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.

 

[marco]

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.

correct,,,it needs to go back on the beeb or itv. the last i heard was uefa were complaining the viewing fig were down and they wanted it back on free to air so this has come as a shock

 

[manchester blue]

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.

Too many City fans binned them last season when they were being complete twats. I'm disappointed with this but won't go back to them. However, if they did something similar to Sky with Now TV (Pay per day) I'd do it just to watch the action alone.

 

[quiet_riot]

6pm KOs will kill off the Champions League

 

[es1]

6pm KOs will kill off the Champions League

a pathetic, selfish, money hungry move that will only benefit UEFA/sponsors from having more games available to be watched on each game night while hurting fans

 

[TonyM]

6pm KOs will kill off the Champions League

Not sure- tea time so the kids can watch too might be interesting.

 

[john@staustell]

correct,,,it needs to go back on the beeb or itv. the last i heard was uefa were complaining the viewing fig were down and they wanted it back on free to air

In the words of John Wayne - "that'll be the day"

 

[lancs blue]

6pm KOs will kill off the Champions League

Last I read the 6pm KOs won't apply to English clubs home games, they'll be matches in those countries that are ahead of GMT.

 

[Mike N]

UEFA obviously dont care that viewing figures for their premier competition have dropped since free-to-air coverage ended in the UK.

BT can stick it, I won't be buying.

 

[wahablue]

In the words of John Wayne - "that'll be the day"

Thought it was Buddy Holly.

 

[BlueMooner123]

In the europa league aren't 6pm kick offs usually games outside of england. When an english team is at home i seem to recall most/if not all are 8.05 ko. I quite like the idea of 6pm kick offs if we're away from home.