How We Verify What We Publish
Every site in this space says it is accurate. Very few explain how they know. This page is that explanation, including the parts that are unflattering.
The sourcing standard
Facts on this site come from, in order of preference:
- The service's own pages. Official pricing pages, official sport line-ups, official help centres. If a service publishes what it carries and what it costs, that beats anything written about it.
- Rights holders and governing bodies. League announcements, broadcaster press releases, tournament organisers. These are the primary source for who holds which rights.
- Reputable trade press — broadcasting and sports business publications. Used mainly for deals that have been announced but not yet reflected on a consumer-facing page.
- General news. Only where the above are unavailable, and labelled as such.
What we do not use as a source: other streaming guide sites. That is how errors propagate — one site states something wrong, ten copy it, and within a year it is the consensus.
What we do when we are not sure
This is the part that matters most, because it is where most guides quietly fail.
When we cannot confirm something, we do one of three things, and never a fourth. We either leave it out, or we state it with a visible mark indicating that the detail is volatile and worth re-checking, or we say plainly that sources disagree and give both versions. What we do not do is pick the more confident-sounding version and move on.
What is volatile and what is not
Some things on this site are stable and some are not, and it is worth being honest about which is which.
| Type of fact | How stable |
|---|---|
| Which broadcaster holds a major league in a major market | Usually stable for multi-year deal cycles. Premier League rights in the UK run to 2029, for example. |
| Subscription prices | Unstable. Prices move several times a year, and mid-contract increases are normal. |
| Whether a free trial exists | Very unstable. Services add and remove trials without announcement. |
| Free tiers | Very unstable. Peacock's free tier disappeared; DAZN's is still running. There is no pattern to it. |
| Whether a service operates in a country at all | Mostly stable, but services do enter and exit markets. DAZN has done both repeatedly. |
| Which league a service carries in a specific country | Unstable and the single most common source of wrong advice online. |
What we do not claim
We do not claim to have tested any service. We have not opened accounts, paid for subscriptions, measured stream quality or compared buffering. Some sites do all of that and their testing is genuine. Ours is not a testing methodology, it is a sourcing methodology, and pretending otherwise would be a lie of exactly the kind this site exists to avoid.
What we do claim is that the facts here trace to a source, that uncertainty is marked rather than hidden, and that when we get something wrong we will fix it rather than quietly delete it.
If you find an error
Please tell us. A source link is helpful but not required — if something looks wrong, that is worth knowing even without a citation. Rights holders and broadcasters are welcome to contact us directly about misattributed coverage.