WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9
8PM MAN CITY V CHELSEA
EFL CUP SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10
8PM MAN UNITED V ASTON VILLA
EFL CUP SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
Highlights from the third round will be on ITV – there are no Sky Sports red button games.
THE Champions League is back, but if you were expecting to catch games on Amazon Prime Video and free-to-air highlights on the BBC you’ll be disappointed.
Yes, you are right in thinking that Prime Video won the rights to show some live Champions League games while the BBC secured a highlights agreement as part of a new UK TV deal confirmed by UEFA earlier in the summer.
BUT the new deal won’t kick in from until the 2024-25 season, so this campaign and next year’s will see Champions and Europa League live matches and highlights all on BT Sport under the same arrangements as last season’s.
Even from then BT Sport has retained the bulk of Champions League live rights with Amazon showing the first pick Tuesday night game from each round of fixtures – 17 games in all when the new expanded format for the competition kicks in from 2024-25.
The BBC will screen a Wednesday night highlights programme through the deal and will also have highlights of the final.
Apart from the Amazon Tuesday night first pick game, BT has bagged all other matches as well as the Europa and Europa Conference League competitions under the new rights.
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UEFA EUROPEAN COMPETITION RIGHTS 2022-23 & 2023-24 SEASINS
EVERY Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League game will continue to be available LIVE only on BT Sport.
BT Sport also has the highlights rights and shows dedicated highlights shows on its subscription channel. However, it makes mini highlights packages of matches available free-to-air via its website, app and YouTube channel soon after games have finished.
BT is expected to continue to make the finals of all three tournaments available free-to-air as well.
UEFA EUROPEAN COMPETITION RIGHTS 2024-25 to 2026-27 SEASONS
BT SPORT
– 553 OF THE 550 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, EUROPA LEAGUE AND EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE GAMES EXCLUSIVELY LIVE EACH SEASON (EUROPA COMPETITIONS ONLY ON BT SPORT WITH EVERY SINGLE GAME AVAILABLE LIVE.)
BT SPORT HAS CONFIRMED IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL THREE FINALS FREE-TO-AIR ON SOME PLATFORMS.
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
– 17 ‘FIRST PICK’ TUESDAY NIGHT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GAMES EACH SEASON
BBC SPORT
– WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHAMPIONS LEAGE HIGHLIGHTS AND FINAL HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL
AMAZON Prime Video will show some live Champions League games while the BBC will screen free-to-air highlights as part of a new UK TV deal confirmed by UEFA.
BT Sport has retained the bulk of Champions League live rights with Amazon showing the first pick Tuesday night game from each round of fixtures – 17 games in all when the new expanded format for the competition kicks in from 2024.
The BBC will screen a Wednesday night highlights programme through the deal and will also have highlights of the final.
Apart from the Amazon Tuesday night first pick game, BT has bagged all other matches as well as the Europa and Europa Conference League competitions.
The new deal won’t kick in from until 2024 so the upcoming season’s Champions and Europa League live matches and highlights will all be on BT Sport under the same arrangements as last season’s.
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The BBC’s capture of highlights will see them return to free-to-air broadcast of the competition for the first time in three years. BT’s current deal covers live and highlights coverage so their dedicated highlights programme was only available to subscribers, although they did make short video highlights packages of matches available free online and via YouTube. Previously highlights were available on ITV.
Although Amazon’s rights will only see them show one game per round, it will mean they now will show top teams all season round. Their only other rights for live football are two entire match days of Premier League football of one midweek match day and the Boxing Day fixtures.
UEFA EUROPEAN COMPETITION RIGHTS 2024-25 to 2026-27 SEASONS
BT SPORT
– 553 OF THE 550 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, EUROPA LEAGUE AND EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE GAMES EXCLUSIVELY LIVE EACH SEASON (EUROPA COMPETITIONS ONLY ON BT SPORT WITH EVERY SINGLE GAME AVAILABLE LIVE.)
BT SPORT HAS CONFIRMED IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL THREE FINALS FREE-TO-AIR ON SOME PLATFORMS.
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
– 17 ‘FIRST PICK’ TUESDAY NIGHT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GAMES EACH SEASON
BBC SPORT
– WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHAMPIONS LEAGE HIGHLIGHTS AND FINAL HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL
POPULAR presenter Mark Chapman will make his Sky Sports debut on Tuesday night as he anchors the broadcaster’s Carabao Cup coverage.
Sky has exclusive live rights to the competition again and will usually screen two matches from each round right through to the Wembley final in February.
Chapman will front the live coverage, but is expected to continue to work with the BBC on Match of the Day 2 and Radio 5 Live.
Sky’s director of football Gary Hughes said Chapman would bring “a wealth of football knowledge and broadcasting experience” to the Sky coverage.
Sky are showing Bradford v Hull and Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland.
Free-to-air highlights are moving from Quest to ITV as part of their two-year deal with the EFL – see more HERE.
TUESDAY AUGUST 9
7.45PM BRADFORD V HULL
EFL CUP SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10
7.45PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY V SUNDERLAND
EFL CUP SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
ITV 4 will have Carabao Cup highlights from 10.30pm to 12midnight on Wednesday night.
CARABAO CUP FINAL 2022
CHELSEA V LIVERPOOL
4.30PM, WEMBLEY STADIUM
LIVE ON TV: FROM 3.30PM ON SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL, FROM 4PM ON SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
STREAMS: STREAMING FOR SKY SPORTS SUBSCRIBERS VIA THE SKY GO APP/ONLINE ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH NOW TV STREAMING PLATFORM
TV HIGHLIGHTS are on Quest TV 9-10pm, online mini package of highlights available on Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.