Broadcast Rights

Competitions available on discovery+

UEFA Champions League

2024-2027

TNT Sports is the UK's official broadcaster of the UEFA Champions League for the 2024-2027 cycle after securing joint TV and streaming rights with Amazon Prime Video. The Premium subscription plan from OTT service discovery+ featuring the TNT Sports channels and the UEFA Champions League is available at £30.

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99/month. Subscribers can watch 533 out of 550 Champions League games live exclusively every season, which signals that TNT Sports holds the vast majority of the broadcasting package in the UK, as Prime Video only has 17 live matches yearly. TNT Sports’ three-season deal was signed in a significant deal that included other major European club competitions, including the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League. Match highlights, in-match clips, preview and post-game shows, and interviews accompany live Champions League broadcasts on TNT Sports. As in previous years, the Champions League Final matches are expected to be available on free-to-air television for all UK viewers. All TNT Sports’ matches may be streamed live and on-demand on the streaming platform discovery+, available on Android and iOS mobile devices, smart TVs, and games consoles.

UEFA Europa League

2024-2027

TNT Sports maintains its exclusive UEFA Europa League media rights in the UK from 2024-25 to 2026-27 following a three-year deal. The commercial broadcaster covers all Europa League games on its linear and digital platforms, from the group stages to the final.

Fans in the UK can watch Europa League matches on TNT’s TV channels like TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports 2, and TNT Sports Ultimate or stream games via the network’s streaming app, Discovery+.

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Discovery Plus’ Europa League coverage is available on multiple devices, including mobiles (Android and iOS), tablets (Android, Apple, and Amazon Fire), smart TVs and streaming devices (Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android TV, Google Chromecast, LG, Samsung, Roku, Hisense, Sony), computers (with Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge browsers), and gaming consoles.

Subscribers can sign up for the “Premium Pass” option on the Discovery Plus website to have both linear and digital coverage of Europa League matches. The network’s comprehensive coverage is further boosted by shoulder programming, which includes match analysis, game highlights, interviews, documentaries, and magazine shows.

UEFA Conference League

2024-2027

TNT Sports (previously BT Sport) has secured UK rights to the UEFA Europa Conference League for three seasons, from 2024 to 2027. The multi-platform broadcaster retained the rights in a bid that encompassed UEFA’s major club competitions. Per the agreement with Europe’s football governing body, the majority of all matches included in the contract are to be aired exclusively on TNT Sports' linear networks and digital services.

UEFA Super Cup

2024-2027

England - FA Community Shield

2025-2029

TNT Sports has secured UK rights to broadcast the FA Community Shield live on television and via its streaming service.

England - Premier League

2022-2025

BT Sport has acquired UK Premier League rights from the 2022/23 season through 2025. A minimum of 52 games are to be televised exclusively on the network. BT TV is set to broadcast EPL matches in HD quality every season, although select fixtures are to be aired in 4K. BT’s Premier League deal covers matches that are played both in mid-week and on weekends and features all the big clubs and some of the most popular derbies.

Italy - Serie A

2024-2027

TNT Sports owns non-exclusive Italian Serie A rights in the United Kingdom and Ireland to broadcast two live matches each matchday throughout the 2024-25 season.

The deal, which runs until the end of the 2026-27 season, means that fans in the UK and Ireland with a TNT Sports subscription can watch the biggest Serie A matches each match week via their television or through the Discovery+ App.

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Live coverage of Serie A matches also includes pre-match and post-match interviews with managers and players, while highlights are also shown throughout the week across TNT Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4.

England - FA Cup

2025-2029

TNT Sports, owned by Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD), has reacquired domestic FA Cup rights in the UK from 2025-26 to 2028-29. The commercial broadcaster shows all matches live, starting from the FA Cup third round, on its linear and digital platforms, except for a domestic blackout period that begins at 3 pm UK time.

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Viewers can watch FA Cup matches live on the network’s family of linear channels – such as TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports 2 – or stream games via WBD’s streaming service, Discovery+, after signing up for the “Premium Pass” option on the Discovery Plus website. Streaming the FA Cup live on Discovery+ in the UK and Ireland can be done on multiple devices, including mobiles (Android and iOS), tablets (Android, Apple, and Amazon Fire), smart TVs and streaming devices (Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android TV, Google Chromecast, LG, Samsung, Roku, Hisense, Sony), computers (with Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge browsers), and gaming consoles.

TNT Sports’ linear and digital FA Cup coverage is supplemented by bonus content, including match highlights, replays, pre- and post-match analysis, and interviews with star players and coaches.

England - FA Women's Cup

2025-2028

TNT Sports broadcasts live Adobe Women’s FA Cup matches every season, from 2025-26 until the end of the 2027-28 season, following a three-year deal with the English FA. TNT Sports’ Women’s FA Cup media rights cover users in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland on television, online and mobile devices.

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TNT Sports subscribers in the UK and Ireland can watch 19 games every season from the first round onwards. The network has agreed to televise one Women’s FA Cup game in the first round and another in the second round, marking the first time these rounds receive live TV coverage. TNT Sports’ schedules include all six games from the third round onwards and the live Women’s FA Cup final, for which the rights are shared with British free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4.

Fans can stream all of TNT Sports’ FA Cup action live and on-demand on the discovery+ online service and the official discovery+ mobile app for Android and iOS, in addition to match highlights and auxiliary programming.

England - FA Youth Cup

2025-2029

In the UK, football fans can watch the FA Youth Cup semi-finals and final on TNT Sports. Match highlights and repeat broadcasts are expected to be aired throughout the Youth Cup broadcast deal.

UEFA Women's Champions League

2024-2027

United States - NWSL

2024-2027

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BT Sport Live is part of the BT Group, a multi-platform network of sports channel launched in 2013. This interactive service was launched on August 1, 2013 as a complementary service to their terrestrial channels. 

BT Sport has become one of the top sports networks in the world since its creation. Throughout its history, this service has streamed football games, rugby matches, hockey games, cricket clashes, motor sport events and UFC fights. 

Speaking about football, BT Sport Live has streamed games for some top-caliber moments from international competitions such as the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. BT Sport Live has also streamed some of the world’s best domestic leagues such as the Bundesliga, the French top-flight, the English Premier League, and the Scottish Premier League. The platform’s partnership with ESPN allows it to stream some American sports, such as Major League Baseball games, college sports, and X-Games. ESPN’s documentaries are also available on BT Sport thanks to this agreement.

In order to access BT Sport Live’s content, users must provide authentication on the company’s web service or via the app. The authentication is provided by either the pay-tv carrier of the user’s choice or by the membership supplied by BT Sport. 

BT Sport Live can be accessed on the company’s website (the system supports PC and Mac OS) or via the app BT Sport Live. Mobile users with an Android or iOS tablet or smartphone can also stream games in HD on-the-go with this platform. The app may also be used on Smart TVs and some video game consoles.