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Sky, BT pay GBP 5.14 bln for Premier League live rights
2015-02-11 08:31:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The English Premier League has sold seven packages of live TV rights for 2016/17 to 2018/19 to Sky and BT for a total of GBP 5.14 billion. Sky has secured packages A, C, D, E and G totalling 126 matches and BT packages B and F for 42 matches. Sky will pay GBP 1.29 billion per season, an 83 percent rise on its current contract. Sky Sports will show more matches than before, at 126 games per season under the new deal, compared to 116 now, and Friday night matches for the first time. The games can be watched by subscribing to the channels or with weekly Now TV passes. BT Sport said it will show 42 live top-flight Saturday and midweek games, four more than at present. BT Sport show a live Saturday evening game every Premier League weekend. The operator said it will be paying GBP 320 million per season for the rights, compared to GBP 246 million under the current contract. This is the equivalent of GBP 7.6 million per game, up 18 percent on GBP 6.5 million now. BT's football content includes exclusive Champions League and Europa League games.
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