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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Sweney

‘A cornucopia’: the coming football season will set a UK record for viewers and income

Group of men in red football kit lift their hands in the air and a trophy
Last season’s champions, Liverpool, will be defending their Premier League title for the 2025-26 season. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

This football season will be the most-watched and lucrative in UK history, with a record number of live televised games and seven days-a-week viewing for fans.

The boom is a timely boost for Sky and the BT-Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) joint venture TNT Sports, which will air almost all of the prestige games, as competition for viewers’ attention from deep-pocketed US streamers and their pipeline of hit shows such as The Bear and Severance increases.

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