UK pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport will provide free coverage of the 2019/20 men's Uefa Champions League and Uefa Europa League finals via its official YouTube channel, SportsPro has revealed.
Tomos Grace, YouTube's head of sport in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), confirmed the move, which marks the fifth consecutive season that BT Sport will live stream the European soccer showpiece on the Google-owned platform. A condition of BT Sport's existing UK rights contract with Uefa means the Champions League final must be made free-to-air (FTA), although it is up to the network to decide on how it does that.
As it stands, the Champions League final is set to take place in Lisbon on 23rd August, while the Europa League final is scheduled to go ahead in Cologne on 21st August, with two condensed tournaments in single sites deciding the competing teams.
"I can confirm that BT Sport will live stream the Champions League final for free on their YouTube channel again this year," Grace told SportsPro via a video call. "BT Sport have been amazing partners for YouTube and we're very privileged to be working with them.
"They are very innovative in the way they use technology and video, and they are ambitious in what they want to experiment with. The BT Sport partnership goes back many years and the Champions League final is the single biggest sporting event on annual basis. To be a part of that is amazing."
