BT Group PLC BT WINS ALL UEFA RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY UNTIL 2024 (5801T)
15 Noviembre 2019 - 4:02AM
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BT Group PLC
15 November 2019
This announcement contains inside information.
15(th) November 2019
BT WINS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, UEFA EUROPA
LEAGUE AND UEFA EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE UNTIL 2024
-- BT Sport to show more European games than ever before
-- BT Sport remains the home of top flight European club football in the UK until 2024
BT Sport will remain the exclusive home of all top flight
European club football until 2024, it was confirmed today. BT have
secured the rights to all 420 games of the UEFA Champions League,
UEFA Europa League and the new UEFA Europa Conference League, for a
further three seasons. This represents an increase of 77 games from
the previous deal, and includes highlights and in-match clips, and
commences in 2021.
Last season the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League was
a huge success with all English team finals. BT Sport saw a 26 per
cent increase in UEFA Champions League viewer hours, with the UEFA
Champions League final between Liverpool and Spurs available for
all to watch in the UK on social media, and a record breaking 11.3m
people tuning in across all platforms.
Since BT Sport started broadcasting the UEFA Champions League in
2015 it has changed the way football is broadcast in the UK, with
every single game available on TV and via the popular BT Sport App.
There has been the ground breaking Goals Show, world first
broadcasts for the finals in 4K UHD, and even 360deg with
alternative commentary. BT Sport has also been the first
broadcaster to put the finals on YouTube for everyone to watch in
the UK.
BT Sport is now available on more platforms and devices than
ever before and will continue to make highlights and the finals
available for all to watch, while using the latest broadcast
innovations.
Marc Allera, CEO of BT's Consumer Division, said, "We're
delighted to remain the home of UEFA Champions League in the UK. BT
Sport leads the way when it comes to UEFA Champions League
coverage, and we're very excited to continue to bring our world
class coverage to one of the most exciting football competitions in
the world - whether that's broadcasting 12 games simultaneously or
delivering industry leading images in 4K UHD.
"With increasingly more ways to watch our content, with more
games on show than ever before, and alongside our excellent line up
of other competitions and sports, BT Sport is going from strength
to strength."
UEFA Marketing Director Guy Laurent Epstein said: "UEFA is
delighted to continue its strong partnership with BT until 2024.
All matches will be available across the BT Sport channels and
digital services and in addition UK football fans will be able to
enjoy club competition highlights for free on social media each
match week, as well as the finals to the UEFA Champions League,
UEFA Europa League and the newly formed UEFA Europa Conference
League. Its high quality production and programming standards set
the bar for the industry and audiences will continue to enjoy the
competitions in new ways via BT's innovative approach as it
showcases new technologies."
BT will pay GBP400m each year for the rights, and remains in a
strong position to monetise this investment through subscriptions,
wholesale access, commercial, and advertising revenues.
Ends
The person responsible for making this announcement is Rachel
Canham, BT's Company Secretary.
For further information
Investor relations:
Mark Smith Tel: +44 20 7356 4909
Media
BT Press office Tel: +44 20 7356 5369
Dan White Tel: +44 737766 5099
All news releases can be accessed on BT's website and you can
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Notes to editors:
BT expects to pay a deposit of GBP80m in November 2019. BT's
financial outlook for 2019/20 remains unchanged.
-- This will be followed by 6 cash payments from August 2021:
-- August 2021 GBP120m
-- February 2022 GBP200m
-- August 2022 GBP200m
-- February 2023 GBP200m
-- August 2023 GBP200m
-- February 2024 GBP200m
BT's purpose is to use the power of communications to make a
better world. It is one of the world's leading providers of
communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180
countries. Its principal activities include the provision of
networked IT services globally; local, national and international
telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at
work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet products and
services; and converged fixed-mobile products and services. BT
consists of four customer-facing units: Consumer, Enterprise,
Global and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2019, BT Group's reported revenue
was GBP23,428m with reported profit before taxation of
GBP2,666m.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets
of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on the London stock
exchange.
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