Guardian report:
In a double blow to the BBC's ambition to re-establish itself as a significant broadcaster of major football events, ITV has retained rights to the Tuesday night games.
Sky will show the Wednesday night games live and also broadcast those Tuesday night games which are not being shown on ITV1 or ITV2. Sky and ITV are understood to have agreed jointly to pay around £84meach year to screen live games and highlights from 2003-2006.
The price agreed is a significant increase on the £60m paid by ITV for its current contract and will give clubs and players hope that football's lucrative relationship with television is not facing the premature end that many predict. BSkyB, chaired by Rupert Murdoch, now has exclusive rights to the Premiership, the Football League and the Champions League.
Executives at Sky believe that by demonstrating their continued commitment to top-flight football they will be able to persuade the Premiership clubs to re-award the rights when the contract comes up for renewal in 2005.
Sky will show 14 matches live from each week of the group stages with viewers able to select their live game - or switch between games - by using Sky digital's interactive service. The final will be shown live on Sky and ITV.