In what has allegedly been a big setback for football fans who paid for special subscription plans to watch the FIFA World Cup 2026 on ZEE5, several subscribers say the streaming experience has been anything but smooth. The tournament, which began on June 11, 2026 and runs until July 19, is being hosted jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico, the first FIFA World Cup ever staged by three nations. It is also the largest edition in the competition’s history, with 48 teams, 104 matches and 16 host cities across North America. ZEE5 is the official digital streaming platform for the FIFA World Cup in India. Yet viewers who paid specifically to stream on three devices at once, just ahead of the tournament, say they have struggled to watch on even a single device, let alone three simultaneously, according to consumer complaints. The images and video have not been independently verified by Times Now Digital, and the claims within them could not be confirmed at the time of publishing. Several similar complaints have been circulating on social media (images and video below).
