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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Champions League in women's European soccer moves to pay-TV in 5-year deal with Disney+
HighlightsThe Women's Champions League will transition to a paywall model on Disney+ for the next five seasons, concluding a previous four-year free viewing period on streaming service DAZN and YouTube. Starting next season, the Women's Champions League will expand from 16 to 18 teams, introducing a single league standings format prior to the knockout stage, alongside the launch of a second tier Women's Europa Cup. The broadcast deal ensures all 75 matches in the newly expanded Champions League will be available to Disney+ subscribers in Europe without additional costs, while selected games will still be accessible through free-to-air networks in various countries. The Women's Champions League in European soccer will go mostly behind a paywall for the next five seasons on Disney+ in a deal announced by UEFA 's joint venture with top clubs on Friday. The final on Saturday between defending champion Barcelona and Arsenal in Lisbon completes a four-year broadcast deal where fans could watch games for free on streaming service DAZN and YouTube. The Women's Champions League is expanding next season to 18 teams from 16, in a single league standings instead of groups before the knockout stage. A second tier Women's Europa Cup also will launch. "The five-year deal will ensure that each of the 75 matches in the newly expanded (Champions League) is available to Disney+ customers in Europe at no additional cost," said UC3, the commercial partnership between UEFA and the European Club Association. Broadcasts will be produced by Disney-owned ESPN with "multilingual commentary and comprehensive pre- and post-match programming," the UC3 statement said. The broadcast strategy through 2030 will allow one game per match week to be shown on some free-to-air networks and members of the European Broadcasting Union. Selected games will be shown in countries including France, Germany and Spain, UC3 said. The value of the Disney+ and EBU deals were not revealed. UEFA has projected total "competition revenues" of 33.8 million euros ($38.4 million) next season. A 25 million euros ($28.4 million) subsidy also comes from men's competitions, including the Champions League, and UEFA is contributing more than 11 million euros ($12.5 million). That should provide a total prize money fund, once running costs are deducted, of 18.2 million euros ($20.6 million) to share among the 18 Women's Champions League teams in each of the next two seasons, UEFA has said. Teams in the Women's Europa Cup are set to share a 5.6 million euros ($6.4 million) total prize money fund. ___ AP soccer:
San Francisco Chronicle
23-05-2025
- Business
- San Francisco Chronicle
Champions League in women's European soccer moves to pay-TV in 5-year deal with Disney+
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The Women's Champions League in European soccer will go mostly behind a paywall for the next five seasons on Disney+ in a deal announced by UEFA's joint venture with top clubs on Friday. The final on Saturday between defending champion Barcelona and Arsenal in Lisbon completes a four-year broadcast deal where fans could watch games for free on streaming service DAZN and YouTube. The Women's Champions League is expanding next season to 18 teams from 16, in a single league standings instead of groups before the knockout stage. A second tier Women's Europa Cup also will launch. 'The five-year deal will ensure that each of the 75 matches in the newly expanded (Champions League) is available to Disney+ customers in Europe at no additional cost,' said UC3, the commercial partnership between UEFA and the European Club Association. Broadcasts will be produced by Disney-owned ESPN with 'multilingual commentary and comprehensive pre- and post-match programming,' the UC3 statement said. The broadcast strategy through 2030 will allow one game per match week to be shown on some free-to-air networks and members of the European Broadcasting Union. Selected games will be shown in countries including France, Germany and Spain, UC3 said. UEFA has projected total 'competition revenues' of 33.8 million euros ($38.4 million) next season. A 25 million euros ($28.4 million) subsidy also comes from men's competitions, including the Champions League, and UEFA is contributing more than 11 million euros ($12.5 million). That should provide a total prize money fund, once running costs are deducted, of 18.2 million euros ($20.6 million) to share among the 18 Women's Champions League teams in each of the next two seasons, UEFA has said.
