ITV lands exclusive England football rights...

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ITV has landed exclusive rights to all England's international qualifying matches, home and away, for Euro 2016 and World Cup 2018.



An extension of the broadcaster's commitment to providing free-to-air coverage of the England football team, this will be the first time in a number of years that a single broadcaster has shown all England's qualifying games for consecutive tournaments.

ITV has held the rights to England's home games since 2008 and, since 2009, the team's home and away friendly matches. This new deal extends their coverage to all away internationals.

The new deal also includes the rights to 20 non-home nation qualifying games, which will air on ITV4.

ITV's director of television Peter Fincham said: "Bringing viewers exclusive live coverage of each key England international match is hugely important to ITV and means football fans will be able to watch for free England's progress both at home and abroad as they attempt to qualify for the final stages of these tournaments."

ITV's other football coverage, which is anchored by Adrian Chiles, includes FA Cup matches and exclusive free-to-air broadcasting of the Champions League.

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Shame Adrian Chiles is fronting it.