Australia: Optus acquires the broadcasting rights for 64 matches at the 2018 World Cup

The telecommunications group Optus has acquired the audiovisual rights in Australia, for every match at the 2018 World Cup, on 17/03/2016.

These rights were acquired via a sublicense from the Australian public broadcasting group SBS, which bought the exclusive Australian TV rights from FIFA, for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, on 27/10/2011.

The rights acquired by Optus, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based telecommunications group SingTel, are valid across all broadcasting platforms.

Optus will broadcast all 64 matches of the 2018 World Cup live, including 39 exclusively. Optus also obtained the rights for other FIFA competitions including the 2017 Confederations Cup (in Russia) and the 2019 Women's World Cup (in France).

2018 World Cup: SBS retains 25 matches to co-broadcast

• The Australian public group SBS has retained the rights to co-broadcast 25 matches at the 2018 World Cup, including the first choice of match per day of the competition as well as the opening match and matches featuring the Australian national team if they qualify.
• The agreement also includes four knockout…