David Beckham and his buddies will present commentary on UEFA Champions League play on Paramount+ underneath a two-year deal for an alternate telecast on the streamer.
Underneath the partnership, the “Beckham & Buddies” altcast for CBS Sports activities’ UEFA Champions League protection might be accessible as a brand new viewing choice to Paramount+ subscribers. The Beckham-led variations will stream throughout UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 matches and the UEFA Champions League Ultimate. The deal contains unique altcasts on Paramount+ in 2025 and ’26, the place Beckham might be “joined by his pals from the worlds of sports activities, media and leisure,” in keeping with Paramount.
Beckham, the now-retired English soccer famous person, made the announcement Tuesday throughout a visitor look on CBS Sports activities’ “UEFA Champions League At this time” studio present. The 2024-25 season kicks off Sept. 17 with the standard group stage part changed by a league system with 36 groups.
Beckham mentioned the “watch social gathering”-style altcast will doubtless characteristic a distinct celeb pal every time. “I really like watching the sport, and I like watching the sport in a sure method, and more often than not it’s both with my children or my pals,” Beckham mentioned about commentary. “So it’s going to be that type of factor, the place I’m sat there watching the video games, commenting on the video games, with pals, speaking concerning the sport and never generally speaking concerning the sport.”
Watch a clip of Beckham’s announcement:
Earlier Tuesday, Beckham spoke on the Royal Tv Society convention in London, the place he spoke concerning the Emmy-winning docuseries “Beckham” on Netflix, from his Studio 99 manufacturing firm. “I hated virtually each second of creating it… it was very troublesome,” he mentioned.
Beckham’s take care of Paramount+ continues the pattern of sports activities broadcasters presenting a number of variations of the identical occasion, overlaid with completely different commentator groups and different options. Probably the most distinguished within the U.S. is the “ManningCast,” ESPN’s common reside broadcast collection for NFL “Monday Battle Soccer” video games hosted by famous person brothers Peyton and Eli Manning, now in its fourth season.
Paramount+’s “Beckham & Buddies” might be produced by CBS Sports activities in collaboration with UEFA Champions League, Genuine and Relevent Sports activities Group.
UEFA Champions League is among the many 1,500-plus reside soccer matches yearly accessible on Paramount+. The service can be the streaming dwelling to CBS Sports activities’ reside sports activities lineup together with NFL, faculty soccer and basketball, golf and soccer, together with the UEFA Champions League and Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League.