CBS picks up Champions League rights after Turner opts out

American broadcaster CBS will salvage an early originate on its Champions League deal by displaying video games next month when the pandemic-delayed competition resumes

July 9, 2020, 2: 37 PM

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NEW YORK —
American broadcaster CBS will salvage an early originate on its Champions League deal, displaying video games next month when the pandemic-delayed competition resumes.

The rights to the the rest of this Champions League season and all of next season grew to modified into on hand final month when Turner opted out of its 2018-21 deal for irregular English language rights in the United States.

CBS said Thursday it bought the rights — along with two Champions League finals in much less than 10 months — as a procedure to add to the 2021-24 European membership competitions deal it signed with UEFA final November.

This season’s competition resumes on Aug. 7 and ends with an eight-team knockout match in Lisbon, Portugal. The closing is on Aug. 23.

Subsequent season’s 32-team crew stage starts in mid-October, one month later than recurring in a season condensed thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 closing is scheduled for Might perchance well well presumably 29 in Istanbul, Turkey.

CBS said this might air “tackle out marquee suits” on the essential network and CBS Sports activities Community. All video games in the Champions League and 2nd-tier Europa League will seemingly be streamed dwell on the CBS All Access digital subscription provider.

The Turner deal became as soon as price a reported $100 million per season, blended with Univision’s Spanish language rights.

CBS and Univision are paying a reported $140 million yearly all the procedure during the 2021-24 broadcast deal. That functions the third-tier Europa Conference League, which kicks off next year.

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