ESPN International: ESPN Caribbean acquires English-language rights to distribute the UEFA Football Events (2018-2022) across its platforms—as part of ESPN’s broad multimedia agreement with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The deal includes rights to the UEFA European Football Championship 2020™ and all UEFA national team matches between 2018 and 2022.
The UEFA EURO 2020 will be played in stadiums across 13 European nations to mark the 60th anniversary of the competition.
Additionally, ESPN Caribbean has rights to a series of UEFA national team competitions, including qualifying matches to UEFA EURO 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup (the European Qualifiers). The rights also include two editions of the newly created UEFA Nations League where European National teams will be divided into four divisions according to their ranking. The 12 teams in the top division will compete to participate in the UEFA Nations League Final Four to be crowned the UEFA Nations League Champions. The first edition of the UEFA Nations League will start in September 2018 and the first UEFA Nations League Final Four will be played in June 2019.
“We are pleased to extend our alliance with the UEFA and continue bringing the best of European football to Caribbean fans,” said Tim Bunnell, Senior Vice President of Production, Programming, Marketing and Advertising Sales for ESPN International. “This agreement underscores our commitment to serving the Caribbean fans with the most complete coverage of marquee events throughout the year.”
