FOX Sports Media Group Renews UEFA Rights

LOS ANGELES: The exclusive media rights for the UEFA Champions League in the U.S. and Caribbean will remain with FOX Sports Media Group through the 2014-15 season.

Tournament coverage is across multiple FOX Sports Media Group properties, including FOX Sports, FOX Soccer Channel, FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports Net and FX. It also includes the online video streaming service FOXsoccer.tv. The company is currently in the second of a three-season partnership with UEFA through 2011-12. The new deal extends for three additional seasons from 2012-13 through 2014-15.

“The foundation of FOX Sports’ success has always been to showcase the best sports events possible,” said David Hill, FOX Sports Media Group’s chairman and CEO. “Our enhanced commitment to the UEFA Champions League for three additional seasons means that the FOX Sports Media Group remain America’s home for the absolute best in international club soccer.”

“In 2009, FOX made an unprecedented commitment to bring the UEFA Champions League to the widest possible U.S. audience, and with this renewal agreement we have raised the amount of coverage to even greater heights,” added David Nathanson, the general manager of FOX Soccer. “We are elated to continue our partnership with UEFA and serve as the home of their flagship property through at least 2015.”