England’s 3-2 World Cup triumph over Mexico in the early hours of July 6th sparked the biggest day ever recorded for BBC iPlayer, for the BBC Sport website and app and for BBC Sport’s social video views, as millions of fans turned to the BBC to follow a night of dramatic football. The Round of […]
England’s dramatic FIFA World Cup victory over DR Congo on July 1st delivered the BBC’s biggest live audience of 2026, with a peak audience of 16.3 million watching the Three Lions emerge victorious on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and enter the Round of 16. The match also averaged 14 million viewers and was the […]
A peak of 15.4 million viewers watched ITV’s coverage of England’s opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on June 17th, which saw Thomas Tuchel’s men secure a confident victory against Croatia in Group L. Produced by ITV Sport Production, part of ITV Studios, the peak audience on a TV set is the highest […]
Deltatre, the streaming, digital, data and broadcast graphics partner, and the German Football Association (DFB) have announced DFB.TV+, a DFB-owned streaming service developed and operated by Deltatre, set to go live on May 22nd ahead of the DFB Cup Final (on May 23rd). As a key component of DFB.TV – the DFB’s first 24/7 pay-TV […]
Prime Video is expanding its sports offering in the UK with football from Germany’s top-flight Bundesliga joining Ligue 1 and UEFA Men’s National Team matches as part of its Pay-Per-View (PPV) lineup. Bundesliga on Prime Video kicks off on August 24th for the opening weekend of the 2025/26 season, in a multi-year deal. Prime Video […]
IMG, a player in sports, events and media, will produce Channel 4’s coverage of England men’s UEFA Nations League matches, European Qualifiers and International Friendlies for the next two years. Under the agreement, IMG will produce the live match feed and highlights show for Channel 4’s remaining 14 games throughout 2023 and 2024, starting with […]
Almost three quarters of UK sports viewers (73 per cent) are expected to watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar this winter, according to data from telecommunications, media, and technology consultancy firm, Altman Solon. The tournament is expected to achieve record-breaking global viewership, with as many as 5 billion global sports fans likely […]
Sport 24, IMG’s inflight and in ship sports channel, has secured a deal with football’s governing body FIFA to broadcast the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Sport 24 and its secondary channel Sport 24 Extra will show more than 125 hours of live coverage from this year’s tournament. In addition to the live broadcast of […]
FuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, is expanding its distribution of four Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Nations League matches in June to Pay-Per-View (PPV). The matches will continue to stream live on FuboTV as previously announced. FuboTV’s exclusive English language streams of four UEFA Nations League matches – all featuring England […]
England’s matches in the UEFA Nations League, European Qualifiers to UEFA Euro 2024 and International Friendlies will be shown live on Channel 4 following the announcement of a new two year deal. Six England games will be shown live on Channel 4 this year starting with their away match against Hungary at Puskas Arena Park […]