BBC confirms deal with TNT to retain FA Cup rights through 2028-29

The BBC, the UK’s public-service broadcaster, has finalized a sub-licensing agreement with TNT Sports, the pay-TV operator owned by media giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), to continue providing free-to-air coverage of English soccer’s FA Cup competition from 2025-26.

Under a four-year deal through 2028-29, the BBC will show 14 games per season, including the final.

There will also be highlights and digital clips available across the broadcaster’s platforms.

As well as the final, the BBC will provide live coverage of two FA Cup matches from each round up to the quarter-finals, and one semi-final.

The BBC’s existing deal to broadcast the FA Cup on a free-to-air basis has been ongoing for the past 10 years.

The public-service broadcaster is understood to have secured the secondary live rights package in a deal with TNT Sports ahead of commercial broadcaster ITV – with whom it currently shares rights. Sportcal