{"id":441,"date":"2016-04-13T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/astra-28-2e-bbc-and-bt-sport-extend-fa-cup-rights-until-2021\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T06:49:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T06:49:16","slug":"astra-28-2e-bbc-and-bt-sport-extend-fa-cup-rights-until-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/astra-28-2e-bbc-and-bt-sport-extend-fa-cup-rights-until-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra 28.2\u00b0E &#8211; BBC and BT Sport extend FA Cup rights until 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Football Association in England has renewed domestic rights deals for the FA Cup knockout club competition with public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster BT Sport,&nbsp;from 2018-19 to 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;most famous football cup competition in world continue its strong coverage across the free-to-air broadcaster BBC and pay-TV BT Sport. Both broadcasters will cover up to 30 matches live, including one more game per round available live on BT Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/21\/bt-sport-football-plans-for-season-2015-2016\/\">BT Sport Football Plans for Season 2015\/2016<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The new deal also includes&nbsp;<strong>more<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>women&#8217;s football<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>in<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>live<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>coverage<\/strong>.&nbsp;The BBC will cover international qualifiers, the Women\u2019s FA Cup final, plus one England Women\u2019s friendly match per season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SportEventz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40 img-fluid\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>BT Sport will remain the exclusively live broadcaster of The FA Women\u2019s Super League and will show both Women\u2019s FA Cup semi-finals, the Women\u2019s FA Cup Final and England Senior Women\u2019s home friendlies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FA Cup becomes a BBC&#8217;s football rights portfolio, with the famous football programme,\u00a0<strong>Match<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Of<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>The<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Day<\/strong>, coverage of\u00a0<strong>UEFA<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Euro<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>2016<\/strong>, as well as the\u00a0<strong>Euros<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>2020<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>World<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Cup<\/strong>\u00a0until\u00a0<strong>2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2968770925364851\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9375035171\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio 5, which is part of BBC group, continues to bring live radio commentaries with an portfolio of 128 Premier League games, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Europa League, Home Nations\u2019 internationals, Scottish Premiership and Championship, Football League and women\u2019s football. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/mediacentre\/latestnews\/2016\/fa-cup-rights\">(bbc.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barbara Slater<\/strong>, <strong>Director of BBC Sport<\/strong>, said in her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/mediacentre\/latestnews\/2016\/fa-cup-rights\">statement<\/a>:<em> \u201cWe are delighted to retain the rights to broadcast the most famous domestic cup competition in the world on free-to-air TV. The renewed deal will bring audiences closer to the action than ever before via an innovative digital offering across all platforms, and showcase our commitment to the women\u2019s game. FA Cup coverage on the BBC will continue to unite the nation through must see sporting moments, captivating audiences of all ages.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Football Association in England has renewed domestic rights deals for the FA Cup knockout club competition with public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster BT Sport,&nbsp;from 2018-19 to 2020-21. The&nbsp;most famous football cup competition in world continue its strong coverage across the free-to-air broadcaster BBC and pay-TV BT Sport. Both broadcasters will cover up to 30 matches live, including one more game per round available live on BT Sport. 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