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This is a list of television broadcasters which provide coverage of the UEFA Champions League, European footballs’ top level continental competition. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... A European is primarily a person who was born into one of the countries within the continent of Europe. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

The competition attracts a huge television audience, not just in Europe, but throughout the world. The 2006 Final, FC Barcelona versus Arsenal, attracted the 4th biggest global TV audience for a sports event in that year, averaging 86 million viewers (the total audience, 209 million, was actually the 3rd highest of 2006, only behind the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final (603 million) and the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Games (249 million)).^[1] The 2006 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match between FC Barcelona of Spain and Arsenal F.C. of England. ... Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as BarÃ§a (IPA: baÉ¾.sÉ™), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ... The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Torino 2006) was held on February 10, 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. ...

Format of Rights Packages

Rights to show the UEFA Champions League are awarded directly by UEFA to broadcasters on a territory-by-territory (country-by-country) basis, and in all territories a pay television broadcaster holds the majority, if not all, the rights. In territories which are members of the European Union, at least one match every Matchday (a Matchday being comprised of both the Tuesday and Wednesday night) must be broadcast on a free tv channel. Typically in EU territories, the free tv broadcaster will be awarded the right to the ‘1st pick’ of matches either over the entire Matchday or for a single night. This means that the free tv broadcaster is given priority over the pay tv broadcaster in determining which match they will be broadcasting, so in effect the free tv broadcaster will be able to pick the match which it perceives to be most attractive to their audience. In territories where teams from the territory are regularly in the competition, it is always the case that free tv broadcasters will pick matches involving teams from their own territory given that this will be of far greater interest to the audience in that territory. For example, ITV in the United Kingdom will always pick matches involving English teams if they are still in the competition. The Union EuropÃ©enne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ... Pay television, or pay-TV, usually refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analogue and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods. ... Melbourne skyline at night Night or nighttime is the period in which the sun is below the horizon. ... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The original FA Premier League logo, used until 2007 The Premier League (officially known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons, colloquially known as The Premiership), is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the English football league system (above The Football League). ...

Also, although pay tv broadcasters always hold the rights to broadcast the majority (if not all) of the matches, it does not mean they will broadcast them all. This is especially the case during the group stage where 8 matches are played on any one night (all matches kick-off at 20.45 CET, with the exception of matches held in Russia) . This is due to limitations in a broadcaster’s capacity to be able to broadcast matches, so far example, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom will always broadcast every match for which they have the rights to do so – utilising its ownership of the Sky Digital satellite television service on which it broadcasts, whilst Sport TV in Portugal will broadcast a selection of the matches it has the rights to, but not all, as it has limited broadcasting capacity on the TV Cabo satellite and cable television service. The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... It has been suggested that Kick Off Association be merged into this article or section. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Sport TV, the first conditioned-access television channel produced in Portugal, opened on 16 September 1998 and is produced by PT ConteÃºdos, a company within Portugal Telecom. ... TV Cabo, a division of Portugal Telecom, is the main cable television provider of Portugal. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...

