2023-12-05 08:56:00
New record broken for the English championship. Monday, December 4, a new agreement was announced by the Premier League on television rights for the English football championship. And the amounts announced are dizzying: 6.7 billion pounds sterling (7.8 billion euros) over four years, from the 2025-2026 season. Already among the highest in the national championships, the contract currently in force (2022-2025) amounts to 5 billion pounds (5.8 billion euros) over three years, for 200 matches broadcast.
Broken down over a season, TV rights therefore remain relatively stable, going from 1.66 billion pounds (1.94 billion euros) on average per season to 1.67 billion (1.95 billion euros) for the new agreement.
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Broadcasters Sky Sports and TNT Sports retained their rights to broadcast live matches. Amazon, which had participated in the previous call for tenders and had won the rights to twenty matches per season, did not win a prize this time.
An audience record
Sky will broadcast at least 215 matches live per season on TNT channel 52. BBC Sport has retained the rights to its flagship program “Match of the Day”, which presents the highlights of each day of the championship. “The outcome of this process underlines the strength of the Premier League,” said Richard Masters, its chief executive.
“As long-standing partners, Sky Sports and TNT Sports are renowned for delivering world-class coverage and programming,” he added. “We have seen record audiences and stadium attendance over the past few seasons, and we know that their continued innovation (English football broadcasters) will encourage more people to watch and follow the Premier League. »
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A debate is underway over whether the ban on television broadcasts in the 3 p.m. slot could be lifted for women’s matches.
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