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FIFA, DAZN relaunching FIFA+

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 […]

October 29, 2025By Nik Roseveare

ITV to broadcast FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025

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 […]

October 29, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Sky Sports extends Baller League UK rights

Sky Sports and Baller League UK have extended their partnership into a second season of the six-a-side competition, ensuring Sky Sports and NOW remain its exclusive home on linear TV. Every match from the second season, which kicks off this week, will be shown on Sky Sports on Monday evenings, live from London’s Copper Box […]

October 27, 2025

CONMEBOL football joins PPV on Prime Video UK

Prime Video continues to expand its Pay-Per-View (PPV) football offering in the UK with CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana matches joining Ligue 1, Bundesliga and UEFA Men’s National Team matches for £2.49 per game with no Prime membership or long-term commitment required. Both legs of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Semi-Finals along with the CONMEBOL Sudamericana Semi-Finals […]

October 22, 2025

Banijay launches new football club

Banijay Benelux has announced the launch of FC Failliet/Finesse (FCF), the Netherlands’ first officially KNVB-registered football club designed around leading digital creators. The club was conceived by Southfields and Banijay NXT and founded by creators Ilias Vietto, Aimane Charbon and Kleine John, combining their global social media reach with professional football competition and world-class sports […]

October 15, 2025

DAZN scores US college sports deal with Big Ten, Fox Sports

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a multi-year agreement with the Big Ten Network and Fox Sports to bring an expanded slate of US college sports content to fans around the world (excluding the US). Beginning this season, DAZN will stream all regular season football games, as well as the 2025 Discover Big Ten […]

October 10, 2025

Netflix set to bid for Champions League rights

Streaming giant Netflix is set to bid for UEFA Champions League rights for the 2027/28 season. They are thought to be interested in the ‘global first pick’ package, which will give exclusive rights around the globe for the leading game in each round. UEFA will attract around €5 billion per year in the next round […]

October 10, 2025

Sky Sports helps SPFL to record turnover

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) group has distributed £42 million (€48.4m) to clubs, the highest figure in the league’s history, its latest published annual accounts confirm. The accounts reveal total group distributions are up £4.1 million (11 per cent) to £42 million from last year’s £37.9 million. SPFL group income totalled £50.4 million, breaking […]

October 8, 2025

Germany: World Cup 2026, Euro 2028 on MagentaTV

Deutsche Telekom has announced a sub-licensing deal with German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF that will bring all 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as well as all 51 matches of the UEFA Euro 2028 in the UK and Ireland, to MagentaTV. ARD and ZDF will each broadcast 30 matches on free TV […]

October 8, 2025

Analysis: European football sponsorship deals exceed $1bn

Combined spending on new sponsorship deals and renewals across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 has reached $1.1 billion (€0.94bn) only three months into the 2025/26 football season, according to analysis from Ampere Analysis. The report breaks down which sectors and brands are fuelling growth and where momentum is stalling. […]

October 6, 2025