International broadcasters

Country	Language	Free or Pay TV?	Broadcaster	Tuesday Night Live Matches	Wednesday Night Live Matches	Tuesday Night Highlights	Wednesday Night Highlights	"UEFA Champions League Weekly" magazine show
English-speaking Africa Image File history File links Flag_of_the_African_Union. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...	English	Pay	Super Sport (South Africa)	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Albania Official logo For the AMA Supersport World Championship, see Supersport racing. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Albania. ...	Albanian	Pay	DigitALB	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Algeria Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria. ...	Arabic & French	French	ENTV
Australia Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... New Zealand	English	Free	SBS
	English	Pay	ESPN (Australia)
Austria The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ... ESPN Pacific Rim / ESPN Australia ESPN Australia is a 24 hour sports channel offered in Australia and New Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ...	German	Free	ORF	1st pick on either Tuesday or Wednesday night		Yes	Yes	Yes
	German	Pay	Premiere Sport	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Belgium ORF (Ã–sterreichischer Rundfunk, literally Austrian Broadcasting) is the national Austrian public service broadcaster. ... Premiere is the first German Pay-TV company, offering several channels of digital content via satellite and cable. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ...	French	Free	[RTL]	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Flemish	Free	KanaalTwee	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bosnia-Herzegovina Kanaal Twee (English: Channel Two) is a Belgian television channel owned by the Vlaamse Media Maatschappij. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (also variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...	Bosnian	Free	BHT
Bulgaria Logo of BHRT (RTV BiH) Former logo of RTVBiH Radiotelevision of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BHRT, locally known as Radiotelevizija Bosne i Hercegovine) is an umbrella broadcasting organization and the only member of the European Broadcasting Union from Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ...	Bulgarian	Free	bTV	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
Canada bTV is the first private-owned national television channel in Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...	English	Free	TSN	1st pick	1st pick	No	No	Yes
China The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel and is Canadas leading English language sports television channel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ...	Chinese	Free	CCTV	No matches	No matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
China China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV (Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the major broadcast television network in Mainland China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... Hong Kong Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Taiwan Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... Philippines Image File history File links Flag_of_Singapore. ... Singapore Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... Malaysia	Chinese & English	Pay	ESPN Star Sports	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
DR Congo ESPN STAR Sports (or ESS) is a joint venture between ESPN and STAR TV which offers 15 customized television feeds and transmits in five languages (Cantonese, English, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin) to 25 countries throughout Asia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo. ...	French	Free	RTNC
Croatia Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ...	Croatian	Free	Hrvatska televizija	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyprus³ Croatian Radiotelevision or Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) is the Croatian public broadcasting company. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ...	Greek	Free	Sigma TV
Czech Republic Sigma TV is a commercial network in Cyprus that first hit the air on April 3, 1995. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ...	Czech	Free	Česká televize
Ecuador Logo of ÄŒeskÃ¡ televizes ÄŒT1 channel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ...	Spanish	Free	Teleamazonas	No Matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	No
France Teleamazonas TV is an Ecuador television channel. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... (including Monaco) Image File history File links Flag_of_Monaco. ...	French	Free	TF1	1st pick on either Tuesday or Wednesday night		No	No	No
	French	Pay	Canal+	All matches excluding match shown by TF1	All matches excluding match shown by TF1	Yes	Yes	Yes
Georgia TF1 is a private French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. ... Canal+ (Canal Plus, meaning Channel Plus/More in French) is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Georgia. ...	Georgian	Free	Rustavi 2
Germany Rustavi 2 (in Georgian: áƒ áƒ£áƒ¡áƒ—áƒáƒ•áƒ˜ 2) is a popular private TV Company in Georgia (country). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...	German	Free	DSF²	1st pick on either Tuesday or Wednesday night		No	No	No
