UEFA Champions League broadcasting rights revenues explained

BT Sport and Footballs
Friday, 08 August 2014 By Daniel Geey
In November 2013, BT won the exclusive rights to show 350 live Champions League and Europa League matches in the UK for three seasons from the 2015-16 season. BT paid around £900m to UEFA for the live rights. Previously, Sky and ITV (who are the current incumbents) paid just under £400m.
This deal is different to past agreements with UEFA who had previously split the exclusive rights between two broadcasters. This time, BT won all the available packages with the consequence that for the first time, no live Champions League or Europa League action will be available on UK terrestrial TV. It has been reported however that each UK club, once a season, will be screened free of charge on the BT platform including both Champions League and Europa League finals too.

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Daniel is a Partner in the Sport Group.

Daniel’s practice focuses on helping clients in the sports sector, including rights holders, leagues, governing bodies, clubs, agencies, athletes, sports technology companies, broadcasters and financial institutions.

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Comments (2)

  • James

    • 11 August 2014 at 16:36
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    Your table at the bottom is in GBP but should be in EUR.

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    • Sean Cottrell

      • 19 August 2014 at 15:56
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      Thank you for spotting this and bringing this to our attention. You were correct and we have now amended this to show EUR.

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