UEFA Champions League on United States television

The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup) is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners. The competition attracts an extensive television audience, not just in Europe, but throughout the world. The final of the tournament has been, in recent years, the most-watched annual sporting event in the world.[1] The final of the 2012–13 tournament had the competition's highest TV ratings to date, drawing approximately 360 million television viewers.[2]

History

ESPN (1995–2009)

See also: Soccer on ESPN/ABC

ESPN formerly had the rights of the UEFA Champions League between 1995–2009. Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth formed the lead broadcast team with the ESPN2 alternate team being Adrian Healey and Robbie Mustoe. The pre-match program was hosted by Andrew Orsatti.

Fox Sports (2009–2018)

See also: Soccer on Fox Sports

Fox formerly aired the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League from 2009–2018.[3] Fox Sports provided live coverage through May 2015. Fox Sports Media Group had the first, second, and third picks of live matches for each night of the competition. Different live matches would air on Fox Soccer, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Deportes and regional Fox Sports Net affiliates, with rebroadcasts on Fox Soccer. DirecTV broadcasts all remaining matches during the playoff round and the group stage. Fox Soccer airs semifinal matches on Tuesdays and FX did the same on Wednesdays.[4][5][6] The final is aired live free-to-air on Fox.[7][8][9]

Rob Stone hosted UEFA Champions League coverage alongside a rotation of analysts including Warren Barton, Brad Friedel, Eric Wynalda, Stuart Holden, and Alexi Lalas. Lead broadcast team for non World-Feed broadcasts of UEFA Champions League from 2013–2014 was Gus Johnson and Eric Wynalda, until John Strong and Stuart Holden or Brad Friedel replaced them as lead commentator for the rest of the contract. Ian Joy or Kate Abdo hosted UEFA Europa League coverage alongside analysts Stuart Holden, Warren Barton, and Mario Melchiot. The lead broadcast team for Europa League coverage was Keith Costigan and Alexi Lalas. For World-Feed broadcasts, Tony Jones and David Pleat called both UEFA Champions League Final and UEFA Europa League Final.

Turner Sports (2018–2020)

See also: Soccer on Turner Sports

In 2017, Turner Sports announced that they had retained the rights to air all of the matches from the UEFA Champions League live. The contract originally runs from 2018–2021. Turner later announced that they would air 4 matches per week on TNT and the remainder of the matches on new streaming service B/R Live.[10] All matches would be commentated through world feed.

TUDN (2018–2027)

See also: TUDN_(TV_network) § Soccer

In January 2016, Univision and TUDN, formerly known as Univision Deportes acquired Spanish-language rights to UEFA tournaments beginning in 2018, including UEFA Euro 2020 and the UEFA Nations League.[11] In 2017, Univision acquired Spanish-language rights to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League beginning in 2018-19.[12] All UEFA competition’s matches regularly air across Univision, UniMás, Galavisión, and TUDN.

CBS Sports (2020–2030)

See also: Soccer on CBS Sports

Originally the UEFA Champions League,[13] UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Super Cup would've aired on CBS Sports networks starting from the 2021–22 seasons, but Turner Sports opted out of the rest of its contract after airing most matches in the round of 16 for the 2019–20 season. In response, CBS extended its contract to start one and half (one for UEFA Super Cup) seasons earlier beginning with the remaining round of 16 matches and the quarter finals in 2019–20 season. [14][15][16][17] On August 19, 2022, Amazon is outbid from rights holders, UEFA extended the deal with CBS until 2030.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Champions League final tops Super Bowl for TV market". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. January 31, 2010. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Chishti, Faisal (May 30, 2013). "Champions League final at Wembley drew TV audience of 360 million". Sportskeeda. Absolute Sports Private Limited. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  3. ^ "Turner's soccer shocker". Sports Business Daily. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Staff, Channel Guide (April 22, 2011). "UEFA Champions League Semifinals on FX and FSC". Channel Guide Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Williams, James. "UEFA Champions League Semifinals: Real Madrid HostsBayern Munich 2pm on FX". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Pfeiffer, Jeff (April 29, 2013). "UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg matches date, time, channel". Channel Guide Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  7. ^ U.S, Jason Dachman, Editorial Director (February 10, 2010). "Fox To Air First Soccer Match with Champions League Final". Sports Video Group. Retrieved June 3, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Berenz, Ryan (May 21, 2010). "FOX to air UEFA Champions League Final May 22". Channel Guide Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  9. ^ Staff, Channel Guide (May 27, 2011). "UEFA Champions League Final - Saturday, May 28 at 2pm ET on FOX". Channel Guide Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  10. ^ Lodderhouse, Diana (August 17, 2017). "Turner Acquires U.S. Rights To UEFA Soccer Games, Plans To Launch OTT Sports Platform". Deadline. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017.
  11. ^ "Univision lands Spanish rights to UEFA tournaments". SI.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  12. ^ "UEFA Champions League comes to Univision". SI.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  13. ^ Lucia, Joe (July 30, 2020). "CBS Sports announces UEFA Champions League talent, including Kate Abdo, Jamie Carragher, Roberto Martinez". Awful Announcing.
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  16. ^ "UEFA Champions League and Europa League come to CBS Sports with new U.S. TV rights deal". CBSSports.com. July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  17. ^ "CBS secures shock Champions League US rights deal, say reports". SportsPro Media. November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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