World Cup 2026: Adorni confirms TV Pública will broadcast | OneFootball

In the midst of the rumors that have been circulating in recent days, the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni came out to clarify the situation regarding the television rights of 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 affirmed.

The spokesman explained that he is currently carrying out the necessary procedures to guarantee the coverage of the most important soccer event on the planet.

"I am carrying out the procedures 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 responded to a smear campaign: "Even the data they have given from other World Cups have also been false and have also been fake news and an attempt to discredit the government's management".

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

According to these versions, the Government had decided not to invest the seven million dollars that the rights cost, within the framework of the economic adjustment policy.

The most recent precedent in this matter was the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in which the Public TV disbursed about 10 million dollars, although it managed to cover these costs and even make profits through advertising.

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

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

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

The fact is that, as confirmed by the presidential spokesman himself, Argentinians will be able to experience a World Cup on the state screen again, 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.