The Dutch league, and the UK rights that quietly changed hands
The Eredivisie — the Dutch top flight, home of Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord — has a steady UK following, and for good reason: it is a technical, attacking, goal-rich league, geographically close, and a long-standing pipeline of talent into the Premier League. UK fans follow it to watch the next generation before they arrive in England, and to follow the storied clubs with deep European pedigree. But the UK "where to watch" answer has changed, and a lot of older guides still point at the previous rights holder.
Here is the current, verified picture for 2025-26. The Eredivisie's UK and Ireland live rights are now held by TrillerTV+, the streaming service, which carries the bulk of the fixtures with English commentary under an IMG-brokered deal. Premier Sports, the pay-TV broadcaster, carries a smaller selection — around two matches per round — across its Premier Sports channels and the Premier Player app. The key correction for many UK fans is that TrillerTV+ is the current UK rights holder for the Dutch top flight; if you were looking for the league elsewhere based on an older arrangement, this is the route now. The 2025-26 Eredivisie season runs from August 2025 to May 2026.
TrillerTV+: the current UK & Ireland live rights holder
TrillerTV+, the streaming service, holds the current Eredivisie live rights for the UK and Ireland for 2025-26, brokered by IMG, and it is the primary route to the Dutch top flight in the UK. TrillerTV+ carries the bulk of the Eredivisie fixtures — the comprehensive live slate — with English-language commentary built for the UK and Irish audience. For a UK fan who wants to follow the Eredivisie week to week, TrillerTV+ is the route that carries most of the matches.
TrillerTV+ is a streaming-only service — no satellite dish, no cable box — which suits the modern UK viewer watching on a phone, tablet, smart TV or streaming stick. It runs on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Chromecast, smart TVs and the web. Check TrillerTV+'s current UK pricing at sign-up; it sells subscription plans and the Eredivisie sits within its football offering.
The English commentary is the key UK-audience feature — this is coverage produced for British and Irish viewers, not a re-broadcast Dutch feed. For comprehensive live Eredivisie coverage in the UK in 2025-26, TrillerTV+ is the primary subscription to look at.
Premier Sports: the pay-TV route for a selection of fixtures
Premier Sports, the UK and Ireland pay-TV broadcaster, carries a selection of Eredivisie fixtures — around two matches per round — across its Premier Sports 1 and Premier Sports 2 channels and the Premier Player streaming app. This is not the comprehensive route TrillerTV+ provides; it is a curated pick of the round's fixtures, typically the most attractive matchups, broadcast on a traditional pay-TV channel.
For a UK fan who already subscribes to Premier Sports for its other football and sport — it carries a range of leagues and competitions — the Eredivisie matches are a bonus within an existing subscription, watchable on the TV channels or via Premier Player on streaming devices. Check Premier Sports' current UK pricing; it is sold as a standalone subscription and is also available as an add-on through some TV platforms.
The practical way to think about the two routes: TrillerTV+ for the comprehensive live Eredivisie slate, Premier Sports for around two marquee matches a round within a broader pay-TV package. A fan whose interest is specifically the Dutch league will find TrillerTV+ the fuller route; a fan who already has Premier Sports gets a useful selection without a second subscription.
Is the Eredivisie free to watch in the UK?
Not live. The live Eredivisie matches in the UK sit behind paid subscriptions — TrillerTV+ for the comprehensive slate, or Premier Sports for its selection of around two matches a round. There is no free-to-air UK broadcaster carrying live Eredivisie football in 2025-26.
What is free: highlights and clips on the Eredivisie's and the clubs' official YouTube and social channels, accessible in the UK. The marquee fixtures — the Klassieker (Ajax versus Feyenoord) and the big PSV matches — generate extensive free highlight content within hours of full-time. But for live matches, a paid subscription is required.
The cheapest comprehensive route is generally TrillerTV+, since it carries the bulk of the fixtures within a single football-focused streaming subscription — check its current UK pricing. Premier Sports makes more sense for a fan who already has it for other sport and is happy with around two Eredivisie matches a round. For the full Dutch-league experience in the UK, TrillerTV+ is the route to price up first.
UK kick-off times and the Klassieker
The Netherlands runs on Central European Time, one hour ahead of the UK. The Eredivisie plays most of its matches in the Dutch weekend afternoon and evening, which lands at a near-perfect time for UK viewers — the one-hour difference means kick-off times are very close to UK domestic football slots.
A typical Eredivisie Saturday or Sunday evening kick-off (around 8:00 p.m. local) airs at 7:00 p.m. UK time — a comfortable UK evening watch. The earlier weekend fixtures (around 4:30 p.m. local) air at 3:30 p.m. UK time, slotting neatly alongside the UK Saturday-afternoon football rhythm. This close alignment is part of why the Eredivisie is such an easy league for UK fans to follow: no awkward time zones, no overnight viewing — just continental football an hour offset from the domestic schedule.
The Klassieker — Ajax versus Feyenoord — is the headline fixture, the most intense rivalry in Dutch football, and it draws the widest UK audience of any Eredivisie match. It is carried on the live routes above. Check Matchcast for the exact UK kick-off time of every Eredivisie fixture, with the broadcast listing on each match page.