Blocked broadcasting hours defined
Article summary
The audiovisual and radio transmission regulations of UEFA member associations.
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Article body
Article 48 of the UEFA Statutes deals with the audiovisual and radio transmission regulations of national associations.
Updated information
As part of the service for national associations and their broadcasters, the UEFA legal affairs unit provides an updated list of the blocked broadcasting hours.
IX. Media: Audiovisual and radio transmissions
Article 48: Exclusive rights
1. UEFA and the member associations shall have the exclusive rights to broadcast and use, as well as to authorise their broadcast or use by picture, sound or other data carriers of any kind (including data carriers that have yet to be developed), matches which come within their jurisdiction, either live or recorded, in whole or as excerpts.
Regulations
2. The UEFA Executive Committee shall issue regulations governing the implementation of these rights.
Article 48.2
Implementing regulations (Article 3)
Decision on blocked hours by the national associations
All times CET
The Football Association (England)
| Saturdays | 'Blocked hours' granted |
| Each Saturday, 23 August 2025 – 25 April 2026 (inclusive), but excluding the following Saturdays: | 15:45 – 18:15 |
| 6 September 2025 | |
| 20 September 2025 | |
| 11 October 2025 | |
| 15 November 2025 | |
| 27 December 2025 | |
| 3 January 2026 | |
| 10 January 2026 | |
| 15 February 2026 | |
| 7 March 2026 | |
| 28 March 2026 | |
| 4 April 2026 |
The Scottish Football Association (Scotland)
| Saturdays | 'Blocked hours' granted |
| Each Saturday, 23 August 2025 – 25 April 2026 (inclusive), but excluding the following Saturdays: | 15:45 – 18:15 |
| 6 September 2025 | |
| 20 September 2025 | |
| 11 October 2025 | |
| 15 November 2025 | |
| 27 December 2025 | |
| 3 January 2026 | |
| 28 March 2026 |
The Irish Football Association (Northern Ireland)Saturdays 'Blocked hours' granted Each Saturday, 23 August 2025 – 25 April 2026 (inclusive), but excluding the following Saturdays: 15:45 – 18:15 6 September 2025 20 September 2025 11 October 2025 15 November 2025 27 December 2025 3 January 2026 21 March 2026 28 March 2026 4 April 2026