{"id":23264,"date":"2026-06-18T17:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026-broadcaster-zee-to-contribute-15-of-football-related-subscription-revenue-towards-grassroots-football-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:18:55","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-broadcaster-zee-to-contribute-15-of-football-related-subscription-revenue-towards-grassroots-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/fifa-world-cup-2026-broadcaster-zee-to-contribute-15-of-football-related-subscription-revenue-towards-grassroots-football-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 broadcaster Zee to contribute 15% of football-related subscription revenue towards grassroots | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131829024,imgsize-51302,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/fifa-world-cup-2026.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA World Cup 2026 broadcaster Zee to contribute 15% of football-related subscription revenue towards grassroots\" title=\"FIFA World Cup 2026. Image via: Getty Images\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"FIFA World Cup 2026. Image via: Getty Images\">FIFA World Cup 2026. Image via: Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">New Delhi:<\/span> At a time when India&#8217;s absence from the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fifa-world-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> is dominating social media timelines once again, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. &#8212; the broadcaster of the tournament in India &#8212; has committed to contributing a 15 percent of the revenue it earns from subscriptions towards upliftment of football in the country.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Zee, which entered into an eight-year association with FIFA until 2034, said it was &#8220;enabling and empowering every subscriber of Zee 5, watching the sport of football, to contribute towards identifying, training and uplifting young talent from every corner of the country.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Under the initiative, Zee plans to work with various organisations, including the All India Football Federation (AIFF), to nurture the sport at the grassroots level.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>&#8220;\u2018Z\u2019 will work with several associations including AIFF and others at a city, district, state and national level. (There will be) Initiatives for training of youth and creation of football leagues. It will be basis the sub-revenues garnered from football,&#8221; a company spokesperson told TimesofIndia.com.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The spokesperson explained that the process begins with immediate effect. They also clarified that the subscribers don&#8217;t need to pay further than what they already are.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Zee has copped plenty of criticism over its subscriptions plans and change of features a few hours before the tournament began on June 11.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Under the 3-month plan, users have coughed up Rs 799 for the FIFA World Cup with usage limited to 3 devices as an early bird user. It was dropped to one device on the eve of the tournament. The 12-month plan is worth Rs 1699 and has a device limit of two concurrent screens.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>On the opening weekend (11-14 June), Zee recorded 100 million viewers across its digital, linear and social media platforms. The Zee5 app, company&#8217;s OTT platform, garnered 6 million viewers in that duration.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>It is reported that Zee paid between Rs 250-300 crores to FIFA for this eight-year deal which covers the 2026 and 2030 FIFA Men&#8217;s World Cups and the 2027 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/fifa-world-cup-2026-broadcaster-zee-to-contribute-15-of-football-related-subscription-revenue-towards-grassroots\/articleshow\/131827471.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA World Cup 2026. Image via: Getty Images New Delhi: At a time when India&#8217;s absence from the 2026 FIFA World Cup is dominating social media timelines once again, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. &#8212; the broadcaster of the tournament in India &#8212; has committed to contributing a 15 percent of the revenue it earns from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}