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IFollow to be available in the UK except for Saturday 3pm kick-offs

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Following iFollow’s successful introduction in 2017/18 for supporters based overseas, enhancements are being introduced to the live streaming platform ahead of the start of the new campaign at no extra cost to viewers.
Improved production values are being implemented across the online broadcasting service, providing clubs with the scope to introduce bespoke commentary as well as on-screen graphics. Some midweek Championship matches will also benefit from a four-camera setup while additional enhancements to iFollow include more in-game statistics via the app, mobile/desktop websites and an improved match centre.
Prices for the platform have been frozen at £110 for the season for overseas viewers, and International Season Pass subscriptions are on sale as of today.
To purchase a season pass, please click here.
In a second development, and in what is a first for English football, some Sky Bet EFL matches will also be made available to watch to supporters within the UK and Ireland throughout the 2018/19 season, via iFollow.
This development has been made possible due to the new broadcast agreement with Sky which was agreed last year, whereby EFL clubs have been granted the rights to stream games to a domestic audience, in addition to their followers overseas which has been available since the start of 2017/18.
EFL clubs will be able to live-stream in the UK and Ireland any league match via their respective iFollow (or equivalent) service that takes place outside the blocked hours of 14.45-17.15 on Saturday afternoons and that is not broadcast live on Sky Sports.
Fixtures taking place on Bank Holidays or Easter will be unavailable for streaming. Sky Sports will have the right to stream the same Championship fixtures to subscribers across their interactive and digital services.
Details of how to access EFL matches domestically will be announced in due course.

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£10 a game in the UK - it will be 6euros for those of us not at the game and in ahem Spain

The first EFL fixtures to be domestically streamed to fans (behind a paywall) based in the UK and Ireland have been confirmed today for the opening weeks of the 2018/19 season.

EFL matches across all three divisions are being made available to domestic supporters for the first time this season, following a successful introduction for overseas viewers throughout 2017/18 campaign, where matches were broadcast via iFollow into 165 countries worldwide.

*The first Blackpool match to be streamed in the UK on iFollow comes against Coventry City at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday 21 August, 2018. To purchase a match pass, please click here.

The platform will now enable domestic supporters the opportunity to watch their team during the EFL season at a cost of just £10 per match in an extension of what has already proved a popular service for EFL supporters.

Sheffield United’s visit to Middlesbrough on Tuesday 7 August will be the first Sky Bet EFL match ever broadcast via the live streaming platform to supporters within the UK and Ireland, via iFollow Blades, as well as Middlesbrough’s own streaming platform.

Matches will then follow across all three divisions, with a tantalising set of midweek fixtures available to domestic subscribers taking place on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 August. Highlights include Paul Warne’s Rotherham United hosting Hull City in the Sky Bet Championship, Burton Albion travelling to Bradford City in League One and Checkatrade Trophy winners Lincoln City welcoming Bury in League Two as 31 EFL fixtures are set to be streamed domestically across the two evenings.

Access to domestic live streaming must be bought on a match-to-match basis, with all eligible fixtures currently announced up until October 5 available to purchase now via each Clubs official website.

Fans in the UK and Ireland can watch live EFL league games provided that:

o They fall outside of UEFA’s Article 48 Blocked Hours (14:45-17:15 on a Saturday)

o They fall outside Bank Holidays

o They have not been selected for broadcast on Sky Sports

There have also been major improvements across the platform, with added commentary services, a new graphics package and an improved app and video player included in the 2018/19 subscription in not only the Championship, but also League One and League Two.

These developments will also benefit overseas subscribers with the enhanced production values being made in all locations, despite international prices remaining frozen from 2017/18.

Overseas supporters can watch live EFL league games provided that:

o They have not been selected for broadcast on Sky Sports or for international distribution in a territory to have an overseas broadcast partner.

Available to purchase are the following iFollow products:

· International Season Pass - £110
· International Match Pass - £5

Audio Subscribers

Audio only commentary is also available for £45 per year or £4.99 per month to both overseas supporters and those based in the UK and Ireland.

How to purchase

To purchase a match pass or to view relevant subscription information relating to iFollow click here, or visit https://www.efl.com/iFollow/.