BBC launches four YouTube football shows, adds Frank and Keane to MOTD — SkimNews
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- BBC Sport is launching four new YouTube formats — FANS², The Truth About Football, Golden Goal and Football Hub — on its BBC Football YouTube channel for the new season.
- Toby Alderweireld, Robbie Keane, Ashley Young and Thomas Frank will join Match of the Day as pundits, bolstering an existing lineup that includes Wayne Rooney, Micah Richards, Alan Shearer, Joe Hart and Danny Murphy.
- BBC Radio 5 Live will broadcast live commentary of 209 Premier League matches this season, alongside Champions League, Scottish Premiership, FA Cup, League Cup and international coverage.
- BBC will air two FA Cup matches per round, one weekly Bundesliga match, and one weekly Serie A match, with BBC ALBA carrying 19 live Serie A fixtures and BBC Sport streaming another 19 live on iPlayer.
- BBC Sport NI has secured a new three-year broadcast agreement with the Irish FA and NIFL, guaranteeing every Northern Ireland senior men's international is televised free-to-air through June 2028.
- Director of sport Alex Kay-Jelski said the season's coverage puts 'fans even more firmly at the heart of the game' by pairing former players' expertise with supporter perspectives via the BBC Sport Fan Collective.
Why it matters: BBC is pushing its football coverage heavily onto YouTube and free streaming while expanding free-to-air access — 209 Premier League radio games plus weekly Bundesliga, Serie A and FA Cup fixtures — making it the widest free football offering in the UK. The Fan Collective formalizes fan voice into programming, signaling BBC wants younger, digital-first audiences rather than relying solely on traditional MOTD ratings.
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