Champions League: BT extends TV rights until 2021 in deal worth £1.2bn

[rowarta]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39177581

Headlines look to be
- Exclusive deal, no highlights or free-to-air coverage
- double header games starting at 18:00 and 20:00
- free clips available on social media

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Yay more Robbie savage

 

[rowarta]

Yay more Robbie savage

but no more Roy Keane on ITV

 

[city saint]

ffs was hoping sky got it back then I could ditch bt

 

[Silvercloud]

Surprised at this. I thought Sky would've gone balls out for CL football.

 

[jrb]

Is this just for English clubs and seperate from UEFA's CL money and TV rights?

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Bollocks.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

but no more Roy Keane on ITV

Wow, didn't notice the FTA highlights would be going as well; shame as it was quite nice to be able to get a general coverage of the games as a whole

 

[City_Sean]

Surprised at this. I thought Sky would've gone balls out for CL football.

Agree, Sky obviously can't compete with the money BT are throwing at it.

 

[cibaman]

Agree, Sky obviously can't compete with the money BT are throwing at it.

Apparently BT are using it purely as a means of boosting broadband sales. Can't last indefinitely but they obviously think its still worth it.

Its a real shame that City v Monaco was only watched by a tiny audience. If it had been on ITV, even with Keane, it would have had a major impact on our profile.