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Charlotte Coates

BBC and Amazon set to show Champions League football in sweeping TV changes that will affect Liverpool

The BBC will show Champions League football for the first time in 2024 after a successful bid in UEFA's TV auction rights. Amazon were also winners in the bid as they will show live matches for the first time also.

BT Sport retained the bulk of the TV rights and will continue to show Europe's elite competition in its new format from 2024. BT Sport is set to form a new joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery, and retaining the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League rights was one of the top priorities.

The package the BBC have secured means they will be able to show highlights from the matches on a Wednesday night in what will be a midweek Match of the Day show.

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With Amazon securing first pick for matches on a Tuesday night, Liverpool, who reached the final of the competition last season and narrowly lost 1-0 to Real Madrid in Paris, should feature on the streaming channel quite often.

With the new Champions League format coming into play in the next two years, the Premier League are likely to see five of their teams qualify for the expanded tournament - rather than the four it is at now.

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