Fox Sports International said that it has acquired the media rights in the U.S. and Caribbean to the Europe's most prestigious annual club soccer competition, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup.
The agreement with UEFA, the governing body of soccer in Europe, begins with coverage of the UEFA Champions League Playoffs this August and will encompass the 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons in their entirety.
The company said that matches from the UEFA Champions League will air on a number of Fox-affiliated networks, including Fox Soccer Channel, FSN, FX and Fox Sports en Español, providing an unprecedented level of live and prime-time coverage for the competition in the U.S. and the Caribbean.
Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corp. (NWS).
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