06-07-2017 19:44 via theverge.com

Facebook and Twitter are offering Fox millions for World Cup highlight rights

The next World Cup, set to be hosted in Russia, is still a year away, but Facebook and Twitter are already gunning to purchase video rights from exclusive rights holder Fox Sports, according to a report from Bloomberg today. Given the global audience of the event, and its rising viewership here in the US, both social media giants are eager to fashion themselves as the destination for game highlights. Both companies are reportedly prepared to pays tens of millions of dollars, Bloomberg reports.Fa
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