England

TNT Sports agrees four-year deal for live FA Cup coverage from 2025-26 season

15-Feb-2024 19:49:37 | Guardian

• TNT will share TV rights with a free-to-air channel
• Broadcaster will also show Community Shield and Youth Cup

TNT Sports has agreed a four-year deal with the Football Association to broadcast the FA Cup from the 2025-26 season. TNT will share rights with a free-to-air broadcaster, whose identity will be announced at a later date. ITV and the BBC currently share rights to show the competition.

It is expected a minimum of two matches in each round – including both semi-finals – will be made available free-to-air, while the final is a Group A listed event that must be offered to free-to-air broadcasters. TNT is promising to show more games live than ever before, with every match from the third round onwards, aside from 3pm kick-offs on Saturdays, available to watch.