If you love international soccer, your prayers have been answered. Now you finally can see the best games from La Liga, the Italian, French, and Mexican leagues; as well as World Cup qualifying matches from most nations, for free, on your phone. go90 is a free, mobile-first, social entertainment platform that makes it easy and fun to discover, enjoy and share great content. Available on iOS and Android, go90 is part of the Verizon Communications family of companies. Built for the next generation, the App brings together networks, distributors, creators, audiences and brands to deliver great experiences for the next generation, including content from beIN SPORTS and Univision Communications. This past weekend you could have enjoyed ‘El Clasico’ between Real Madrid and F.C Barcelona. You can download the go90 here, or go to iTunes or the Play store.

beIN SPORTS, the international sports network, has entered a new content distribution agreement with go90, giving customers access to live international soccer and more. This agreement will considerably increase the number of Verizon customers that have access to the network on both FiOS and mobile and represents the highest level of national penetration achieved by the network to date.

beIN SPORTS content is available in both English and Spanish reaching the majority of Verizon’ FiOS 5.8 million customers. beIN SPORTS will now be available through Verizon FiOS’ “Preferred” package and can be accessed on channel 805, while beIN SPORTS en Español will now be available through the “Extreme” package on channel 1538.

beIN SPORTS will feature over 500 premium events and programs a year in both English and Spanish that will be available to all go90 users. Users can expect the kind of high-quality European soccer and premium sports coverage that U.S. fans have become increasingly passionate about. beIN sports exclusively broadcasts over 1,000 matches per year across La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1, home to some of the best teams in the world including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.

“To connect with audiences, content is king, and this agreement with Verizon and go90 provides new and existing viewers with access to the leading soccer and international sporting events on the most penetrated tiers,” said Yousef Al-Obaidly, Managing Director of beIN SPORTS. “This deal allows us to not only reach a larger fan base through our linear TV channels, but also mobile—giving our viewers a new option in addition to beIN SPORTS CONNECT to conveniently access our content through their mobile phones with the go90 app.”

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“Being able to work with beIN to bring such a huge amount of live soccer coverage to our go90 audience is awesome, ” said Brian Angiolet, Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing of go90. “There’s no question that some of the best soccer in the world is being made available on go90, but we’re aiming to break down a barrier for superfans of other sports, such as motorsports, tennis, rugby, volleyball, and boxing, too.”

Univision Communications, the leading media company serving Hispanic America, which includes the No. 1 U.S. Hispanic multi-platform web property, also partnered with Verizon to feature in its go90 mobile first entertainment platform a mix of UCI’s entertainment, sports and video on demand (VOD) content. The partnership furthers UCI’s reach among mobile multicultural millennial audiences by providing them with access to content through their mobile phones, when and where they want to consume it, as well as increased engagement through social media.

Video from a variety of Univision’s programming will be available on go90. A selection of live Liga MX matches as well as its latest primetime novelas will be accessible for streaming on go90 by Verizon Wireless customers. All go90 users will also be able to enjoy Flama, Univision’s digital network, which is produced in association with Bedrocket Media and features content created by, for and with Hispanic Millennials with a focus on comedy and culture, and Univision News including “news clips of the day” from Univision’s awardwinning news team.

“With Hispanic smartphone penetration at 82%, and app engagement levels that are 18% higher than the general population, go90 is an ideal way for us to further serve our highly engaged digital audiences,” said Tonia O’Connor, president of Content Distribution and Corporate Business Development, Univision Communications. “We applaud Verizon for its innovation in building a robust mobile platform and for recognizing the opportunity that comes with an investment in Hispanic consumers.”

Terry Denson, vice president of content acquisition and strategy for Verizon said: “Video consumption on mobile devices continues to grow and Hispanics lead that trend. Univision is the leader in delivering soughtafter content for consumers as well as incredible reach for distributors and advertisers. By offering the best representation of Univision’s sports, news and entertainment properties to all go90 users, go90 establishes itself as the categorical leader of multicultural and millennial content.”

go90 will offer users live events, prime-time TV, best-of-the-web and original series across Comedy, Music, Gaming, Lifestyle, Sports, News and Entertainment and boasts 15 of the 30 most-viewed network shows and 9 of the 15 most-viewed shows on the web with fresh new content added to the platform regularly.

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