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BT TV subscribers to receive Champions League matches at no extra cost

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By John Glenday, Reporter

June 9, 2015 | 2 min read

BT has announced that subscribers to its TV service will receive its full complement of sports channels, BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, ESPN on BT Sport and BT Sport Europe, at no extra cost.

This means fans will be able to watch UEFA’s Champions League and Europa League for free when coverage commences on 1 August, with Gary Lineker, Jake Humphrey and Rio Ferdinand presenting each match alongside the BT Sport team which includes Paul Scholes, Michael Owen, Steve McManaman and Owen Hargreaves, as well as new signings Steven Gerrard, Harry Redknapp, Glenn Hoddle and Howard Webb.

John Petter, chief executive of BT Consumer, said: “When we launched BT Sport we promised to make televised football far more accessible and affordable than it has been to date. We have opened the market to millions of new customers and we want to build on that as BT Sport becomes the undisputed home of European football.

“We are of course giving our best offer to existing customers – broadband customers will get the new BT Sport Pack for the heavily discounted price of £5 whilst customers who take broadband and TV from us will get it absolutely free.”

BT promise to introduce new functionality to their coverage such as a ‘Goal Alert’ function which notifies viewers when a goal is scored during any live game together with all the latest stats.

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