UEFA European Championship on United States television

The UEFA European Football Championship,[1] commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and informally as the Euros, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.

History

Setanta Sports (2000–2004)
See also: Fox_Soccer_Plus § Soccer_2, Soccer on Fox Sports, UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights, and UEFA Euro 2004 broadcasting rights

Coverage of the 2000 Euros was only available to Americans via pay-per-view. More specifically, via closed-circuit television, DirecTV, the DISH Network, and iNDemand cable pay-per-view. Viewers had the option of paying $20 per match, or $149 for the entire tournament[2]. Setanta also charged bars $3,000[3] for the privilege to carry their coverage. This often meant a $20 cover charge. Fox Sports World did however, offer the rebroadcasts of games on a week-long delay.

Pay-per-view was still the primary option come the 2004 Euros. This time, the price for the entire tournament was worth $179 while the price for bars rose to $4,000. Five live games were however, broadcast on Fox Sports World and Fox Sports Espanol. All quarters and semis would be broadcast on a five-day tape delay, with the final airing on a three-day delay. According to Setanta CEO Michael O'Rourke, they we offered the events to ESPN and Fox Sports Net. Setanta even offered to pay them to put it on, but there just was no appetite.

ESPN (2008–present)
Main articles: Soccer on ESPN, UEFA Euro 2008 broadcasting rights, UEFA Euro 2012 broadcasting rights, UEFA Euro 2016 broadcasting rights, and UEFA Euro 2020 broadcasting rights

ESPN firstly airing UEFA Euros in 2008 after reached a agreement with UEFA in December 2006[4]. With UEFA wanting the reverberations of the Euros to reach an international audience, ESPN decided to broadcast all matches live and online in 2008. After receiving good reaction from viewers, ESPN and UEFA continued to work by becoming official broadcasters of 2012, 2016 and 2020 tournament.

Distribution of match broadcasts
  • 2008: ESPN (7 matches), ESPN2 (17 matches), ESPN Classic (5 matches), ABC (2 matches including final)
  • 2012: ESPN (22 matches including Final), ESPN2 (9 matches)
  • 2016: ESPN (39 matches including Final), ESPN2 (12 matches)
  • 2020: ESPN (39 matches including Final), ESPN2 (7 matches), ABC (5 matches)

On-Air Talent
Year Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Reporters Studio Host(s) Studio Analyst(s)
2020
2016 Ian Darke
Jon Champion
Derek Rae
Adrian Healey
Max Bretos
Mark Donaldson		 Taylor Twellman
Steve McManaman
Stewart Robson
Kasey Keller
Kate Markgraf
Alejandro Moreno		 Jeremy Schaap
Marty Smith
Alison Bender		 Mike Tirico
Bob Ley
Steve Bower		 Craig Burley, Michael Ballack, Santiago Solari, Vincent Kompany, Steve McManaman, Taylor Twellman, Julie Foudy, Roberto Martinez, Frank Leboeuf and Kasey Keller
2012 Ian Darke
Adrian Healey
Derek Rae		 Steve McManaman
Robbie Mustoe
Kasey Keller
Taylor Twellman		 Alicia Ferguson
Darrell Currie		 Bob Ley
Rebecca Lowe		 Michael Ballack, Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller, Taylor Twellman and Tommy Smyth (Bristol)
Glenn Hoddle and Roberto Martinez (Poland and Ukraine)
2008 Adrian Healey
Derek Rae		 Andy Gray
Robbie Mustoe
Tommy Smyth		 Rece Davis
Rob Stone		 Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas
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See also

References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. "DISH Network Satellite TV offers Euro 2000 three-week soccer tournament on pay-per-view". Business Wire. 7 June 2000. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. Penner, Mike (June 1, 2000). "Euro 2000 Options Limited". Los Angeles Times.
  4. Welsh, James (2006-12-11). "Euro 2008 matches to air on ABC, ESPN". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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