Women's Euro 2021: EBU (public TV) acquires TV rights in 53 European countries

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The Netherlands team, winner of the Women's Euro 2021 - ©  D.R.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has acquired the broadcasting rights to the UEFA Euro 2021 women's championship, announced the alliance of public service media organizations of 56 European countries on 05/12/2019.

This agreement does not apply for France and Germany (except for radio rights), nor in the United Kingdom. In France the rights were acquired by the free-TV group TF1 and the pay-TV group Canal+ for an estimated amount of €18m on 04/10/2019. In Germany, the rights have not yet been allocated and in the United Kingdom, the public broadcaster the BBC, also a member of the EBU, acquired the rights in a separate call for tenders on 12/07/2019.

In addition to the Women's Euro 2021, the EBU has also acquired rights to UEFA's youth and futsal competitions until 2022.

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The Netherlands team, winner of the Women's Euro 2021 - ©  D.R.

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