2018-2021 Champions League: 34 matches and multiplex for Sky, and 104 for Perform, in Germany

The German pay-TV group Sky Deutschland will broadcast 34 Champions League matches per season and the multiplex broadcast for the 2018-2021 cycle in Germany, according to German media on 19/06/2017. Sky Deutschland has acquired the broadcast rights valid across all broadcasting platforms to the UEFA Champions League, in Germany and Austria, for the 2018-2021 period, on 13/06/2017.

Perform, the British group specialising in the production and distribution of sports content on digital platforms, which has acquired a sub-license from Sky, will broadcast 104 matches per season on its OTT platform DAZN. Perform and Sky Deutschland will pay €600m for the TV rights for the 2018-2021 cycle for the Champions League in Germany, according to the US economic website Bloomberg (+66.7%) on 19/05/2017.

During the group stage, Sky will benefit from the first choice of broadcast for each Wednesday evening and for three out of the six Tuesday evening matches. In the knockout stage, DAZN will exclusively broadcast all the first-leg matches of the round-of-sixteen and quarter-finals. Sky has the first…