Feb 13, 2015

Premier League: BT and Sky pay 70pc more to secure broadcast rights

Post and broken almost all forecasts covering double the 2016-17 season, has agreed to pay a total of £ 5.14bn for the three years offers.

Compared with past auction invoice is an increase of 71pc. The number of games per season 154-168 closed at the end of this time, but still appear on analysts' expectations.

An additional fee of £ 4.18bn, or pay £ 1.4 billion per year Sky will stop more severe. Compared to £ 751m annual bill under the current agreement, about 330m pounds more than analysts expected.

Was the last time, Sky won five of seven games in the existing package and held ground as the dominant broadcaster. At the same time achieving the highest viewing figures in the game Sunday night, keep the main package.

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