UPDATE: In a dramatic turn of events, beIN SPORTS has lost the rights to the EFL Championship and EFL Cup to ESPN. For all of the details regarding this huge development, read our exclusive story.
The 2017/18 Championship season will be televised in the United States on beIN SPORTS after the broadcaster renewed its contract with the English Football League (EFL).
The new season of England’s second division kicks off on Friday, August 4 with Sunderland against Derby County, which will be shown live on beIN SPORTS Connect and fuboTV. The weekend action will continue with Fulham-Norwich and Aston Villa-Hull on Saturday, August 5 followed by Bolton-Leeds on Sunday, August 6.
An added complexity for the 2017/18 season is that the vast majority of clubs have signed up on a club-by-club basis to offer legal streams of every home and away league game to viewers around the world (outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland). The streaming service, named iFollow, will feature all of the league games for each participating club except for those games that are televised or streamed by beIN SPORTS in the United States.
To navigate through all of the changes, we recommend that you visit our Championship TV/streaming schedule for viewers in the USA, which will be updated weekly throughout the season with all of the links and TV details to view the matches. As of press time, the schedule for the opening weekend of the Championship has been finalized for August 4-6.
As an example, a Nottingham Forest supporter can sign up for a season pass to iFollow Forest for $140 for the entire season, which will allow him or her to stream every home and away league match during the season. Note, however, that games that will be available via beIN SPORTS will be blacked out from iFollow, so you’ll need to ensure you have a subscription to a package that includes beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS Connect for the Forest games that are shown there (fuboTV offers both beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS Connect and beIN SPORTS en Español with a 7-day free trial).
Several clubs (Birmingham City, Bristol City, Derby County, Fulham, Hull City, Leeds United, Middlesbrough, QPR, Sunderland and Wolves) have decided, as of press time, not to sign up to the iFollow service. If your club is one of those, you’ll need to check with their official club website to see if they’re planning on providing their own streaming service for international subscribers.
What about BEIN Sports Canada? There is a new sports streaming service called DAZN (Similar to Netflix) which now has almost same soccer coverage as BEIN !!! The only different is that DAZN offers on-demand games so I am not sure how many SKY Bet EFL games will be available.
Will the EFL Cup ( the league cup ) be available also
EFL sells rights in one bundle: Championship, League Cup, and promotion playoffs all included.
i want to be on nbc sports like epl soccer and possble fa cup and they might no want efl soccer to bein sports. right?
Bein Sport Connect is not available on Comcast. Yes, it can be accessed through fubo TV but fubo is not free. Why would I add an additional bill on top of my already expensive Comcast bill. fubo TV is good for cord cutters, for the rest of us, not so much.
It is sad as we approach a new football/soccer season, Bein Sports Connect does not do business with the largest cable provider in the country.
There are a couple of different options. One, you could cancel your Comcast bill and use fuboTV as your streaming service to watch all of the TV, movies and sports you like.
Two, you could cancel your Comcast subscription and choose a different TV provider such as the ones listed here that offer beIN SPORTS Connect: https://connect.beinsports.com/us/select-television-provider/
what wrong with comcast can they get make agreement on bein sports and fox sports 2
can we fix it in tv ?
Hello Christopher,
”streaming service” being the 2 key words in your reply. It is much easier and better to watch football on TV rather than on the computer. HD, bigger picture etc. I don’t mind streaming football on the computer, I use ESPN3 to watch some WC/Euro qualifiers. I recently watched the German Cup Final streaming live. I would use Bein Sports Connect to watch some Serie A football but Comcast is not available on Connect.
I cannot choose another TV provider other than DIRECTV or Dish Network. As you know Comcast is the dominant force nation wide, they don’t allow for any competition. Pick any City in the country and there is only 1 cable provider, majority Comcast over 90%
The number of choices are limited, but sometimes there are TV providers available in your area that are not cable companies. I would recommend entering your zip code at https://www.cabletv.com/ to see what providers are available in your area. You may be surprised.
Bring comcast to bein sports and fs2
Please bring back
Fulham are rolling out their service as early as tomorrow and according to the Fulham Trust supporters group, will have options, such as a season plan, mini packages and the ability to watch singke games PPV style.
Comcast needs to take beIN CONNECT and I am sure they will someday- You can always write/email to them and tell them you want it. If they get enough they will listen. Fingers crossed!