New Champions League channels on Canal+

On Tuesday and Wednesday (August 20-21) at 9pm, Canal+ will broadcast the Champions League fourth qualifying round matches. The broadcasts will be available on new channels dedicated to Europe’s most elite football competitions: CANAL+ EXTRA1, CANAL+ EXTRA2, CANAL+ EXTRA3 and CANAL+ EXTRA4. These channels will be launched on Tuesday and the first tests were carried out at the end of July.

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– Additional event channels CANAL+ EXTRA 5, CANAL+ EXTRA 6 and CANAL+ EXTRA 7 will be launched during matches. In the case of Champions League fourth qualifying round games, there is no such need. – Piotr Kaniowski from the C+ press office told Wirtualnemedia.pl. The remaining three channels will probably appear in the second half of September this year, when the Champions League group stage starts.

New channel list

On August 19 of this year, the platform also made changes to the channel list. There has been a change in these positions: :

17 – TVP Rozrywka (formerly TVP Polonia HD)
18 – Polsat Play HD (TVP History)
19 – Polsat Café HD (TVP Rozrywka)
42 – CANAL+ FAMILY HD (CANAL+ Now HD)
43 – CANAL+ EXTRA 1 (Kino Polska HD)
44 – CANAL+ EXTRA 2 (Kino TV HD)
45 – CHANNEL+ EXTRA 3 (previously empty space)
46 – CHANNEL+ EXTRA 4 (empty space)
47 – Kino Polska HD (empty space)
48 – Kino TV HD (blank)
63 – TVP Polonia HD (empty space)
118 – Café Movie (CBS Europe HD)
134 – TVP History (empty space)
177 – CANAL+ FAMILY HD (CANAL+ Now HD)

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From 192 to 196 also appeared, respectively: CANAL+ FAMILY HD, CANAL+ EXTRA 1, CANAL+ EXTRA 2, CANAL+ EXTRA 3 and CANAL+ EXTRA 4.

As we recently reported, Vectra, as part of its agreement with Canal+, will guarantee its customers access to channels featuring UEFA Champions League matches. This is yet another operator that has signed an agreement with the broadcaster regarding popular competitions.