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MILLIONS are set to receive five new free-to-watch TV channels, including FIFA+, which will be music to sports-lovers' ears across the globe.

FIFA+ is now available on five new connected TV apps Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, VIDAA Channels, The Roku Channel and Rakuten TV.

Lauren James of England celebrates after scoring her team's first goal during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 on July 28, 2023 in Sydney, Australia
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Lauren James of England celebrates after scoring her team's first goal during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 on July 28, 2023 in Sydney, AustraliaCredit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

The expansion follows FIFA+’s first year in action, where it attracted 211million viewers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

The channel features live broadcasts, interviews, highlights, full match replays after 24 hours in select territories, and an extensive archive.

FIFA+ is free to watch in more than 60 countries.

Its wide availability comes with the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 fully underway.

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Samsung, LG, VIDAA, Amazon Fire, and Android TV owners will all have access to FIFA+ from today.

But millions of Samsung telly owners will be graced with an additional four Free Ad-supported Television (FAST) channels on the Korean tech giant's own streaming service, Samsung TV Plus.

Here's a full list of the new channels joining Samsung TV Plus:

  1. FIFA+
  2. DAZN FAST+ (Austria and Germany)
  3. DAZN Women's Football Channel (Australia and New Zealand)
  4. DraftKings Network (United States)
  5. Tennis Channel (UK, Austria, Germany, India, Switzerland and the Netherlands)

Samsung TV Plus is available on Galaxy phones, tablets, and smart TVs in the UK, US, Canada, France and 15 other countries.

If you want to watch Samsung TV Plus on iPhone, you'll have to cast content directly from your Samsung TV via Apple's AirPlay feature.

LG TV owners shouldn't feel left out.

Many of the DAZN channels are already available to LG owners.

Last May, LG Channels partnered with DAZN to add DAZN FAST, DAZN Rise, DAZN Combat and DAZN Women’s Football to bring these channels to viewers.

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