Premier League TV rights: Five of seven live packages sold for £4.464bn - News Summed Up

Premier League TV rights: Five of seven live packages sold for £4.464bn


The number of live televised Premier League matches will rise from 168 to 200 from the 2019-2020 seasonThe rights to show Premier League games from 2019-2022 have been sold for £4.464bn - with two live packages still to be sold. Sky Sports have won the rights to four tranches - 128 live matches - while BT Sport have one, comprising 32 games. The Premier League's bid process this time around comprised 200 live matches a season, an increase from the 168 for which broadcasters bid in 2015. Scudamore added in a statement on Tuesday that the Premier League would continue the sales process "to deliver the best possible outcome for the remaining packages of rights". The Premier League clubs now face a minimum of five years of increasing economic losses and constraints as a result.


Source: BBC February 13, 2018 18:50 UTC



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