Amazon acquires rights to Champions League games in Germany

News Video Germany 10 DEC 2019
Amazon acquires rights to Champions League games in Germany
Amazon has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast certain matches of the Uefa Champions League in Germany from the season 2021-22 to the season 2023-24, SportBusiness reports. 

Amazon has bought the A1 package, which includes the top games on Tuesday evenings. Amazon had already tried to acquire sports rights in Germany over the last 18 months, mainly targeting tennis such as the ATP Tour and Wimbledon. It holds the rights to broadcast via radio the German Bundesliga, in a deal worth EUR 5 million per year, and added the Champions League radio rights in Germany in 2017-18. 

The rights to broadcast the Champions League matches are currently held by Sky Deutschland and DAZN. Sky initially acquired the rights directly from the Uefa and subsequently sublicensed a significant portion of it to DAZN.

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