Sony Pictures Networks India has retained the media rights for the UEFA Euro Championship for the Indian subcontinent. The 2020 edition of the quadrennial European Championship will be played across 12 European nations between June 12 and July 12.
The deal provides Sony Pictures Network the right to broadcast the Euro Championship matches and the Championship Finals. Sony Pictures Networks India is the incumbent broadcaster for the Euro
Championships in the Indian sub-continent. SPN had broadcast the 546 UEFA international matches over three years in run up to the 2016 finals in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives.
Sony, Insidesport.co, has reliably learnt has negotiated the deal at 10-15% below the value of the earlier agreement.
Sony in the earlier UEFA media rights cycle was also the official broadcaster for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, which though were not the part of the UEFA Euro Championship deal.
The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying draw will be held on 2 December 2018 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
The Euro Championship games will be played at London, Munich, Rome, Baku, Saint Petersburg, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Dublin, Bilbao, Budapest, Glasgow and Copenhagen. Each city will host three group stage matches and one match in the round of 16 or quarter-finals. London will host the Group Stage matches, a round of 16 game, semi-finals, and final. Munich (Germany), Baku (Azerbaijan), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Rome (Italy) Group Stage games and the quarter-finals. Copenhagen (Denmark), Bucharest (Romania), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Dublin (Republic of Ireland), Bilbao (Spain), Budapest (Hungary) and Glasgow (Scotland) will host Group stage and the round-of-16 matches.
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