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Broadcasting - News - ESPN secures archive World Cup footage - Digital Spy

ESPN has agreed a new multi-channel deal with FIFA to broadcast archive matches and programming from over 70 years of World Cup Finals.


Under the multi-year deal, ESPN and ESPN Classic will screen footage from the first World Cup tournament in 1930 right up to the most recent event in 2006.


From today, the channels will screen 150 classic matches, along with 14 official FIFA films dating from 1930 to 2002. Both channels will also carry the hour-long Top 20 FIFA World Cup Moments programme and the FIFA World Cup Stories six-episode series.