Vivendi's pay-TV unit reaches distribution agreement with Altice's SFR on Champions League matches

Updated: Tue, Sep 18, 2018
11:00 pm
Reuters
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Vivendi`s pay-TV business Canal Plus said on Tuesday it has reached an agreement with Altice`s SFR unit on the distribution of its RMC Sport sports channels in France.

Under the accord, Canal Plus`s subscribers will have access to all Champions League soccer matches until 2021 on RMC Sport, the pay-TV firm said in a statement.

SFR agreed last year to pay 350 million euros ($409 million) per year for the rights to broadcast three seasons of the competition, two sources close to the matter have told Reuters. ($1 = 0.8556 euros)

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