Atresmedia acquires the rights of UEFA Champions League

Antena 3 will broadcast the best Tuesday game, as well as the final.

Atresmedia Televisión has acquired the Open Rights of UEFA Champions League for the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons. Antena 3 will broadcast for free and open the best game of Tuesdays of the Champions League.

The general director of Atresmedia TV, Javier Bardají, stressed that “the first beneficiary will be the spectator since, with this acquisition, we guarantee that the Champions can be seen free of charge until 2018. It is also great news for television in open as a whole, as a category and as a sector, to the extent that it enhances its condition of referent of the audience for the main television events. Atresmedia TV The broadcast of the best sporting event and consolidates our commitment to a model based on the quality and variety of genres in its programming ”.

In addition, during these three years, Atresmedia TV will broadcast the UEFA Champions League, which includes the Grand Final, as well as the UEFA Super Cup, which faces the Champions League champion with that of the Europa League.

The most watched sporting event

The UEFA Champions League is the sporting event with the highest audience support in our country, above events of great relevance such as the World Cup, the Eurocup and the Professional Soccer League.

The Champions League 13/14 has averaged an audience of 36% and 6,839,000 spectators and is the most important and most watched club football competition. During its last season, the Champions League has copied the top 10 of the most viewed broadcasts with up to 7 games.