TNT Sports has agreed to show selected matches from the Women’s Champions League as part of a sublicensing agreement with rival DAZN.
DAZN remains the only place to broadcast all 61 matches as the “Home of Women’s Football”. The broadcaster has been streaming the games for free on YouTube as part of a plan to grow the support. It had been anticipated that the sport would move behind the DAZN paywall from this season.
TNT Sports has licenced the rights from DAZN to co-broadcast one game per match week during the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage as well as each quarter-final, semi-final, and the final itself.
Under the same licence agreement with DAZN, TNT Sports will screen one game a week from the top flight leagues from, Division 1 Arkema (France), Liga F (Spain) as well as the Google Pixel Frauen Bundesliga (Germany). Coverage begins with the women’s El Clásico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF from the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Sunday 19 November.
Trojan Paillot, SVP Sports Rights Acquisitions and Syndication, Warner Bros. Discovery Europe, said: “As a multi-sport broadcaster, it is our responsibility to reflect the diversity of our audiences and society. Our mission is to bring parity to live coverage of world-class sport irrespective of gender and we have made it our mission to illuminate the stories of female athletes all year-round.”
TNT Sports’ coverage of both women’s European and domestic club football will strengthen its portfolio of premium rights in the UK and Ireland that includes the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, Ligue 1 (France) and Serie A (Italy).
Its coverage of womens sport also includes the recently-announced Premiership Women’s Rugby competition (via TNT Sports) as well as every point from every match at the Australian Open and Roland-Garros Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the Tour de France Femmes and 100% of cycling’s women’s World Tour (via Eurosport).
