In the soccer sector, the apple company is already present after closing an agreement with Major League Soccer (MLS) in June 2022 for 10 years for US$2.5 billion. It is also studying entering F-1 for US$2,000 million.
FIFA is in talks with Apple to sell the audiovisual rights to the reformed Club World Cup for $1 billion. If the agreement between the parties is closed, the technology giant would add the new tournament to its Apple TV+ platform.
These data are far from the claims of FIFA, which when projecting the new Club World Cup, estimated income from the sale of audiovisual rights of around US$4,000 million.
This is not the only million-dollar offer that Apple recently made to reinforce its positioning in the mobile sector. broadcasting sports. In October, it emerged that the apple company was studying invest US$2 billion in the purchase of worldwide audiovisual rights to Formula 1.
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In the football sector, Apple is already present, after closing in June 2022 an agreement with Major League Soccer (MLS)for which it acquired the audiovisual rights of the soccer competition for the next ten years at a rate of US$2.5 billion.
For its part, the renewed Club World Cup is taking shape after the start of the Copa Libertadores and the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The organization chaired by Gianni Infantino is preparing a revolution for the next Club World Cup. This will not only affect the sports field, but the economic field will also be reinforced with the new format, going from a prize money from US$17.1 billion in the 2023 edition to around US$2.1 billion in 2025.
The tournament will be held between June 15 and July 13, 2025 in the United States and will be held every four years, always in the year prior to the World Cup. In that sense, the superworld of Clubs will become the substitute for the old Confederations Cup.
Of the 32 teams, twelve will be European, being the continent that contributes the most clubs to the competition. Behind them, six teams from South America will qualify, while Africa, Asia and North America will contribute four clubs each. Finally, a team from Oceania will qualify, as well as another from the host country.
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