Satellite television broadcaster Sky has announced the launch of Sky Sports 5, a new channel dedicated to European football that will debut in time for the next football season.
The new channel will be free for current Sky Sports customers and will show up to 600 live football matches throught the next years, including games from the Spanish La Liga and Copa del Rey, Holland’s Eredivisie, European Qualifiers, as well as from the UEFA Champions League.
Sky hopes that the launch of a new channel with games from a vast array of European leagues will mitigate some of the blow of losing the rights to broadcast the Champions League and Europa League to rival BT Sport from 2015.
Sky Ambassador David Beckham said:
“Some of my greatest playing moments were on the European stage with Manchester United, playing in El Clasico for Real Madrid and captaining England in Euro qualifiers. Sky Sports 5 will offer all the drama and excitement that European football has to offer and I’ll certainly be gripped.”