Hamilton Spectator
23-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Champions League in women's European soccer moves to pay-TV in 5-year deal with Disney+
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The Women's Champions League in European soccer will go mostly behind a paywall for the next five seasons on Disney+ in a deal announced by UEFA's joint venture with top clubs on Friday. The final on Saturday between defending champion Barcelona and Arsenal in Lisbon completes a four-year broadcast deal where fans could watch games for free on streaming service DAZN and YouTube. The Women's Champions League is expanding next season to 18 teams from 16, in a single league standings instead of groups before the knockout stage. A second tier Women's Europa Cup also will launch. 'The five-year deal will ensure that each of the 75 matches in the newly expanded (Champions League) is available to Disney+ customers in Europe at no additional cost,' said UC3, the commercial partnership between UEFA and the European Club Association. Broadcasts will be produced by Disney-owned ESPN with 'multilingual commentary and comprehensive pre- and post-match programming,' the UC3 statement said. The broadcast strategy through 2030 will allow one game per match week to be shown on some free-to-air networks and members of the European Broadcasting Union. Selected games will be shown in countries including France, Germany and Spain, UC3 said. The value of the Disney+ and EBU deals were not revealed. UEFA has projected total 'competition revenues' of 33.8 million euros ($38.4 million) next season. A 25 million euros ($28.4 million) subsidy also comes from men's competitions, including the Champions League, and UEFA is contributing more than 11 million euros ($12.5 million). That should provide a total prize money fund, once running costs are deducted, of 18.2 million euros ($20.6 million) to share among the 18 Women's Champions League teams in each of the next two seasons, UEFA has said. Teams in the Women's Europa Cup are set to share a 5.6 million euros ($6.4 million) total prize money fund. ___ AP soccer:
Winnipeg Free Press
23-05-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Champions League in women's European soccer moves to pay-TV in 5-year deal with Disney+
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The Women's Champions League in European soccer will go mostly behind a paywall for the next five seasons on Disney+ in a deal announced by UEFA's joint venture with top clubs on Friday. The final on Saturday between defending champion Barcelona and Arsenal in Lisbon completes a four-year broadcast deal where fans could watch games for free on streaming service DAZN and YouTube. The Women's Champions League is expanding next season to 18 teams from 16, in a single league standings instead of groups before the knockout stage. A second tier Women's Europa Cup also will launch. 'The five-year deal will ensure that each of the 75 matches in the newly expanded (Champions League) is available to Disney+ customers in Europe at no additional cost,' said UC3, the commercial partnership between UEFA and the European Club Association. Broadcasts will be produced by Disney-owned ESPN with 'multilingual commentary and comprehensive pre- and post-match programming,' the UC3 statement said. The broadcast strategy through 2030 will allow one game per match week to be shown on some free-to-air networks and members of the European Broadcasting Union. Selected games will be shown in countries including France, Germany and Spain, UC3 said. The value of the Disney+ and EBU deals were not revealed. UEFA has projected total 'competition revenues' of 33.8 million euros ($38.4 million) next season. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. A 25 million euros ($28.4 million) subsidy also comes from men's competitions, including the Champions League, and UEFA is contributing more than 11 million euros ($12.5 million). That should provide a total prize money fund, once running costs are deducted, of 18.2 million euros ($20.6 million) to share among the 18 Women's Champions League teams in each of the next two seasons, UEFA has said. Teams in the Women's Europa Cup are set to share a 5.6 million euros ($6.4 million) total prize money fund. ___ AP soccer:
Web Release
29-04-2025
- Business
- Web Release
beIN MEDIA GROUP Extends Rights Deal in MENA and Asia to Broadcast UEFA Club Competitions Until 2027
beIN MEDIA GROUP ('beIN') and UC3, the UEFA-ECA joint venture, have extended their long-standing media rights agreement, ensuring beIN SPORTS, the network's flagship sports channel, will continue to broadcast European football's premier club competitions live and exclusive across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia until 2027. The partnership between the leading global sports broadcaster and UEFA Club competitions dates back to 2012/13. As part of the extension, beIN will broadcast the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women's Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Conference League across 33 markets for a further three years, until the end of the 2026/27 season. The revamped format debuted this year across all three men's competitions featuring 36-team leagues rather than group stages bringing 20% more matches to beIN subscribers in 23 countries across the MENA region and 10 countries in Asia. The new format for the UEFA Women's Champions League, featuring 18-team leagues, will begin in the 2025/26 season. Mohammed Al-Subaie, CEO of beIN MENA, said: 'With UEFA's new competition format living up to its promise and producing huge matches from matchday one, we are delighted that beIN will continue to bring this new era to our subscribers in MENA and Asia. beIN has been home to elite European club football for more than a decade now, providing award-winning coverage of every game, insights from a wide range of world-class analysts and experts, and exclusive interviews with the most influential figures in the game. We are proud of our partnership with UC3 and to extend it once again is testament to our position as the global home of football.' Guy-Laurent Epstein, Co-Managing Director, UC3: 'We are delighted to extend our long-standing, fruitful partnership with beIN SPORTS. Thanks to their cutting-edge analysis and high-quality production levels, fans in 33 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia will continue to enjoy the new-look UEFA men's club competitions in addition to the exciting, revamped UEFA Women's Champions League for the next three years.' This year's competitions are edging closer towards their respective finals, with the UEFA Champions League semi-final first-leg ties between Arsenal and Paris Saint Germain as well as Barcelona and Inter Milan taking place on 29 and 30 April. This will be followed by the UEFA Europa League semi-finals of Athletic Club vs Man United and Tottenham vs Bodø/Glimt, in addition to the UEFA Conference League semis which see Real Betis take on Fiorentina, as well as Djurgården and Chelsea on 1 May. As with this year, beIN will retain the exclusive rights to all matches across the MENA and Asia regions, broadcasting games simultaneously across its beIN SPORTS bouquet until the end of the 2027 season. The exclusive deal covers the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Iraq, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, with expanded coverage to bring back the UEFA Club Competitions on beIN in Indonesia and the Philippines. Over the past 11 years, beIN SPORTS has broadcast – live and exclusive – some of the most memorable moments of modern European club football, including Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning overhead kick in Real Madrid's victory over Juventus in the 2018 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, Lucas Moura's spectacular 96th minute winner against Ajax as Tottenham Hotspur came back from 0-3 down to qualify for the 2019 final, and eventual winners Bayern Munich's remarkable 8-2 win over Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the 2019-20 competition.