	German	Pay	Premiere Sport	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greece DSF (Deutsches Sportfernsehen) is a privately owned, commercial, German sports television channel and quiz channel. ... Premiere is the first German Pay-TV company, offering several channels of digital content via satellite and cable. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ...	Greek	Free	ERT	No matches	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Greek	Pay	Super Sport (Greece)	All matches	All matches excluding match shown by ERT	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hungary EllinikÃ RadiofonÃa TileÃ³rasi (Greek: â€”Hellenic Radio [and] Television) is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. ... Supersport is a premium television service available in Greece, that broadcasts blockbuster movies and hit series. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ...	Hungarian	Free	MTV
India Magyar TelevÃziÃ³ (or Hungarian Television) is a Hungarian national public service television company, which operates two channels, called M1, M2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pakistan Image File history File links Flag_of_Sri_Lanka. ... Sri Lanka Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ... Bangladesh Image File history File links Flag_of_Maldives. ... Maldives Image File history File links Flag_of_Nepal. ... Nepal	English	Pay	TEN Sports	1 match	1 match			Yes
Republic of Ireland¹ TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, which is widely broad casted in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka TEN Sports is the short name of Taj Entertainment Network Sports. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ...	English	Free	RTÉ	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
	English	Pay	Setanta Sports Ireland	All matches excluding matches shown by RTÉ	All matches excluding matches shown by RTÉ	Yes	Yes	Yes
Israel Radio TelefÃs Ã‰ireann[1] (RTÃ‰; IPA: , ) is the Public Service Broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ... Setanta Sports (pronunciation: ) is an international sports broadcaster, operating 12 channels in 24 countries. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ...	Hebrew	Free	Israel 10
Italy Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...	Italian	Free	RAI	No matches	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Pay	SKY Sport	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Pay	Mediaset	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japan This article does not cite any references or sources. ... SKY Italia is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation. ... Mediaset is an Italian commercial television network. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ...	Japanese	Pay	J Sports
Mali Image File history File links Flag_of_Mali. ...	French	Free	ORT
Middle East & North Africa Look up ort, Ort in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_League_of_Arab_States. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...	Arabic	Pay	ART	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Morocco Arab Radio and Television Network (Acronym: ART) is an Arabic-language television network characterized by its multitude of channels. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ...	Arabic & French	Free	2M
Netherlands 2M was set up with the aim of endowing the Moroccan audio-visual scenery with a second tv channel in order to promote competition and diversify the offer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ...	Dutch	Free	NOS	1st pick	1st pick	No	Yes	Yes
	Dutch	Pay	UPC (Netherlands)	All matches excluding matches shown by NOS	All matches excluding matches shown by NOS	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portugal The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS, Dutch Broadcasting Foundation) is one of the Dutch broadcasters in the Dutch public broadcasting system, Publieke Omroep. ... Liberty Global Europe (formerly UGC Europe, and previously United Pan-Europe Communications or UPC, and still usually primarily trading under that brand) is Europes biggest cable TV provider, also providing internet access, telephony and other related services. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ...	Portuguese	Free	RTP
	Portuguese	Pay	Sport TV
Poland Its subsidiaries are: RTP - RadiotelevisÃ£o Portuguesa (Portuguese RadioTelevision), the television broadcaster. ... Sport TV, the first conditioned-access television channel produced in Portugal, opened on 16 September 1998 and is produced by PT ConteÃºdos, a company within Portugal Telecom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ...	Polish	Free	TVP	1st pick on either Tuesday or Wednesday night		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Polish	Pay	nSport	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Romania Telewizja Polska SpÃ³Å‚ka Akcyjna (TVP S.A., Polish Television) is Polands public television network broadcasting corporation. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ...	Romanian	Free	PRO TV	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russia Pro TV, reaching around 82% of households, operates under the PRO TV SA license owned by Central European Media Enterprises managed by the controversial businessman Ronald Lauder, which includes Acasa TV (reaching 73,3% of households), Pro TV InternaÅ£ional and Pro Cinema TV channels. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ...	Russian	Free	RUTV
	Russian	Pay	NTV Plus Sport
