The BBC and TNT Sports have agreed on a four-year deal starting from the 2025/26 season to co-broadcast 14 FA Cup matches per season. This includes two matches per round, up to the quarter-finals, one semi-final, and the final. TNT Sports holds the first pick of matches, whereas the BBC gets the second and fourth picks. The deal also allows the BBC to show FA Cup highlights and digital clips.
BBC Scotland has extended its agreement with the Scottish Football Association to continue broadcasting the Scottish Cup until the end of the 2028-29 season. Under this renewed deal, BBC Scotland will provide live free-to-air coverage of one match from each round, including the final, and offer comprehensive highlights through its Sportscene programs. The broadcaster will also produce "near live digital highlights" and retain rights to air the Scottish FA Youth Cup Final.
The BBC has acquired UK rights to the UEFA Champions League for the 2024-2027 cycle. It is the first time that the British public service broadcaster has landed TV rights to this competition. BBC’s Champions League contract includes match highlights on television, as well as on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and mobile apps. Short clips around the competition are also expected to be regularly posted on the network’s social media channels. In addition, BBC’s deal includes the Champions League final.
British public service broadcaster the BBC has extended its English FA Cup domestic rights until 2025. The four-year contract renewal, which takes effect in 2021, will see BBC’s free-to-air television channels air up to 18 live FA Cup matches every season. Coverage will include up to six live FA Cup games from the first and second rounds, as well as FA Cup highlights and clips online. The BBC will be sharing FA Cup broadcasts with British commercial network ITV.
The BBC has agreed to broadcast 22 live Women’s Super League (WSL) matches in the UK during the 2024/25 season. Of these, at least 18 are scheduled to be broadcast on its main linear (television) channels. Additionally, all 22 WSL matches are set to be available for live streaming on the BBC iPlayer, allowing viewers to watch the games live online or stream them on-demand.
The BBC has secured Scottish television rights for the Scottish Premiership until 2023. Starting from 2020/21, BBC ALBA will cover one delayed Premiership match on Saturday evenings.
BBC ALBA will air live matches from the Scottish Championship from 2020 until 2023 on Scottish TV. Playoffs matches between Championship and League Two sides will also be showed live. Streams may be available on BBC iPlayer.
BBC ALBA will show live Scottish Challenge Cup matches on Scottish television, from 2020/21 to 2022/23. Live Challenge Cup coverage may be available to stream on OTT platform BBC iPlayer.
The BBC has acquired UK rights to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and shares the coverage with ITV. The agreement with FIFA grants BBC the rights to show live 2022 World Cup matches on its television channels, as well as on its streaming service BBC iPlayer online and on mobile devices. Live play-by-play commentary is also expected on BBC radio channels. The 2022 World Cup on BBC in the UK includes match highlights, previews, reports, analysis, interviews, and auxiliary programming. Furthermore, BBC’s broadcast deal allows for the publication of exclusive World Cup footage on its social media outlets. BBC has additionally secured the majority of the live games involving the England and Wales national teams in the group stage, and it has reserved first pick of the semifinals.
The BBC has acquired broadcast rights for the 33rd edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. As per the terms of the network's arrangement, ten matches will be shown live on both its linear and digital platforms. Coverage will include two quarter-finals, both semi-finals, and the final. In addition, bonus content includes carefully curated digital clips and other game highlights.
The BBC has acquired exclusive rights to the 2021 Copa América tournament in the UK and will cover all 28 games of the competition across its various platforms. There will also be analysis of match highlights after each game day, along with game summaries and other pre and post game shows.
BBC iPlayer will stream all TV matches live, and matches can also be live-streamed on BBC’s website.
The BBC has secured FIFA Club World Cup rights in the UK and will broadcast every match of the tournament across its TV channels and streaming platforms. All of Liverpool’s matches will be aired on BBC TV, whereas the rest of the games will be covered by either the BBC Sport or BBC iPlayer digital services.
