Television Jamaica (TVJ) has secured exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights in the country for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup national teams soccer tournament.
TVJ will provide comprehensive coverage of the showpiece event, including live matches and in-depth analysis throughout the expanded 48-team competition.
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The 2026 World Cup will take place between June 11 and July 19, hosted jointly by Mexico, the US, and Canada.
Jamaica will not feature at the tournament after losing in a decisive World Cup playoff last month to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
FIFA has been securing several late broadcast deals for the tournament, most recently with state-owned broadcaster Vietnam Television and pay-TV operator SportyTV in South Africa earlier this month.
Meanwhile, FIFA will increase payments to teams taking part in the World Cup to nearly $900 million, citing the commercial success of its expanded flagship men's tournament.
The FIFA Council, which met in Vancouver, Canada, yesterday ahead of the organization’s 76th congress, approved a 15% increase in the resources to be distributed to all 48 participating member associations.
The total pot will rise to $871 million, with each participating team receiving increased preparation money of $2.5 million, up from $1.5 million.
Qualification money will also increase from $9 million to $10 million, while FIFA said additional team contributions would include subsidies for team delegation costs and increased team ticketing allocations totalling more than $16 million.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said: “FIFA is proud to be in its most solid financial position ever, enabling us to help all our Member Associations in an unprecedented way. This is one more example of how FIFA's resources are reinvested back into the game.”
The increased distribution comes as FIFA prepares for the biggest and most commercially lucrative World Cup in history, with more teams and matches bringing expanded revenue opportunities across key areas such as ticketing, sponsorship, and broadcast rights.
In other FIFA developments at yesterday’s congress, the governing body has announced that Miami, Florida, in the US, will host the final phase of the 2027 Women’s Champions Cup club competition.
The second edition of the four-team event is due to take place from 27 to 31 January next year.
The inaugural Champions Cup, held in January and February earlier this year, was staged in London, UK. Arsenal defeated Corinthians to become the first Champions Cup winners.
The Champions Cup has been touted as the forerunner to a full Women's Club World Cup, which FIFA will launch in 2028 and will take place every four years (the slimmed-down Champions Cup will be held in the other three years of each cycle).
It was also announced by FIFA that Armenia and Georgia will co-host the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2029, while the body additionally confirmed that the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup, due to be staged in Qatar, will take place from 19 November to 13 December this year.
