The Thursday broadcast of European competitions will be moved from Czech Television to Nova, which won the rights to broadcast the European and UEFA Conference League next season. The broadcasts on Nova Sport 5 will complement the matches that will be broadcast by Sport 1 and Sport 2. The live broadcasts will thus be completely on paid channels. This follows from announcements by Nova and ČT. The Sport.cz server drew attention to the move today.
“At the moment, we have nothing from the European Cups. We regret this loss, but the success of the tender is determined by finances and the prices of broadcast rights are increasing by leaps and bounds. In the given period, we will offer viewers the Ice Hockey World Championship, the European Athletics Championship, the football Euro and the Olympic Games “ Jiří Ponikelský, executive director of the public broadcaster CT Sport, told ČTK.
Nova, which already broadcasts the Champions League, should have the right of first choice for Thursday’s European or Conference League matches on the Nova Sport 5 channel. Nova Sport 5 is offered by O2 Czech Republic, Telly, Skylink and Vodafone. The remaining matches will then be offered by Sport 1 and 2 of AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe.
According to representatives of Nova, viewers can look forward to the usual service including commented matches and attractive match studies. “The permanent experts will once again present themselves in the football studios, together with the new reinforcements that we will introduce at the start of the new season. We will offer maximum service for the matches of the Czech representative in the form of our staff, who will travel with the team.” said the head of the Nova Sport football section, Milan Štěrba.
