Champions League: BT Sport 'to announce £1bn rights deal'
By Dan Roan BBC chief sports correspondent
BT Sport is on the verge of announcing a £1bn deal which would end two decades of Champions League football on terrestrial TV, according to a senior source at the company.
The broadcaster has been in advanced talks with Uefa, and is understood to be close to revealing it has won the right to show Champions League and Europa League matches for the first time from 2015.
A reported three-year deal will be seen as a significant blow to both Sky and ITV, who currently share the rights.
BT launched its UK sports channels on 1 August, 2013, in a challenge to the dominance of sports coverage on Sky.
Sky has previously fended off competition from other broadasters, such as ITV Digital, Setanta and ESPN, after they all entered the pay-TV football market.
BT has already spent £738m over three years for the rights to 38 live Premier League matches for the 2012-2013 season. while Sky paid £2.3bn for 116 matches a season.
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