Fox Sports en Español begins coverage of the UEFA Champions League.
July 14, 2009
Fox Sports en Español’s exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions League will begin at 2:30pm ET on Tuesday, August 18, as FC Timisoara (ROU) takes on VfB Stuttgart (GER) in the first leg of the playoff round. The network will televise 110 live and prime-time UEFA Champions League and Super Cup matches for the next three seasons to 14 million cable and satellite households in the U.S., providing an unprecedented level of tournament coverage in the Hispanic market.
In a deal first announced last April, Fox Sports en Español acquired the U.S. Spanish-language media rights to the UEFA Champions League, Europe’s most prestigious annual club competition, and the yearly UEFA Super Cup match for the 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons. Fox Sports en Español will also have the rights to broadcast ancillary UEFA Champions League programming, including preview and review shows, archived matches and magazine programs. FSE’s website, www.foxsportsla.msn.com, will feature UEFA Champions League video highlights, as will the Fox Sports Móvil offering for video-enabled wireless devices.
“We are thrilled to bring the UEFA Champions League to the first and biggest Spanish-language sports network in the United States,” said David Sternberg, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fox Sports en Español. “This prestigious tournament will strengthen our programming lineup tremendously and deliver outstanding year-round action on multiple platforms to Latino soccer fans around the country.”
Fox Sports en Español’s Champions League coverage will include one live and one premiere match telecast per match day – including prime-time transmissions of live offerings from sister networks Fox Soccer Channel and FSN – as well as live pregame and postgame shows from its Los Angeles studios. All live matches will kick off at 2:45 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the course of the season. Fox Sports en Español will also televise a 30-minute Champions League highlight show each Friday.
