BBC Scotland has secured the rights to show the national team’s friendlies against Northern Ireland in March and Finland in June following a deal with rights holder Viaplay. The two home matches will be seen as key to the preparations for Euro 2024 which begins on June 14th when Scotland face the host nation, Germany, […]

The Barcelona football team is set to launch its new OTT service, Barça One, over the next weeks as both a FAST service and as an ad-free paid option, filling the gap following the closure of the linear Barça TV channel in summer 2023. Barça One will be available globally and offer over 1,500 hours […]

Virgin Media TV customers can now access DAZN Women’s Football channel at no extra cost. The company becomes the first UK pay-TV provider to carry the dedicated FAST channel. Available to Virgin TV customers directly via their set-top-box, DAZN’s FAST channel offers viewers live football coverage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL), which features […]

The FA and TNT Sports have agreed a new four-year broadcast deal for the Emirates FA Cup, starting from the 2025/26 season, which will see more games available, across both TNT Sports and free-to-air. TNT Sports will showcase live matches from the First Round, with every game from the Third Round outside of 3pm kick […]

Vodafone Spain is finalising an agreement with streaming service DAZN to again offer La Liga football, six years after dropping this content in favour of cinema and TV series due to the high cost for TV rights, according to El Independiente. With the move, Vodafone would broadcast five matches from La Liga every week to […]

The Department for Education (DFE) is running a new national TV campaign, ‘Teach in Further Education’ with Sky, tapping into the excitement around the football transfer window. Featuring Sky Sports presenter, Mike Wedderburn the campaign is calling on industry professionals to transfer their industry skills to further education (FE) teaching. Created in partnership with Sky […]

TrillerTV has announced a partnership with World Series Futsal (WSF) to stream its monthly All Star matches exclusively, live and on demand, as part of the TrillerTV+ subscription globally. The world’s best Futsal talent is represented from all over the world, with team groups representing Europe, South America, Australia and more. TrillerTV will present two […]

A documentary and accompanying podcast series will offers a deep dive into football manager Pep Guardiola’s relentless pursuit of perfection, and the methods and motivations that have led him to leave a lasting imprint on the beautiful game. The series will feature interviews from Pep’s inner circle, including friends, former colleagues and players – such […]

Telefónica, the Spanish telco, has acquired five live football pay-TV matches per week, from 2025 to 2027, for a fee of €1.29 billion. Telefónica will pay €250 million for half of the 2024-2025 season and €520 million per season in 2026 and 2027 to broadcast the matches in Spain, and will have the first pick […]