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March 28, 2024
Canal+ Acquires UEFA Champions League Rights in Poland
Canal+ will broadcast the UEFA Champions League in Poland. By: Kritchanon Tan Kian Wei.
Poland - French pay TV company Canal+ has announced that they have acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the iconic European football competition, the UEFA Champions League, in Poland.
The deal, which also includes coverage of the UEFA Youth League and UEFA Super Cup matches in Poland, will last from the beginning of the 2024/25 season to the end of the 2026/27 season. Canal+ Poland’s coverage will include 204 matches of 36 participating teams. Previously, the Champions League format consisted of 138 matches and 32 teams.
The first event to be broadcast by Canal+ in Poland will be the UEFA Super Cup, held at the National Stadium in Warsaw in August, followed by the first phase of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Youth League.
President and CEO of Canal+ Poland, Edyta Sadowska, said the following: Sport has been in Canal+’s DNA for almost 30 years, and we make sure to offer our Polish viewers the best sporting events and unforgettable emotions. The UEFA Champions League is the best evidence of this, and we are therefore honoured to announce this news to all fans who have been waiting for the return of the greatest European football to Canal+.”
In addition to Poland, the company currently has rights to UEFA club competitions in over 50 countries, including France, Switzerland and Austria. Canal+ currently operates in Poland with 3 million subscribers.
The games will be broadcast to Canal’s subscribers, on linear TV via Canal+ and its in-house over-the-top streaming service in Poland.
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