Cup.
FIFA has so far failed to announce a single broadcast deal for the 32-team tournament next year which Infantino is hoping will match the World Cup at club level.
Discussion had been taking place with Apple TV over broadcast rights with FIFA confident it could pull in the kind of elevated broadcast numbers in line with the new NBA deal that has seen ESPN/ABC,
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