Sun, Nov 08 2009
TV2 and RingTV, the two channels owned by Central European Media Enterprises Ltd (CME) in Bulgaria, will broadcast the two Uefa tournaments - Champions League and the Europa League that will replace the Uefa Cup - starting from autumn 2009, Dnevnik daily reported on December 4.
CME bought the broadcast rights and its TV2 will replace News Corp.'s bTV as the terrestrial channel carrying the matches. It will broadcast one Champions Leaguen match every Tuesdays and Wednesdays. RingTV will show two Europa League matches on Thursdays.
"I cannot hide how glad I am," TV2 general manager Ognyan Dimov said, as quoted by Dnevnik. "These are not just football matches, but a brand we plan to develop in the coming years."
CME also bought multimedia and mobile rights to offer Champions League and Europa League content in Bulgaria. "We have a lot of plans concerning the development of these brands, we do not want to stop at showing the matches," RingTV executive director Ivailo Gyurov said.
CME is the owner of the Bulgarian based PRO.BG and Ring.BG television channels.
Time Warner has established a foothold on the Bulgarian market by buying into in Central European Media Enterprise, which owns TV2 and Ring TV channels
CSKA Sofia are bottom of Europa League group E with one point and their next match is against Fulham at Craven Cottage on December 3
Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia are out of contention for the knockout stages of the Uefa Europa League.
Should CSKA register another defeat in the competition, and if concurrently, Fulham beat Roma away, the Bulgarian side will be out of contention for the further stages of the competition
Levski Sofia are bottom of Group G with no points from three matches and a goal difference of 0-6
CSKA president: the players apologised sincerely for their actions and will be reinstated back into the first team.
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