French service provider SFR’s pay TV rivals have reacted with surprise to the award of exclusive Champions League and Europa League football rights to the Altice-owned operator, with BeIN Sports saying it has “concerns” about the way the deal was done. Altice confirmed today that has secured the rights to broadcast the two tournaments exclusively […]
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has reportedly secured the rights to Champions League and Europa League football, dealing a severe blow to French pay TV leader Canal+ and rival BeIN Sports, which currently share rights to the competition. According to Le Monde, citing unnamed sources, SFR has secured all rights to both tournaments for the […]
BT Sport has retained exclusive rights to air Champions League and Europa League football in the UK, consolidating its place as a serious competitor to Sky in the premium sports arena. BT secured the rights to the two leagues until the end of the 2020-21 season, gaining exclusive rights across all live games, highlights and […]
BT added 97,000 TV customers in its fiscal third quarter, taking its total to 1.4 million. The company said that viewership of its BT Sport offering had increased by 46% thanks in part to coverage of Champions League and Europa League football. BT said that 20 football matches recorded peak concurrent viewing above one million […]
Football club Sevilla FC, the winner of yesterday’s Europa League championship final in Turin, has selected TDF Group unit Arkena to provide its online video platform to live-stream its 24-hour TV channel SFCTV. Arkena is also supporting the delivery of on-demand content including interviews and other exclusive footage. SFCTV is already available on IPTV and […]
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added 1+1 Media-owned sports and news channel Unian TV to its programming line-up. The addition of the male-focused channel will enable Volia subscribers to view content including Champions League and Europa League football matches as well as 1+1’s TSN news service. Volia is including Unian TV in its Start and […]
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