Watching Serie A and Champions League on TV: Costs Rise for 2026/27
Italian football fans will have to spend more money to watch Serie A and Champions League matches during the 2026/27 season.
Serie A is Italy's top professional football league, while the Champions League is Europe's most important club competition.
According to reports, Dazn, the streaming platform that broadcasts Serie A, is expanding its coverage for the coming season. This expansion is expected to increase costs for viewers.
A well-known football TV programme, 'Quelli che il calcio', is also returning. The show has been popular with Italian fans for many years.
Serie A has become a very valuable league, generating around 900 million euros through its broadcasting rights. These are the agreements that allow TV companies to show matches to viewers.
The league is now preparing a new tender for its next TV rights deal. A tender is a process where companies compete to offer the best deal for broadcasting rights.
As the new season approaches, many supporters are asking exactly how much they will need to pay this year. Reports suggest that overall costs for following Italian football on TV will rise compared to previous seasons.
The changes reflect a wider trend in European football, where the value of television deals continues to grow. Leagues and clubs increasingly depend on this revenue to remain financially competitive.
For now, exact prices for the different subscription packages have not been confirmed, but fans should expect higher overall costs when the new season begins.
Vocabulary10 words
- Serie A
- Italy's top professional football league
- Champions League
- Europe's main club football competition
- Dazn
- a company that streams sports online
- streaming platform
- a service that shows shows or sports over the internet
- broadcasting rights
- legal permission to show events on TV or online
- tender
- a process where companies compete for a contract
- subscription
- a payment made regularly to use a service
- revenue
- money that a business earns
- financially competitive
- able to compete well because of enough money
- coverage
- how much of an event is shown or reported
Quiz
Answer key
1. They will increase 2. Expanding its coverage 3. About 900 million euros
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Italian football fans will have to spend more _____ to watch Serie A and Champions League matches.
Serie A is Italy's top professional football _____.
Dazn, the streaming platform that broadcasts Serie A, is _____ its coverage for the coming season.
A well-known football TV _____, 'Quelli che il calcio', is also returning.
Serie A has become a very valuable league, generating around 900 million euros through its broadcasting _____.
The league is now preparing a new _____ for its next TV rights deal.
Reports suggest that overall costs for following Italian football on TV will _____.
Leagues and clubs increasingly depend on this _____ to remain financially competitive.
Fans should expect higher overall _____ when the new season begins.