Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has today announced that their IPTV box and service, which is typically bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, Connect Fibre, CommunityFibre and others, will benefit from a new collaboration with the FIFA+ streaming platform that will bring “unparalleled access to free, high-quality football content” to users of the service.
The agreement will see FIFA+ support being added to their platform, starting with the UK and Ireland “this month“, followed by France and other regions across Europe. Netgem users in the UK will thus get access to FIFA+’s content, including original documentaries such as Ronaldinho: The Happiest Man in the World, Captains, and Golden Boot. Fans can also re-live iconic moments from past FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup
tournaments, all available on-demand, among various other content.
The set-top-boxes Netgem provide – like the Netbox 4K (inc. HDR, bluetooth pairing, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB and Dolby Atmos sound) – tend to be similar to some of those supplied by rival video streaming companies and include an often familiar array of premium content, apps (iPlayer, itvx, 5, UKTV play, Amazon Prime Video etc.), live TV channels (Freeview) and catch-up content.
Sylvain Thevenot, Chief Commercial & Customer Officer at Netgem, said:
“We are thrilled to partner with FIFA+ to bring free, premium sports content to our users. This collaboration reinforces our dedication to providing a comprehensive and engaging entertainment experience, with a focus on delivering high-quality content at no extra cost to our audience, and further enhances the value we bring to our operator partners.”
We’re not so sure if this really does qualify as “free, premium sports content“, but it’s otherwise worth noting that FIFA+ can also be accessed by lots of different platforms too (as well as a regular web browser).