World Cup 2026: Adorni says Public TV will show the tournament | OneFootball

Amid the rumors that circulated in recent days, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni came forward to clarify the situation regarding the television rights for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

In a press conference, the official denied the rumors and assured that the Public TV will indeed broadcast the tournament. “There has been media manipulation saying that public television will not broadcast the World Cup. This is false,” he stated.

The spokesperson explained that he is currently undertaking the necessary steps to ensure coverage of the most important football event on the planet.

“I am taking steps so that Argentinians can watch the 2026 World Cup in the most efficient way possible,” Adorni stated.

At the same time, he denounced that the previous versions were part of a smear campaign: “Even the information given about other World Cups has also been false and has been fake news and an attempt to discredit the government’s management.”

The controversy had arisen from reports claiming that the Public Television had not acquired the rights to the next World Cup, which would have ended an uninterrupted streak of 52 years broadcasting the tournament since Germany 1974.

According to those reports, the Government had decided not to invest the seven million dollars that the rights cost, as part of the economic adjustment policy.

The most recent precedent in this matter was the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where the Public TV spent nearly 10 million dollars, although it managed to cover those costs and even make a profit through advertising.

Even so, in the current administration, there had been speculation about a change in criteria, considering that this year the state channel had already given up broadcasting some qualifying matches due to not reaching an agreement with the private companies holding the rights.

With Adorni’s clarification, the Government seeks to reassure fans and close the controversy regarding universal access to the World Cup.

Nevertheless, details still need to be defined on how the matches will be distributed and what role Public TV will have in relation to other channels and private signals.

The fact is that, according to the presidential spokesperson himself, Argentinians will once again be able to experience a World Cup on the state screen, thus maintaining a tradition of more than half a century.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.