{"id":11925,"date":"2022-05-23T11:40:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/viaplay-picks-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:31:33","slug":"viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Viaplay Picks Up EFL Championship &amp; Carabao Cup Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viaplay is set to be the exclusive streaming home of EFL Sky Bet Championship and Carabao Cup football in ten countries.<\/p>\n<p>Through a new long-term rights agreement, Viaplay will show the competitions in every Nordic and Baltic country, Poland and the Netherlands from the 2022-23 season. Every season, more than 180 live matches from England\u2019s second tier will be shown on Viaplay, including the Sky Bet Play-Off Semi-Finals and Finals. Fans can also follow Premier League and EFL teams in every round of the Carabao Cup, culminating in a final at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Viaplay will offer local-language commentary and studio programming for selected EFL Championship and Carabao Cup matches. Viaplay has exclusive rights to show Premier League football in Sweden, Finland and Denmark and will add Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Netherlands from August.<\/p>\n<p>Peter N\u00f8rrelund, Viaplay Group\u2019s chief sports officer, said: \u201cSports fans everywhere know there\u2019s nothing like English football. Its blend of skills, passion, tradition and unpredictability makes it a winner, on and off the pitch. Viaplay already holds Premier League rights in nine countries. Securing the EFL Championship and Carabao Cup in this long-term partnership means we can offer fans great value as the home of English football, all on a single world-class platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Birch, EFL\u2019s chief executive, said: \u201cThe EFL plays a vital role in the English football pyramid and our competitions continue to have vast global appeal, attracting tens of millions of supporters every year both on-screen and through the turnstiles. Our heritage and competitiveness are unrivaled in league football, and we are delighted to partner with Viaplay in ten countries across Europe so fans can enjoy the EFL story and follow every twist and turn of the new season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viaplay is set to be the exclusive streaming home of EFL Sky Bet Championship and Carabao Cup football in ten countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":11926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2927,2928,314],"class_list":["post-11925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-carabao-cup","tag-efl-sky-bet-championship","tag-viaplay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Viaplay Picks Up EFL Championship &amp; Carabao Cup Rights - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Viaplay Picks Up EFL Championship &amp; Carabao Cup Rights - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Viaplay is set to be the exclusive streaming home of EFL Sky Bet Championship and Carabao Cup football in ten countries.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-23T15:40:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-23T16:31:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Viaplay-Rebrand-522.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/\",\"name\":\"Viaplay Picks Up EFL Championship &amp; Carabao Cup Rights - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-23T15:40:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-23T16:31:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/23\/viaplay-picks-up-efl-championship-carabao-cup-rights\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Viaplay Picks Up EFL Championship &amp; Carabao Cup Rights\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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