The Disney+ OTT platform will provide coverage of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup national team soccer tournament in Brazil after renewing its distribution deal with CazeTV, the Brazilian sports streaming service, for another three years.
The extended agreement maintains CazeTV’s presence within ESPN's offering on Disney+, with live broadcasts of major sporting events.
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As well as this year’s men’s World Cup, the events covered by the new agreement include the 2027 Women's World Cup, which will be held in Brazil, and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, all of which CazeTV holds rights to.
Renato D'Angelo, general manager of Disney in Brazil, said: “By bringing events like the FIFA World Cup, the Women's World Cup in Brazil, and the Olympic Games, we are further expanding our offering of relevant content, connected to different fan profiles, strengthening our position as the leading sports streaming destination.”
For the 2026 World Cup, Disney+ will bring together CazeTV's broadcasts of all 104 matches in one place.
The expanded 48-team tournament, taking place in the US, Mexico, and Canada, will begin on Thursday and run through to the final on July 19.
CazeTV acquired domestic rights to the 2026 World Cup in July last year.
There will once again be significant interest in Brazil, as the national team seeks to win a sixth World Cup and its first since 2002.
Brazil will begin their campaign against Morocco on Saturday (June 13) before further matches against Scotland and Haiti.
First launched in 2022, CazeTV also covered action from the men’s 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The platform, which is run by the LiveMode agency alongside streamer Casimiro Miguel, has become a major player in the sports broadcasting market in Brazil and recently strengthened its grip on the country’s sports scene by securing a major rights agreement for Spanish soccer’s top-tier LaLiga.
The service replaced Disney, whose five-year rights deal, running between the 2020-21 and 2025-26 seasons, is coming to an end.
This year alone, CazeTV acquired near-live and highlights rights for a range of top-tier South American soccer properties through 2026, and rights for the top-tier Copa Libertadores and second-tier Copa Sudamericana pan-continental club competitions.
The streamer also added Italy’s Serie A to its soccer offering for the 2025-26 season and, more recently, added Germany’s Bundesliga to its portfolio.
Most recently, CazeTV diversified its portfolio by securing a rights deal with the International Olympic Committee to air the Olympic Games through 2028, as well as with World Table Tennis (WTT), the organization that manages the International Table Tennis Federation’s commercial rights.
The platform has also shown action from some of the most high-profile sporting events worldwide, including all NFL American football games played internationally.
The deal comes amid a significant growth period for CazeTV, with its parent company, LiveMode, the Brazilian sports marketing agency, recently securing soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo as a major investor.
Meanwhile, US national network Fox Sports, which holds domestic rights to the World Cup, has partnered with ReachTV, the travel media network in US airports, to provide coverage of all 104 live matches to travelers nationwide.
As part of the agreement, ReachTV screens across US domestic airports will show every fixture from the tournament’s opening match – Mexico vs South Africa – through the final.
ReachTV will distribute Fox’s live match coverage, pregame shows, highlights, match replays, host city stories, team previews, and shoulder programming throughout the tournament across screens in airport terminals and gate areas nationwide.
The network claims to reach 51 million monthly viewers across over 80 airports.
Rachel Jacobson, CEO of ReachTV, said: “Live sports is one of the highest engagement categories for travelers in airports, and this partnership adds to our growing live sports and entertainment portfolio.
“It’s the ultimate fan journey, and part of how travelers stay connected to moments that matter. Teaming with Fox Sports lets us bring these moments to fans and travelers in a meaningful way. For brands, there is no better content than a live FIFA World Cup match playing out in front of a captive, engaged airport audience.”
