Watching Serie A and Champions League on TV: Costs Rise for 2026/27
Football fans in Italy will pay more money next season. This is for watching Serie A and Champions League matches on TV.
Serie A is the top football league in Italy. The Champions League is a big competition for the best teams in Europe.
A TV company called Dazn shows Serie A games. Dazn is getting bigger for the new season. It will show more matches.
A popular football TV show is also coming back. It is called 'Quelli che il calcio'. Many fans like this show.
Serie A is now a very rich league. It makes 900 million euros from TV deals. Serie A is getting ready for a new TV rights deal.
TV rights means the right to show football games on television. Companies pay a lot of money for this right.
The new season starts soon. Many fans are asking how much they must pay. The price for watching football on TV is going up.
Vocabulary15 words
- Serie A
- the top football league in Italy
- Champions League
- a big football competition for top European teams
- Dazn
- a company that shows sports on TV and online
- TV rights
- the legal permission to show something on television
- broadcaster
- a company that sends out TV or radio shows
- season
- the time when a sport is played, like September to May
- competition
- an event where teams try to win
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- million
- a very big number: 1,000,000
- deal
- an agreement between two groups
- fan
- a person who likes and supports a sport or team
- match
- a game between two teams
- top
- the best or highest
- price
- how much money something costs
- money
- what people use to buy things
Quiz
Answer key
1. They will go up 2. Getting bigger 3. 900 million euros
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Football fans in Italy will pay more money next _____.
This is for watching Serie A and Champions League _____ on TV.
A TV company called _____ shows Serie A games.
Dazn is getting bigger for the new _____.
A popular football TV show is also coming _____.
Serie A is now a very rich _____.
It makes 900 million _____ from TV deals.
Serie A is getting ready for a new TV rights _____.
The price for watching football on TV is going _____.