Fans to benefit from UEFA Champions League ‘double header’ nights and broader access for free via social media. The BT deal extends to 2021.

BT Sport will remain the exclusive UK home of all UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football, it was confirmed today.

Following a competitive auction process, BT has secured the rights until the end of the 2020/21 season that for the first time brings together exclusivity across all live games, highlights and in-match clips of both competitions.

The UEFA Champions League is set to be even stronger from 2018/19, with a minimum of four participating teams now guaranteed from each of England, Spain, Germany and Italy, resulting in more games between the top European teams. Fans will also be able to enjoy UEFA Champions League ‘double header’ nights, as live matches will kick off at both 6pm and 8pm during the Group Stage.

BT will continue to show UEFA matches using the latest broadcast innovation and technology, with games made available in 4K ultra high definition with Dolby Atmos sound, and via BTSport.com and the award-winning BT Sport App.

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BT will enhance its social media coverage to reach new audiences, by making clips, weekly highlights, UEFA’s magazine show, and both finals available for free on social media. BT streamed both finals last year on YouTube for the first time, taking the number of people who watched BT’s live coverage of the finals to more than twelve million. The company will also seek to bring the best of the action to its large mobile customer base.

John Petter, Consumer CEO at BT, said: “We are delighted to have renewed these rights. The UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are two of the best competitions in the world and we would like to thank UEFA for choosing us as their exclusive broadcast partner in the UK. The UEFA Champions League is due to get even stronger and we are delighted that fans will be able to enjoy two live matches a night for the first time.”

Guy Laurent Epstein, UEFA marketing director, said “UEFA is delighted to have extended the relationship with BT Sport for a further three seasons, taking our partnership to 2021. BT Sport has proved to be an innovative broadcast partner, pushing the boundaries and covering the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in new ways. BT have delivered strong audiences in the UK and we are excited about their future plans for the use of social media which will engage a growing fanbase that consumes sport in different ways.”

BT has made top tier sport far more affordable in the UK in recent years. BT TV customers can access all of the action on BT Sport from just £3.50 a month.

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This week BT Sport subscribers can watch Arsenal try and restore some pride in the return leg of their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday night, exclusively on BT Sport 2 and 4K UHD. While Napoli try and overturn their 3-1 deficit to Real Madrid on the same night on BT Sport 3.

On Wednesday, Barcelona have a chance to redeem themselves against PSG (BT Sport 2), and Borussia Dortmund play Benfica (BT Sport 3).

And in the Europa League Manchester United travel to Russia to face FC Rostov in the first leg of their last 16 tie. You can catch all the live action at 6pm on BT Sport 2.

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Gary Lineker will be joined by a host of previous winners including the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes and Steve McManaman to analyse every minute of the action.

European football expert James Richardson will also be hosting The Goals Show throughout the Group Stage so you can stay across every match simultaneously.

How about on BTSport.com and on the BT Sport app?

We’ve taken the in-game Champions League experience to new levels with a raft of exciting features and functionality for our digital viewers.

Our ground-breaking enhanced video player includes a game timeline feature, allowing fans to view goals and key events from any game, at any time.

This stunning new enhanced video player experience also offers subscribers the chance to re-watch any Champions League game in full 'as live' after the final whistle has sounded.

We’ve also got a raft of the very best historic moments in our Classic collections with hours of archived Champions League footage, ranging from memorable goals to a library of extended highlights.

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