The global tender process for the media rights for the UEFA EURO 2016 and European 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns, as first announced on Friday 27 April, has now officially been launched by UEFA. The deadline for submitting offers is 17.00CET on Thursday 31 May 2012.

Qualified parties can request the relevant tender documents by emailing broadcast@uefa.ch.

UEFA Events SA will manage the tender process and be the point of contact for all prospective bidders. UEFA Events is a separate wholly owned subsidiary of UEFA, authorised to manage UEFA's commercial and event operations activities and specifically the operation of this tender process.