Matt Smith (born 26 April 1967) is a British broadcaster, who worked with ITV Sport between 2001–2015. He currently presents BT Sport's coverage of Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, Europa League, Conference Football and England Under 21 matches.
ITV could soon hold the rights to air the Champions League once again, meaning that fans would finally be able to watch games on terrestrial TV for the first time since 2015. ITV and Sky jointly held rights to the Champions League until the 2014-2015 season final. The 2015-2018 broadcasting rights saw all live matches go to BT Sport. As part of a clause in the contract, BT made a small number of games each season available on a free-to-air basis via its temporary Freeview channel BT Showcase and online. Nov 09, 2019 · Champions League matches were shown live on terrestrial TV until 2015. ITV had a package for highlights after that but the Champions League has exclusively been on pay TV since the 2016-17 season. ITV also showed highlights of the UEFA Champions League & Europa League from 2015-2018 after they lost their live rights but it was transferred to BT Sport after the 2018 final. Formula 1. ITV covered Formula One during the 1976 and 1977 seasons and from 1997 to 2008, after the BBC lost the rights.
Historical Background. The UEFA Europa League, better known by fans of tv sports as the Europa Leauge, is a European football club tournament held annually.First organised in 1971, the competition has gained immense popularity on the continent, with millions of viewers tuning in to watch live football on tv.
Barcelona won La Liga last season. ITV have announced they will broadcast three La Liga matches live on ITV4 at the start of the new season. The broadcaster showed live top-flight Spanish matches Nov 15, 2019 · BT SPORT have won the right to broadcast the Champions League and Europa League on British screens until 2024 for a ten-figure fee. Uefa have been tendering the TV rights for three years from 2021. Nov 09, 2019 · Champions League football could be set for a return to terrestrial television from 2021 after ITV reportedly made a huge play to wrestle some of the coverage away from BT Sport. However, Channel 5 lost the contract for the Europa League to ITV Sport. Channel 5's last live Europa League Match was the final between Atletico Madrid and Atletico Bilbao in May 2012 and their last live match was in July 2012 when they had pre-season friendly coverage between Southampton and Ajax on 28 July. Revival (2015-2018)
Nov 09, 2019 · Champions League football could be set for a return to terrestrial television from 2021 after ITV reportedly made a huge play to wrestle some of the coverage away from BT Sport.
Historical Background. The UEFA Europa League, better known by fans of tv sports as the Europa Leauge, is a European football club tournament held annually.First organised in 1971, the competition has gained immense popularity on the continent, with millions of viewers tuning in to watch live football on tv.