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Champions League matches (here, Mohamed Salah in red) will soon no longer be on the RTS menu. © Keystone-archives
Champions League matches (here, Mohamed Salah in red) will soon no longer be on the RTS menu. © Keystone-archives

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08.07.2020

The RTS will no longer broadcast the Champions League from 2021-2022. Massimo Lorenzi reacts

François Rossier, with the ATS

Football »The SSR (SRF, RTS, RSI) will no longer broadcast European Cup matches starting in the 2021-2022 season. The news yesterday did not surprise many people. A year after having to give up the Tuesday night match, the SSR, despite an offer qualified as solid by Massimo Lorenzi, editor-in-chief of sports of the RTS, was forced to bow against the escalation of the German group CH Media , which convinced Swisscom, the rights holder for Switzerland, to share its offer.

“That hurts me. There is a lot of frustration, bitterness and disappointment after this announcement. It’s horrible for the French-speaking public, ”regrets Massimo Lorenzi, contacted by phone. SSR tried to recover Tuesday’s matches and the right to broadcast the final. But she lost everything… “Unfortunately, it is a fact that disproportionate sums of money are offered for European football on the Swiss market. SSR (which allocates 46 million francs per year to sport

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