December 5 – The Premier League has agreed a brand new report £6.7 billion home tv cope with Sky Sports activities and TNT Sports activities to point out as much as 270 stay video games a season, changing the present £5 billion deal which runs till 2025.
In what’s believed to be the most important sports activities media rights deal ever concluded in Britain, the brand new contract covers the interval from 2025-26 to 2028-29 and underlined the Premier League’s standing because the richest league on the earth, with the annual determine of £1.675 billion round double the worth of home rights in any of Germany, Spain and Italy.
Of the 5 stay rights packages provided to broadcasters, Sky has retained the rights to 4 of them, with TNT snatching up the final package deal.
Below the deal, all video games besides Saturday 3pm kickoffs – designed to guard attendances within the decrease leagues – shall be screened stay in Britain for the primary time.
Sky Sports activities will cowl the lion’s share of stay matches, 215 Premier League matches every season encompassing Saturday 5.30pm kick-offs, Sunday 2pm and 4.30pm kick-offs, plus night video games on Mondays and Fridays and three midweek rounds.
TNT Sports activities will present 52 matches a season, together with all 12.30pm kick-offs on Saturdays and two midweek match rounds.
The BBC will proceed to point out highlights via its Match of the Day programme, which has been working since 1964.
Amazon Prime, who present 20 matches a season below the present deal, reportedly didn’t bid.
“The result of this course of underlines the power of the Premier League and is testomony to our golf equipment, gamers and managers who proceed to ship the world’s best soccer in full stadiums, and to supporters, who create an unrivalled environment each week,” mentioned Premier League chief government Richard Masters.
Sky will present as much as 100 extra matches a season, and chief government Dana Robust mentioned: “We’re happy with our lengthy historical past with the Premier League and stay up for delivering extra engagement, leisure, and innovation to the tip of the last decade.”
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