Media giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and global sports streaming platform DAZN have secured rights in Italy to English soccer’s prestigious FA Cup knockout competition until 2028.
The three-year deals were brokered by Pitch International, the UK-based sports marketing agency that sells global rights to the FA Cup on behalf of the English Football Association.
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The iconic competition will be broadcast co-exclusively on Eurosport, the WBD-owned pan-European sports broadcaster, and DAZN from this season until the 2027–28 campaign.
Over 70 live matches will be broadcast this season.
The new deal strengthens and extends the partnership between WBD and DAZN, which was recently renewed.
As part of their carriage agreement, Warner Bros. Discovery entertainment content will soon be available on DAZN, in addition to the full Eurosport offering.
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By GlobalDataSeveral Italian internationals will feature in the FA Cup, including Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Federico Chiesa (Liverpool), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham Hotspur), and Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United).
Alessandro Araimo, CEO Warner Bros. Discovery Italy & Iberia, has said: “Sport represents one of the strategic assets of our group. The partnership with DAZN marks another important step forward.”
In August, DAZN also secured rights for the FA Cup in Germany for the next three seasons.
In terms of other recent FA Cup deals, M Plus, the live sports streaming platform in Macau, acquired exclusive rights in the market also through the 2027-28 season.
Domestically, meanwhile, TNT Sports (the pay-TV platform in the UK owned by WBD), will share live FA Cup rights from this season through 2028-29 with the BBC, the public-service broadcaster.
