British pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports has secured a broadcasting deal with the Premier League, set to commence in the 2025/26 season and extend through to 2028/29. This four-year deal enables Sky Sports to air at least 215 Premier League matches each season, significantly increasing its football coverage. The arrangement includes over 140 weekend matches, evening games on Fridays and Mondays, and full coverage of three midweek match rounds. All 10 Premier League matches on the final day of each season are set to air live for the first time in the broadcaster's English Premier League coverage history. Alongside the live matches, the deal includes comprehensive match highlights and additional shows, previews and reports. Throughout 2025-2029, the Premier League on Sky Sports is expected to be broadcast on television, streamed online, and on mobile apps via Sky's OTT services in the UK.
Sky Sports UK has secured the rights to broadcast a minimum of 328 matches from the Sky Bet Championship annually over five years, starting with the 2024/25 season and extending through to the 2028/29 season. The English Championship coverage spans Sky Sports channels and NOW TV, providing contract-free access for non-Sky subscribers in the United Kingdom. The broadcasting approach employs a minimum of eight cameras per game for a more detailed and immersive viewing experience. Official reports indicate that the EFL deal, which comprised a total of 1,059 matches annually across multiple EFL competitions, comprises £895m in guaranteed payments and £40m in marketing benefits.
Sky Sports UK has committed to broadcasting a minimum of 248 Sky Bet League One matches each season throughout its five-year agreement with the EFL, which covers seasons from 2024/25 to 2028/29. The English League One matches on Sky Sports television channels are also available for streaming on NOW TV, targeting viewers beyond Sky’s traditional subscriber base. The list of fixtures is set to include games on holidays and international breaks.
The EFL has agreed to a deal that sees pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports UK cover 248 Sky Bet League Two matches per season for five years, from 2024/25 to 2028/29. These League Two broadcasts are accessible on Sky Sports television channels and via NOW TV streaming, broadening the reach to include non-subscribers. Streamed matches from League Two are guaranteed to feature a minimum of two cameras, which is meant to elevate the quality of viewing across Sky Sports’ television and mobile platforms.
Sky Sports is broadcasting all 93 Carabao Cup matches every season in the UK from 2024/25 to 2028/29. Coverage includes Sky Sports UK television channels and streaming on NOW TV, catering to a wide audience base, including those without Sky subscriptions.
The EFL Trophy has all 127 matches broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK each season from 2024/25 to 2028/29. Coverage is available on Sky Sports TV channels and through NOW TV streaming, making the domestic competition available to both Sky subscribers and non-subscribers.
Sky Sports has secured digital and broadcast rights to Germany’s Bundesliga in the UK until the end of the 2024/2025 season following a four-year deal. Sky will show matches across its family of channels, both linear and digital, and will broadcast live one premium match of each round on Sky Sports Football channel. Other matches will be shown on other channels, including Sky Sports YouTube.
British pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has secured an exclusive deal to air the Scottish Premiership in the UK, from 2020 through 2025. Sky Sports will show 48 matches from the Scottish top division every season, in addition to playoffs involving both Premiership and Championship teams. The five-year deal also allows Sky Sports viewers in the UK to enjoy in-game clips and video highlights of every Premiership match. Full coverage is expected to be available to stream live and on demand on OTT platform Sky Go.
Sky Sports has secured the rights to broadcast up to 44 Women's Super League (WSL) matches for the 2024/25 season. This arrangement follows a renewal of their initial three-year deal established in 2021. Sky Sports' WSL coverage is available to its subscribers and distributed for live streaming on the NOW platform (OTT), allowing access to these matches beyond traditional cable or satellite services.
British broadcaster Sky has secured UK Premier League rights from 2022/23 through 2025. The multi-platform network has struck a deal for 128 live EPL matches annually. The list of fixtures features some of the league’s biggest clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham. Sky’s agreement with the Premier League allows viewers to enjoy matches from different slots every season, including some matches on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. The EPL on Sky UK channels is available in high definition and consists of additional programming such as highlights, match analysis, and more.
Sky Sports has acquired digital and broadcast rights to Germany’s DFL Super Cup in the UK until 2025 after signing a four-year deal. The annual match will be shown on Sky's family of channels - both linear as well as digital.
Sky Sports has acquired multi-platform EPL broadcast rights in the UK. Though Sky’s package in the 2019/20 season consisted of 128 live Premier League games, their match offering was boosted to 140 games ahead of the 2020/21 season after their coverage was extended by 12 additional fixtures. However, for the 2021/22 season, Sky will have exclusive live coverage of 128 matches. The network will provide coverage matches on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as on Mondays or Fridays. Subscribers in the UK will be able to stream the EPL matches live and on demand using Sky’s OTT service Sky Go, on their mobile devices. NOW is another option for those who don't want to be tied in to a contract and still enjoy daily or monthly streaming options.
Sky Sports has secured broadcast rights for the 2021 AFCON tournament, which was scheduled to be initially played from June to July 2021, and is now being contested from January to February 2022. As part of the deal, the network will provide coverage in the UK of all 52 games live, plus additional bonus content including pre and post match interviews and game analysis on both its digital and linear platforms.
Sky owns the exclusive multi-platform broadcasting rights for the Major League Soccer matches in the UK. Sky airs two live MLS games per matchday on its platform and sports channels.
Sky owns the rights to the England Men's National Team matches of the UEFA Nations League in the UK as well as all national team matches of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The agreement is in place until November 2021 and will involve the first two editions of the Nations League Final Four taking place in June 2019 and June 2021.
