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UEFA DELIVERS LIVE ONLINE VIDEO

UEFA launched its new UEFAVideo Service to provide live internet coverage of UEFA Champions League matches in 96 countries.

UVS has been developed by UEFA to enable its broadcast partners to extend their rights and provide live match coverage on the internet.

Over 20 broadcasters around the world are using UVS to make every UEFA Champions League match from the 2006-07season and every UEFA Cup match from the quarter-final stage in April 2007 available live on the Internet. As a result, more than 125 matches will be offered in over 100 countries

As well as the live coverage, UVS will also provide a comprehensive archive of over 5,000 videos and 1,000 matches from UEFA competitions dating back over ten years. The archive features a search function that allows users to find videos by season, club and player.

The UEFA Video Service has been developed and delivered in collaboration with UEFA’s technology partners: NTT Verio, DeltaTre and Entriq.