Which channel is showing Chelsea in the Club World Cup Final?
UK viewers can watch the Chelsea v PSG final on both DAZN and Channel 5. Both broadcasters are showing the match free-to-air, although DAZN subscribers have a UHD version available to them too.
When and where is the final?
It kicks off at 8pm at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday, July 13.
What time does coverage start and is it the same programme on both broadcasters?
Coverage starts from 6.30pm. DAZN is the broadcaster of the Club World Cup and Channel 5 will simulcast DAZN’s coverage as in previous matches.
DAZN has struck a deal to show Italian top football division Serie A on UK TV.
Under the new deal DAZN will screen up to ten matches from each matchweek, however the Saturday 3pm blackout rule will restrict the ability to do this regularly.
DAZN is already the domestic broadcaster of the league in Italy.
Two of the ten matches are non-exclusive. Writing on X, commentator Adam Summerton has confirmed TNT Sports will continue to show two games a week as it did last season.
All 63 matches from the tournament are available free-to-air on DAZN’s streaming service. You have to register which will make you what DAZN call a ‘freemium member’ giving you access to the Club World Cup games and other free content DAZN provides.
People taking the full premium subscription will also be to watch the games in HDR, Dolby 5.1 surround sound and on-demand.
CHANNEL 5 – 23 MATCHES FREE-TO-AIR ON MAIN CHANNEL
Channel 5 will also be showing 23 of the 63 matches after striking a deal with DAZN. There will be 15 group games, four last 16 matches, two quarter-finals, one semi and the final itself.
It’s thought Channel 5 will simply simulcast DAZN’s coverage and won’t have their own presentation.
THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP RUNS FROM JUNE 14 TO JULY 13.
DAZN has revealed its first three main matches to be shown – but bizarrely they won’t actually be available through DAZN to start with!
Such was the lateness of the deal with the streaming service after TNT Sports’ long-running agreement came to an end, DAZN’s matches will initially be available via the existing National League TV service set up by the league. The plan is to incorporate it into the DAZN’s app later in the season as an add-on channel.
A spokesman for the National League explained: “Until the Vanarama National League is available on the DAZN platform, fans will continue to sign up to NLTV in order to watch these enhanced games, and all other National League matches.”
There’s no Saturday 3pm blackout in operation for the opening weekend due to there not being a full fixture list as the Premier League doesn’t quick off until a week later. That means all National League top division opening day games will be streamed as well as three from the National League North and South leagues.
DAZN’s first “enhanced production” match will be Southend v York City which with no blackout will remain at 3pm. It’s not clear yet whether DAZN’s main matches will have as many cameras or on-site presentation like TNT Sports’ coverage.
The National League say DAZN will produce and livestream each of its games. A weekly main match with enhanced production with be shown with all others falling outside the 3pm Saturday blackout being streamed although those matches are likely to just be a single-camera production.
League officials say National League TV will be incorporated into the DAZN platform sometime in the autumn.
DAZN’S “ENHANCED PRODUCTION” MATCHES (ONLY AVAILABLE ON NLTV)
SATURDAY AUGUST 10
3PM SOUTHEND V YORK NATIONAL LEAGUE (NATIONAL LEAGUE TV)
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY (AUGUST 26)
3PM WOKING V HARTLEPOOL NATIONAL LEAGUE (NATIONAL LEAGUE TV)
SATURDAY AUGUST 31
5.30PM SUTTON V FOREST GREEN NATIONAL LEAGUE (NATIONAL LEAGUE TV)
The race for the next set of Premier League TV rights is underway with more live games than ever before being made available.
Broadcasters have been invited to bid for up to 270 matches per season, the most ever since the formation of the league.
They’ve been split into five separate packages of up to 65 games each with ALL the games moved back to a Sunday 2pm kick-off due to teams’ involvement in Europe to be broadcast live for the first time. Currently just one 2pm and 4.30pm match selected by the broadcasters can be screened on Sunday as part of the present deal.
It means up to seven games out of the ten on some weekends after European midweeks could be broadcast live.
A source at one broadcaster told Footie On TV: “In reality no extra games will be moved for TV purposes. The extra games being shown at 2pm on Sunday have only moved because teams have played in Europe on the midweek before, the only difference is they will now be shown live on TV. It was becoming increasingly infuriating for fans that these matches weren’t being shown on TV so it’s a sensible move by the Premier League.”
The other slots for TV games will remain the same with Saturday 12.30pm and 5.30pm kick-offs, Sundays 2pm and 4.30pm and Monday and Fridays 8pm. It’s thought all midweek and bank holiday matches will also be all screened live.
The Times also reports that every game on the final day of the season will be made available for broadcast.
The new contract will run for the four seasons from the 2025-26 campaign to 2028/29. Sky, TNT and Amazon hold the rights to live games until then.
Free-to-air highlights are also being auctioned off. Those rights are currently held by the BBC and shown through Match of the Day. Other “near-live” rights are also available, similar to the 5.15pm mini-highlights packages Sky currently hold and show via its app and YouTube channel along with its Game of the Day and Match Choice offerings on a Saturday night.
Sky and TNT will bid again for live rights. Amazon, which has already secured some Champions League games from next season, and sports streaming service DAZN are likely to bid for some packages too. The high cost of the rights could put them out of reach of free-to-air broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, but they could all battle it out for the highlights package.
