SBS Agrees To Broadcast Deal With BeIn Sport For Continued Champions League Coverage

Pay-TV broadcaster BeIn Sport has sub-licensed free-to-air rights for the '15-16 UEFA Champions League to SBS, according to MUMBRELLA. The Al Jazeera-owned channel "bought the Australian rights for the competition earlier this month after outbidding long-time holder ESPN for them, as it looks to beef up its content offering in Australia." The new three-year partnership "will see SBS hold exclusive free-to-air rights, which will include one live match on Wednesdays and a weekly one hour highlights show on Thursday nights." It "is the first major acquisition by BeIn in the sports rights field since it bought out Setanta Sport’s operation a year ago." The station "is available via subscription online, or through a top-up payment on Foxtel and Fetch TV" (MUMBRELLA, 7/24).