Skip to main content

Tubi launching a 2022 FIFA World Cup on-demand channel

Tubi — the free and ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox — today announced that it’s fired up a “FIFA World Cup FAST Channel.” If the name wasn’t clear enough (despite being a mouthful), it basically means all World Cup, all the time, with ads.

Why is Fox doing this in addition to actually having the U.S. rights to let you watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Because it can — and because it’s another avenue on which to show the games, and sell advertising.

FIFA World Cup on Tubi.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

There’s one major difference, though. While Fox (and FS1) will show all 64 games live, Tubi’s coverage is all about on-demand, with all games available as a replay. (A previous version of this story stated that 29 games would be shown live on Tubi; that was based on a Fox Sports support page that has since been taken down, and Fox tells us Tubi won’t have live games.)

Recommended Videos

“We’re proud to be the ultimate streaming destination in the U.S. to celebrate the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 tournament,” Farhad Massoudi, founder and CEO of Tubi, said in a press release. “We’re thrilled to give our viewers different entry points to enjoy one of the largest global sports events, whether they want to drop in to the experience via our FAST Channel or actively engage through VOD, Tubi is making sure soccer fans never miss a moment of this historic winter World Cup.”

Please enable Javascript to view this content

At launch, the channel promises “premium library content.” That line doesn’t actually mean anything, but you can look forward to “series and films highlighting past and future FIFA World Cup tournaments.” Shows (which already are available in the Tubi proper app) include:

  • FIFA World Cup Classics
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup Classics
  • Gold Stars — The True Story
  • When the World Watched
  • Etched in Gold

You’ll also be bale to watch matches from the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 (spoiler, the U.S. won), FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 (the French men were champs), and FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 (again, the U.S. women took that one).

The FIFA World Cup FAST Channel joins other purpose-built channels from Fox, such as Gordon Ramsay FAST Channel (see the pattern?) News on Tubi, Sports on Tubi, Tubi Originals, The TMZ Channel, and The Masked Singer.

Tubi is available on every major streaming platform, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast with Google TV, Android TV, in a web browser, on various smart TVs, and on other smart displays. It boasts more than 45,000 movies and shows in the U.S. and saw some 51 million active users in the first quarter of 2022.

Phil Nickinson
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Phil spent the 2000s making newspapers with the Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal, the 2010s with Android Central and then the…
The “best Sony OLED for the price” has a $700 discount today
Sony Bravia 8 OLED

It’s hard to beat the lifelike colors, unbeatable contrast levels, and top-shelf motion clarity you’ll get with any Sony TV, but we here at Digital Trends are particularly fond of the 2024 Bravia 8 Series. So, you can imagine our excitement when we discovered that the Sony 77-inch Bravia 8 Series OLED is on sale for $2,500 today. 

You’ll be able to take advantage of this deal at Best Buy, Crutchfield, B&H Photo-Video, and a handful of other retailers. It’s one of the best Sony TV deals we’ve seen in a while, so don’t miss out on the opportunity! 

Read more
Save on Samsung: Take $200 off the 55-inch S90D OLED, but act fast!
A Samsung S90D TV on a white background.

Brands like Samsung dominate the world of TVs for good reason. This longstanding developer of LEDs and OLEDs has been churning out some of the best TVs on the market since flatscreens were a thing, and today, we’d like to draw attention to one of our favorite Samsung TVs of 2024, the S90D QD-OLED.

Right now, when you purchase the Samsung 55-inch S90D at Amazon, Best Buy, Crutchfield, and a handful of other retailers, you’ll only pay $1,200. The full MSRP on this model is $1,400.

Read more
Amazon Prime Video’s AI dubbing could placate cinephiles while angering voice actors
The Amazon Prime Video app icon on Roku.

Amazon Prime Video plans to use AI to dub foreign language shows and movies into English and Latin American Spanish. The company has begun a pilot program that uses "AI-aided" dubbing on 12 licensed movies and series, including titles such as El Cid: La Leyenda, Mi Mamá Lora, and Long Lost.

Amazon says the pilot uses a hybrid approach to dubbing "in which localization professionals collaborate with AI to ensure quality control," and made it clear that it will only use its AI-aided process on content that doesn't already have dubbing support.

Read more