Denmark The Russia TV Channel (Russian: ), previously known as RTR (Russian: ), is a state-owned Russian television channel founded in 1991. ... NTV+ is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, transmitted from Eutelsats W4 satellite at 36. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Estonia Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Latvia Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Lithuania Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Norway Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Slovenia	Language of country	Free	National variations of TV3
Serbia TV3 is the largest commercial television channel of Viasat, which is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia. ... Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian 1 Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn 2 Albanian 3 Government Semi-presidential republic - President Boris TadiÄ‡ - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment - Formation 812 - Kingdom established 1217 - Empire established 1346 - Independence lost to...	Serbian	Free	B92
Slovakia B92 (Ð‘92) is a radio and television station in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ...	Slovak	Free	Slovenská televízia
South Africa The STV Tower: Slovak TVs headquarters in Bratislava Slovak Television (STV; SlovenskÃ¡ televÃzia in Slovak) is a state-owned public television network in Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ...	English	Free	e.tv
	English	Pay	Super Sport (South Africa)	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spain The title of this article should be e. ... Official logo For the AMA Supersport World Championship, see Supersport racing. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ...	Spanish	Free	Antena 3	1st pick	No matches	No	Yes	No
	Spanish	Pay	Digital+	All matches excluding match shown by Antena 3	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sweden For a Romanian TV station with the same name, see Antena 3 (Romania). ... Digital Plus Digital+ is a Spanish satellite platform who offers a variety of channels, national and international and pay per view films and football, known as Taquilla. It is a subdivision of Sogecable, and was founded in July 23, 2003 as a result of the merger of Via Digital (owned... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ...	Swedish	Free⁴	TV6	1st pick	1st pick	Yes	Yes	No
	Swedish	Pay	Viasat Sport	All matches excluding match shown by TV6	All matches excluding match shown by TV6	No	No	Yes
Switzerland TV6 is a Swedish TV channel broadcast by Viasat. ... Viasat Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic countries owned by Modern Times Group. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ...	French, German, Italian	Free	SRG SSR	At least 1st pick on either Tuesday or Wednesday night		Yes	Yes	Yes
	French, German, Italian	Pay	Teleclub	All matches	All matches	Yes	Yes	Yes
Thailand SRG SSR idÃ©e suisse is the Swiss public broadcasting organisation, founded in 1931. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ...	Thai	Pay	ESPN Star Sports (via True Visions)	All Matches	All Matches	YES	YES	YES
	Thai	Free	Channel 3 & Channel 7	All Matches	All Matches	YES	YES	YES (Channel 3)
Turkey ESPN STAR Sports (or ESS) is a joint venture between ESPN and STAR TV which offers 15 customized television feeds and transmits in five languages (Cantonese, English, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin) to 25 countries throughout Asia. ... United Broadcasting Corporation, a former company of True Visions, widely known as UBC, is Thailands leading cable satellite television operator. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ...	Turkish	Free	Star TV
Ukraine Star TV is a Turkish nation wide TV channel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ...	Ukrainian	Free	UT1
United Kingdom UT1, currently marketed as First National (Ukrainian: ) is the main state-run television channel in Ukraine, operated by the National Television Company of Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...	English	Free	ITV	1st and 2nd pick (STV will alternatively show a match featuring a Scottish club if available)	No matches	Yes	No	Yes
	English	Pay	Sky Sports	All matches (including alternative STV match) excluding matches shown by ITV	All matches	Yes (including alternative STV match) excluding matches shown by ITV	Yes	Yes
United States Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian TV (now legally STV North Ltd. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Puerto Rico	English & Spanish	Pay	ESPN	All matches	All matches	No	No	Yes

¹As the Republic of Ireland shares the Sky Digital satellite television service with the United Kingdom, Irish viewers also have access to UK broadcasters including ITV and Sky Sports, and are thus able to watch UK coverage. ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ...

²Premiere acquired all rights for the German market on the condition that they broadcast one 1st pick match each Matchday on Free TV. Premiere later tookover DSF for this purpose. A takeover in business refers to one company (the acquirer, or bidder) purchasing another (the target). ...

³Like the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus shares the NOVA satellite television service with Greece, and so Cypriot viewers also have access to Greek broadcasters showing UCL coverage. NOVA Greece is a Greek digital satellite pay television service owned by Multichoice Hellas and Teletypos. ...

⁴TV6 is only free in the state-owned terrestrial television system Boxer. Boxer TV Access is the Swedish digital terrestrial television (DTT) pay-TV-provider. ...

References

^ "World’s most watched TV sports events: 2006 Rank & Trends report", Initiative, 2007-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.

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