English FA Cup TV Rights Deals (Domestic & Overseas)
Just like Premier League, English FA Cup also have their own domestic tv deal but most of their international deals are now bundled with Premier League package and EPL is in control of FA Cup international rights in most territories. However, this was not the case until 2025 when IMG had majority of oversees rights of FA Cup. They were paying UK£100 million (US$127 million) per season to English FA. Right now as things stand, English FA sold FA Cup domestic rights to TNT Sports and some limited rights to BBC and ITV. TNT network will pay around £268 million over 4 year period making it around £67 million a year. BBC and ITV will also pay £12 million a year to English FA for secondary rights deals where they have limited excess to live matches.
How much money FA Cup generates in TV rights deals ?
As we mentioned above, English FA can generate around £180 million a year combined from domestic and international rights deals. below are the current tv rights deals and how much English FA will be earning.
| DEALS | YEARLY MONEY | TOTAL PACKAGE |
| TNT Sports (Domestic TV deal) | £67 million a year | £268 million (4 years) |
| BBC and ITV (secondary domestic tv deal) | £12 million a year | £48 million (4 years) |
| International TV rights deals (combined all territories) | £100 million a year | £600 million (6 year) |
| TOTAL | £179 million a year |
So English FA can generate around £179 million a year from FA Cup TV rights deals. Around 15% of the yearly TV money is kept by FA for administration costs. While the bigger pot goes to football development at grassroots level.
Around £20.3 million is used as FA Cup prize money every year while bigger portion of the money is used as TV payments for teams every time their game is shown live on paid or free-to-air channels in the UK.
From round 3 onwards English FA pay around £125,000 to every team which has their game shown live on TV and around £55,000 per team for matches shown on online platforms like BBC Iplayer. There are TV payments made for earlier rounds as well which are not as substantial but help the lower league clubs.
