David Farnor | On 29, May 2020

ITV’s replay of Euro 96 has scored more than half a million streams online, as sports fans tuned in to relive the football tournament.

With Euro 2020 postponed for 12 months, ITV raided its archives to provide football fans with a slice of sports nostalgia. The platform unearthed every match from 1996’s tournament, hosted in England, for Euro 96 Relived, making available on the ITV Hub all 31 games from one of the most closely contested tournaments in recent history. ITV4 has also been playing out the five games that featured the England football team.

The matches hit viewing figure peaks of 1.1 million (Scotland v England – the highest on the channel since July 2019), 700,000 (England v Switzerland) and 500,000 (England v Netherlands) on ITV4. The tournament also found a new online audience, with more than 320,000 consumption hours via ITV Hub and nearly 600,000 streaming requests (460,000 on demand and 115,000 simulcasts).

ITV’s campaign hashtag (#Euro96Relived) received more than 150 million impressions on Twitter, reaching the No.1 trending topic in the UK three times since coverage began – for each England game. Euro 96 video clips across ITV Football social platforms also received more than four million views, with more than 14 million impressions for Euro 96 content across those platforms.

The tournament concludes today with the final (Czech Republic v Germany) at 6.30pm – just in time to pave the way for Premier League football, which is planned to resume on 17th June.

 

Euro 96 on ITV Hub: The full schedule

9th May 2020

Euro 96 will kick off once again this May, as ITV Hub raids its archives to give football fans a slice of sporting nostalgia in the absence of the postponed 2020 tournament.

Streaming every match from 1996’s tournament, hosted in England, Euro 96 Relived will take a trip down memory lane and relive all 31 games from one of the most closely contested tournaments in recent history.

ITV4 will also play out the five games that featured the England football team in some of their most memorable head to heads, as well as the final between Germany and the Czech Republic.

During Euro 96 Relived, football fans will be able to relive the drama from the epic Summer of ’96, during which host nation England fought to win the trophy, with a squad made up of sporting legends like Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, David Seaman, Stuart Pearce and Teddy Sheringham.

In the absence of live football, ITV has been broadcasting a series of classic big matches this week, including the 1987 FA Cup final, with Coventry City taking on Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal v Man United in the 1979 FA Cup final, the 1989 Liverpool v Arsenal title decider, England v Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup, and England’s game against Colombia in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

At Euro 96, Bob Wilson introduces the action in ITV’s specially-designed studio alongside a stellar panel of pundits including [yet to be Sir] Alex Ferguson, John Barnes, Jack Charlton and Glenn Hoddle, with Brian Moore in the commentary box, Gary Newbon and Gabriel Clarke on reporting duties.

The tournament will kick off (again) on Monday 11th May. Here’s the full schedule:

Monday 11th May

England v Switzerland – 6:15pm – ITV Hub & ITV4

Tuesday 12th May

Spain v Bulgaria – 1pm – ITV Hub

Germany v Czech Republic – 4pm – ITV Hub

Denmark v Portugal – 7pm – ITV Hub

Wednesday 13th May

Scotland v Netherlands – 3pm – ITV Hub

France v Romania – 7pm – ITV Hub

Thursday 14th May

Italy v Russia – 3pm – ITV Hub

Croatia v Turkey – 7pm – ITV Hub

Friday 15th May

Bulgaria v Romania – 3pm – ITV Hub

Switzerland v Netherlands – 7pm – ITV Hub

Saturday 16th May

Portugal v Turkey – 1pm – ITV Hub

Czech Republic v Italy – 7pm – ITV Hub

Sunday 17th May

France v Spain – 3pm – ITV Hub

Scotland v England – 6:45pm – ITV4 & ITV Hub

Monday 18th May

Russia v Germany – 3pm – ITV Hub

Croatia v Denmark – 7pm – ITV Hub

Tuesday 19th May

France v Bulgaria – 7pm – ITV Hub

Romania v Spain – 7pm – ITV Hub

Wednesday 20th May

Scotland v Switzerland – 7pm – ITV Hub

Netherlands v England – 6:30pm – ITV4 & ITV Hub

Thursday 21st May

Croatia v Portugal – 7pm – ITV Hub

Turkey v Denmark – 7pm – ITV Hub

Friday 22nd May

Russia v Czech Republic – 7pm – ITV Hub

Italy v Germany – 7pm – ITV Hub

Saturday 23rd May

Quarter-Final 1: Spain vs England – 6:45pm – ITV4 and ITV Hub

Sunday 24th May

Quarter-Final 2: France vs Netherlands – 3pm – ITV Hub

Monday 25th May

Quarter-Final 3: Germany vs Croatia – 3pm – ITV Hub

Tuesday 26th May

Quarter-Final 4: Czech Republic vs Portugal – 7pm – ITV Hub

Wednesday 27th May

Semi-Final 1: France vs Czech Republic – 3pm – ITV Hub

Thursday 28th May

Semi-Final 2: Germany vs England – 6:40pm – ITV4 and ITV Hub

Friday 29th May

Final: Czech Republic vs Germany – 6:40pm – ITV4 and ITV Hub

 

ITV Hub to replay Euro 96 this May

28th March 2020

With Euro 2020 postponed for 12 months, ITV Hub has raided its archives to provide football fans missing live sporting action with a slice of nostalgia as the platform unearths every match from Euro 96.

Airing from May, ITV Hub will take a trip down sporting memory lane and will stream all 31 games from one of the most closely contested tournaments in recent history.

1996 was the last time England reached the semifinals of the European Championships and remains fondly remembered thanks to Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ chart-topping anthem Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home).

Football fans will be able to relive the drama from the epic Summer of 1996, during which host nation England fought to bring the trophy back home, with a squad made up of sporting legends Alan Shearer, David Seaman, Paul Gascoigne, Sol Campbell and Teddy Sheringham.

ITV4 will also play out the five games that featured the England football team in some of their most memorable head-to-heads, as well as the final between Germany and the Czech Republic.

Paul Mortimer, ITV’s Head of Digital Channels & Acquisitions, says: “Nothing brings the country together like Euro fever, and with this year’s tournament postponed to 2021, we’re giving our audience a chance to relive one of the all-time great sporting events, Euro ’96. Thanks to the ITV Hub and ITV4, there’ll be no shortage of vintage football classics for fans to indulge in over the next few months.”

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