United and DIRECTV are teaming up to enable passengers to watch live streaming TV on Starlink-enabled seatback screens through July 20, which will allow soccer fans to catch all the action from FIFA World Cup through the last match on up to 150 Starlink-enabled aircraft.
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Through DIRECTV and BBC, United customers on these aircraft have free access to more than a dozen live TV channels, including FOX, Fox Sports 1, Apple F1, ABC, ESPN, TNT, CNN, CBS, NBC, TBS and BBC News, offering live soccer, sports, news, weather, business and entertainment.
In 2024, United set a new standard of inflight connectivity by signing the industry’s largest agreement of its kind with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s fast, reliable Wi-Fi service to the airline’s mainline and regional aircraft fleet, for free for MileagePlus members.
Today, Starlink is active on more than 400 United mainline and United Express aircraft, and the carrier expects to outfit its entire fleet before the end of 2027.
