2021-2024 Champions League TV rights: RMC Sport to co-broadcast top fixtures with Canal+

RMC Sport will co-broadcast, in France, the two top Champions League fixtures per matchday (one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday) as well as the UEFA Super Cup, with the pay-TV channel Canal+, over the 2021-2024 cycle, according to the pay-TV bouquet on 30/07/2021. RMC Sport is sold at €9/month for subscribers to the telecommunications operator SFR and €19/month for non-subscribers (offers without commitment).

Canal+, which acquired the rights for €310m per season on 29/11/2019, has entered into a sub-licensing agreement with the telecoms and media group Altice France, parent company of RMC Sport, to share this sum (€165m each) and co-broadcast the matches, according to the French sports daily L'Equipe on 29/07/2021. A similar agreement exists between the two groups, which each pay €50m per season for the broadcasting rights to the Premier League over the 2019-2022 cycle.

The rights to broadcast the remaining Champions League matches (104 per season) in France over the 2021-2024 cycle are held by the pay-TV group beIN Sports (estimated at €60m per season). The free-to-air rights to…