TV3 Wins Champions League and Europa League Rights 2012-2015

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IMMEDIATE: Monday 30th April 2012 

It was a record-breaking week for TV3 last week, when Chelsea’s astonishing victory over Barcelona was watched by an average of over 407,000 Irish viewers last Tuesday. Today, TV3 announced that it has reached agreement with UEFA to broadcast Champions League Tuesday night fixtures and Europa League Thursday night matches for the next three seasons.

Speaking at today’s announcement TV3’s Director of Programmes Ben Frow said “This is more great news for TV3 and 3e on top of their continued audience growth so far in 2012 and we are delighted to be continuing our relationship with UEFA which has been so fantastic for us over many years.”

“The UEFA Champions League is the premium football competition in the world and we look forward to showing the best games from the top Premier League and European teams on Tuesday nights. Our coverage of Chelsea’s heroics at the Nou Camp last week yielded our highest ever Champions League audience which reached 1.1m viewers.”

On Thursday nights next season, 3e will also host all the top action from the UEFA Europa League, most likely including Liverpool’s games.

ENDS.

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