ESPN has reached an agreement with the English Football Association (FA) for the media rights to the Emirates FA Cup in the US for the next four seasons, 2024-’25 through 2027-’28. The agreement extends ESPN+’s position as the exclusive home of 79 Emirates FA Cup matches each season, beginning with the First Round and running […]
The Emirates FA Cup will continue to be accessible to all fans following a new agreement that will see the BBC become the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of the competition in a four-year deal starting from the 2025-2026 season. BBC Sport, under a new partnership with TNT Sports, has secured free-to-air live coverage of 14 games […]
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, drew significant audiences across entertainment, sport and drama, over the April 20th/21st weekend. More than 12 million people tuned into the first two launch episodes of Britain’s Got Talent Season 17. Episode 1 on April 20th peaked with 5.8 million viewers (5 million ave.) with a 39 per cent share […]
ITVX recorded its best ever quarter between January 1st and March 31st with 896 million streams across the service – an increase of 12 per cent on Q1 2023. This follows January’s record-breaking month with 328 million streams, more than any other month on ITVX or previously on ITV Hub, and February was just behind […]
The biggest UK television audience of the year across all channels watched ITV’s free to air coverage of Manchester United’s FA Cup quarter-final win against Liverpool on March 17th with a peak of 8.6 million tuning in as the game went into extra-time. United earnt a dramatic 4-3 victory with a last gasp winner over […]
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 […]
January 2024 has become ITV’s biggest ever month for streams on ITVX. There were 315 million streams on the platform throughout the month, more than any other month on ITVX or previously on ITV Hub. January 28th was the biggest single day for both the number of streams (14.8 million) and streaming hours (6.1 million) […]
The FA Cup third round set viewing records on the BBC during live coverage of the celebrated football tournament on BBC TV and iPlayer. Liverpool proved the victor over Arsenal on the evening of January 7th with a peak audience of 7.6 million on BBC One, a record number for this stage in the competition, […]
In the week of her 40th anniversary working at the BBC, the first female Director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater, has announced that she will be retiring from the BBC in spring 2024. Slater has transformed BBC Sport during her 14 years in the role. She has changed attitudes and increased the profile and interest […]
The 2023 FA Community Shield will air live on ITV1 and ITVX, STV and STV Player, on August 6th. Manchester City, who took home both the Premier League and FA Cup in 2022/23 as part of their famous treble with the Champions League title, will take on Premier League runners-up Arsenal at Wembley Stadium. The […]