England’s Premier League has terminated a major contract with Chinese streaming service PPTV, meaning the digital broadcaster will no longer be able to show live top-flight soccer matches, CNBC reports. “The Premier League confirms that it has today terminated its agreements for #PL coverage in China with its licensee in that territory,” the Premier League announced on Twitter on Thursday. In the same year, PPTV reportedly paid the Premier League around US$650 million for the rights to broadcast fixtures between 2019 and 2022. The three-season deal was hailed as the Premier League’s biggest overseas TV contract but it has now been terminated after just one season. Around the same time, the Premier League was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: The Standard September 03, 2020 14:37 UTC