US Soccer Moves to Turner Sports, TBS, HBO Max in Eight-Year Deal Set to Begin in 2023

The World Cups will continue to be streamed on Fox Sports through 2026.

Published 5 mins agoU.S. National Team Soccer has signed an eight-year deal giving Turner Sports, TBS and HBO Max streaming rights to its English-language coverage beginning in 2023.

This deal does not apply to the next three World Cups as those rights remain in the hands of Fox Sports through the 2026 men’s tournament. However, national team friendlies, SheBelieves Cup and World Cup qualifiers are just some of the contests included in the deal going forward. The deal, set to begin in 2023, reportedly runs for eight years and costs around $200 million. ESPN and Fox previously held broadcasting rights through 2022.

Turner and HBO are both owned by Warner Media. The entertainment conglomerate is expected to merge with Discovery in a $43 billion deal sometime in the second fiscal quarter, with March 11 recentlyHBO Max already operates as a streaming service for HBO content and it’s expected that the merger could produce a larger streaming service intended to compete with Netflix, Disney Plus and Peacock. No Spanish-language deal has been announced at this time.

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