Ziggo Sport makes more European football than ever available to the whole of the Netherlands

From August Ziggo Sport has the exclusive broadcasting rights for the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League for three years. This brings the three major European club competitions under one roof for the first time. The sports channel offers Dutch football fans more than 500 live football matches per year. The football matches of participating Dutch clubs and the three finals remain free to watch for all football fans throughout the Netherlands.

Ziggo customers can watch a match of a Dutch club or another top match every match evening on channel 14 of the standard package. If two Dutch clubs play at the same time, channel 13 is also used. The three finals can also be seen on channel 14.

Football fans who do not want to miss a single live match can watch via the extra channel package Ziggo Sport Totaal, available from Ziggo, KPN, Odido, Canal Digitaal, Tele2 and Delta, among others.

Ziggo Sports Free
Football fans without Ziggo or Ziggo Sport Totaal get free access to the football matches of the participating Dutch clubs and the finals with a Ziggo Sport Free account. They can watch at home or on the road via the Ziggo GO app (on smart TV, tablet and smartphone) or online via ziggogo.tv (laptop/PC). Anyone can easily sign up to access multiple devices with one account.

Ziggo GO app
The Ziggo GO app is available to everyone for free from today in the App store (Apple) and Google Play (Android) and works on various smart TVs, including all devices with Android TV 5.0 and higher. The Ziggo GO app for smart TVs from Samsung (Tizen 5.0 and higher) and LG (webOS 5.0 and higher) will be available in the coming months, well before the start of the new football season.

In addition, viewers can install the Ziggo GO app on external media players, such as Apple TV, Google TV and Amazon Fire TV stick. The app also works on various new media boxes from other providers that run on Android TV. It is also possible to stream the matches to TV via Airplay and Chromecast.

To be in time for the first matches in August, viewers can now create a free Ziggo Sport Free account at ziggo.nl/uefa and then download the Ziggo GO app. Until the matches start in August, everyone can temporarily watch Ziggo Sport programs via the app.

Installation and support
“Where, when and with what we watch television is changing rapidly,” says Fleur van Beem, Director of Strategy at VodafoneZiggo and responsible for Ziggo Sport. “The method of broadcasting European matches – linear and streaming via an app – fits in with this changing viewing behavior and the development of new technology. Today, millions of households already watch television via Ziggo GO every day. At the same time, we realize that there are football fans for whom watching via an app still takes some getting used to. That is why we provide extensive information, clear instructions and personal support, including in the form of instructional videos, step-by-step plans, guidance in our stores and telephone or digital assistance from our customer service.”