{"id":590170,"date":"2025-11-20T20:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/590170\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:42:30","slug":"paramount-set-to-secure-bulk-of-champions-league-uk-rights-from-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/590170\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount set to secure bulk of Champions League UK rights from 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount is set to secure the bulk of Champions League broadcast rights in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from 2027 to 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the tender process say the media group emerged as the preferred bidder after a competitive auction launched by UC3, the joint venture between UEFA and European football clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6823689\/2025\/11\/20\/champions-league-tv-uk-paramount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deal<\/a> will cover every match, except the first pick on Tuesday nights, which Amazon Prime Video is expected to retain in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is close to being finalised, and an official announcement is anticipated once contractual details are completed.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of Paramount\u2019s bid is understood to be considerably higher than the current package held by TNT Sports, which pays about \u00a31 billion under the existing cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Industry figures view the result as a strong outcome for UC3 and for Relevent Football Partners, the American agency overseeing UEFA\u2019s media sales for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The tender marks a strategic shift by UEFA, which redesigned the process to entice major global streaming platforms into bidding.<\/p>\n<p>The governing body wants to push annual media revenues from its club competitions beyond \u20ac5bn across Europe\u2019s big five markets.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount\u2019s push into Europe reflects the company\u2019s ambition to expand its live sports portfolio beyond the United States, where it already holds Champions League rights through Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also in contention for rights in Germany, while Canal+ has secured the complete package in France. The auction in Spain is ongoing, with Movistar and Paramount both active.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s first-pick arrangement will remain in place from 2027 in the UK, Germany and Italy, although limits will apply to how often it can show any one club.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix and Disney+ were involved in the early stages but did not match Amazon\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA is expected to view the forthcoming broadcast deals as vindication for its remodelled Champions League format, which will introduce an expanded league stage and a single 36-team table from 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The final contracts are expected to be signed once the tender process concludes across all markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount is set to secure the bulk of Champions League broadcast rights in the United Kingdom and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3976],"tags":[331,332,13,14,15,12,3992,3993,3994,3995,3996,3997],"class_list":{"0":"post-590170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vereinigtes-koenigreich","8":"tag-aktuelle-nachrichten","9":"tag-aktuelle-news","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-nachrichten","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-schlagzeilen","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland","17":"tag-vereinigtes-koenigreich","18":"tag-vereinigtes-koenigreich-grossbritannien-und-nordirland","19":"tag-vereinigtes-koenigreich-von-grossbritannien-und-nordirland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@de\/115583971883848474","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}