NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--fuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO), the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform, announced today that it will be the exclusive home to the Premier League, England’s top soccer league, in the Canadian market for the next three seasons beginning in 2022/2023.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
fuboTV will exclusively carry all 380 Premier League matches each season and shoulder programming on its growing Canadian platform through the 2024/2025 season. All content will stream live on fuboTV and its linear channel, Fubo Sports Network.
fuboTV scores the Premier League deal for Canada just a few months after acquiring exclusive Italian Serie A and Coppa Italia rights in the market, fortifying the platform’s position as the leading streaming service for top-tier soccer in the country. fuboTV also currently has exclusive streaming rights for the Liga MX home matches of Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) in Canada. In addition to exclusive rights, fuboTV streams more than a dozen popular sports and entertainment channels including OneSoccer and beIN Sports, featuring coverage of the Canadian Premier League, Canadian National Men’s Soccer and Ligue 1, and Paramount Network, home to one of TV’s hottest dramas, Yellowstone.
“The Premier League is considered to be the best soccer league in the world and has a huge fan base in Canada,” said David Gandler, co-founder and CEO, fuboTV. “This deal allows us to bring yet another top-notch property to fuboTV, further differentiating our content offering, and giving Canadians another reason to cut the cord for exciting, exclusive sports content.”
“The Premier League is very happy to partner with fuboTV in Canada,” said Paul Molnar, chief media officer, Premier League. “We know there are many passionate Premier League fans in Canada and we are very pleased that fuboTV views the Premier League as such an important part of its programming mix in this market. We look forward to working together to bring the excitement of the Premier League to both new and existing fans.”
With fuboTV, cord-cutters and sports fans alike can stream their favourite content at a fraction of the cost of cable TV. Every subscription allows simultaneous streaming on three devices and includes 250 hours of cloud DVR storage.
Canadian subscribers can access more than a dozen channels on fuboTV, with more being added in the coming months. fuboTV’s current Canadian channels include beIN Sports, beIN Sports Canada, beIN Sports Español, Benfica TV, Curiosity, Fight Network, Fubo Sports Network, Fubo Movie Network, OneSoccer, Game+ Canada, MLB Network, Law and Crime, and Paramount Network Canada. Subscribers can download fuboTV’s app on Android and iOS mobile, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and Apple’s TV app, Chromecast, Roku or on the web.
About fuboTV Canada
fuboTV is the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform operating in Canada, the U.S., France and Spain. In Canada, fuboTV has become the premier soccer streaming platform with local and international top-tier soccer content along with other linear sports and entertainment channels. Cord cutters can stream fuboTV on mobile and connected TV devices, or on the web, at the fraction of the cost of a cable TV subscription.
About Premier League
The Premier League produces some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world. The League and its clubs use the power and popularity of the competition to inspire fans, communities and partners in the UK and across the world. The Premier League brings people together from all backgrounds. It is a competition for everyone, everywhere and is available to watch in 880 million homes in 190 countries.
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