Football fans tuning into ITV’s HD channels had been left livid when there was no sound to their coverage of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday afternoon
ITV’s coverage had no sound(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA, Getty Images)
Arsenal and Man City fans had been left livid on social media as ITV’s coverage of the Carabao Cup final was left with out sound.
Fans took to X, previously recognized as Twitter, to vent their frustration forward of kick-off. ITV’s coverage started at 3:30pm, nevertheless it was with out sound on their HD channel, with fans reporting ITV1 was working with sound.
“An interesting choice from ITV to broadcast the League Cup final coverage without sound,” one fan fumed. While a second shared: “ITV. Really looking forward to watching the Carabao Cup Final: Arsenal vs Manchester City. But the ITV technicians have not bothered to examine for sound??”
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“ITV says no live commentary today lads only live subtitles,” a 3rd joked. As a fourth posted: “If Gary Neville is on commentary I’m quite happy for ITV to not fix the audio…”
And one other added: “Are ITV going hand in hand with Sky sports for the football this afternoon? Did Sky turn round and say they can have the pictures, but they can’t have the sound as well?”
ITV are broadcasting the final after a sub-licensing settlement, reached in 2024, permitted a choice of EFL and Carabao Cup matches to be aired on terrestrial tv alongside Sky Sports’ personal complete coverage.
That deal is reportedly valued at roughly £15 million.
And the extra earnings from ITV helps enhance the monetary distribution to all 72 EFL golf equipment, supporting the broader English soccer pyramid past the Premier League.
While ITV is providing the free-to-air different, Sky, as the first rights holder, are additionally broadcasting each single match of the event – together with the final – stay throughout its numerous channels and the Sky Sports+ platform.
