Soccer: British networks get World Cups

British fans will be able to watch next year's World Cup in South Korea and Japan and the 2006 tournament in Germany on free-to-air television after the BBC and ITV agreed to a £160 million ($549 million) deal with the German television marketing company KirchMedia after almost a year of negotiations.

Kirch initially wanted £170 million from the BBC and ITV for broadcasting only next year's tournament.