Champions League blackout
- Published: 20/10/2011 at 02:12 AM
- Newspaper section: Sports
Live Champions League matches now cannot be viewed on satellite or cable TV.
Without prior notice, broadcast rights holders Channels 3 and 7 started blocking the transmission signals of two Champions League matches to satellite and cable TV including TrueVisions from yesterday morning.
Channel 3 was scheduled to televise Manchester City v Villarreal match. But it showed an announcement just before the match kicked off saying the broadcast was only for viewers in Thailand and the live game was unavailable on satellite or cable TV.
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