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Special relationship: BBC Sport pres director for the 2026 FA Cup final Sarah Williams on working with host broadcaster TNT SportsThe FA Cup final on Saturday 16 May is set to be a clash of titans as Manchester City and Chelsea battle on the pitch to be crowned the champions. At Wembley Stadium, host broadcaster and pay TV provider TNT...
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Pitch International kicks off cloud-based FA Cup distribution in partnership with Synamedia and GlobecastLondon-based sports marketing agency Pitch International has gone live with cloud-based distribution of FA Cup matches with the help of Globecast and Synamedia. Using Synamedia’s Quortex Link cloud distribution platform, integrated with Globecast’s managed services platform, broadcasters now have the choice to receive matches over either IP or satellite for the first time. ...
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TNT Sports’ head of football Pete Thomas contemplates his first few months on the jobPete Thomas, TNT Sports’ head of football, has now been in the job for eight months and is embarking on a frantic FA Cup season for both the men’s and women’s games. On his first few months leading up to...
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FA and TNT Sports strike four-year FA Cup dealThe FA and TNT Sports have agreed a new four-year domestic broadcast deal for the Emirates FA Cup from the 2025/26 season onwards, with a commitment to air more games than ever before across both TNT Sports and free-to-air. The...
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Power to the people: How the sound of the FA Cup tells storiesWe all love an underdog, and the FA Cup is all about the underdog. Established in 1871, the FA Cup is not only the oldest football knockout competition in the world, but is also open to every single club in...
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ITV Sport snaps up joint FA Cup broadcast rights in four-year dealITV has picked up the joint TV rights for the FA Cup in a deal that will see it share coverage with BBC Sport, meaning that the entire competition will be available free-to-air. The new four-year deal with The Football...
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FA Cup Final 2019: BBC Sport to use single production workflow for both SDR broadcast and UHD HDR streamThis weekend's FA Cup Final at Wembley between Manchester City and Watford is going to be a one-sided affair, if the bookies are to be believed. And if they're right (Watford are currently 14/1 to lift the trophy), the result...
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Editec doubles up on I-MOVIX Sprintcams for Europe League, FA CupSIS Live, working with ITV Sport, took two of Editec’s I-MOVIX Sprintcams to Bucharest, Romania, to add ultra-slow-motion replay facilities to the Europa League finals. Editec supplied on-site support for the event to assist with installation and technical familiarisation. Since...
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ESPN coverage of FA Cup Final an All Day, All HD affairThe FA Cup Final was at one time a big day for British sports broadcasters but in recent years it has been overshadowed by coverage of the Premier League and Champions League. ESPN looked to restore the event to its...
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FA Cup the springboard as ESPN plots Premier League expansionWith the FA Cup on Saturday, the Guardian's Owen Gibson reports on ESPN's continued rise in the UK and the possibility that the Disney-owned sports giant will use its coverage of the FA Cup as a springboard during the next...
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The FA Cup according to ESPNThe FA Cup reaches its fifth round this weekend, and ESPN, which co-broadcasts the tournament with ITV, will be showing three of the matches live, including Sunday’s games at Crawley (capacity: 4996) and Liverpool (capacity: 45,362). For Jeroen Oerlemans, Head...
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The FA Cup according to ITVAfter a few years where the lustre was taken off the trophy due to football’s money all moving elsewhere, the FA Cup – the oldest football competition in the world – is once more back in the nation’s consciousness, partly...
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