Nicolas de Tavernost has resigned from his position at the head of LFP Media, the French football league commercial arm which manages the Ligue1+ streaming platform, just nine months into the role. De Tavernost’s resignation comes in response to the fact that beIN Sports has acquired the the pay-TV rights to the 2026 and 2030 […]
Sky and FIFA have agreed a partnership which will see the Final Stage of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland on January 28th and February 1st. The tournament unites the six continental champions, who compete for the title in seasons where the FIFA Women’s Club […]
FIFA and TikTok have announced an agreement that aims to bring football fans even closer to the action and excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2026 this summer. TikTok, the popular social media platform for mobile video content, will become FIFA’s first-ever Preferred Platform. This will lead to an enhanced level of collaboration and integration, […]
FIFA and Lenovo have unveiled a series of technological innovations driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that are set to enhance officiating technologies, match analysis capabilities and performance, and drive fan engagement ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Revealed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang at Lenovo Tech World […]
This summer, as the world gathers to watch the FIFA World Cup 2026, fans can play a newly reimagined FIFA football simulation game exclusively on Netflix Games. FIFA’s previous publisher, Electronic Arts, stopped using the name in 2023 after 30 years following a significant rise in the FIFA licence fee – prompting it instead to rebrand […]
BBC Sport and ITV Sport have announced their live match split for the FIFA World Cup 2026, confirming how UK audiences can watch every game from for free. The tournament kicks off on June 11th hosted in sixteen cities across the US, Canada and Mexico. England and Scotland have already qualified for the tournament, whilst […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, will show the final stages of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025 presented by Aramco, co-exclusively with FIFA+, for free in selected markets. Under the second edition of the new-look FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the six continental club champions of 2025 are battling for silverware across four phases. The tournament started […]
Following the success of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, which attracted an audience of billions of fans, FIFA and sports streaming platform DAZN are taking the next step in their strategic partnership – a global relaunch of FIFA+ on DAZN in 2026. Building on the existing FIFA+ service, the new platform on DAZN will […]
ITV has agreed a deal to broadcast the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025, marking the first time the tournament will be shown by the UK terrestrial broadcaster. The agreement includes coverage of all three of England’s group stage matches (against Haiti, Venezuela and Egypt), with select fixtures from the knockout stages to be broadcast free-to-air […]
DAZN losses fell to $936 million (€804.5m) in 2024, down from $1.4 billion the year before. The sports streaming platform posted saw revenues increase by $323 million to $3.2 billion in 2024. CEO Shay Segev told the FT that the group was on course to be profitable for the first time in 2026 and had […]