The Premier League announced on Monday a new TV rights deal for the English Premier League for a record £6.7 billion (€7.8 billion) over four years, starting with the 2025 season. 26.
The current contract (2022-2025), the highest among the major national football championships, is estimated at 5 billion pounds (5.8 billion euros) over three years.
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.
In addition, future rights relate to a greater number of matches broadcast: for the first time, all matches on a championship day will be broadcast live with the exception of the Saturday 3 p.m. slot (not broadcast to promote stadium attendance).
Sky Sports and TNT Sports retain their rights, Amazon does not
Broadcasters Sky Sports and TNT Sports retained their rights to broadcast live matches. Sky will broadcast at least 215 live matches per season, TNT 52.
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.
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, chief executive of the Premier League.
“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 attendance at stadiums over the last few seasons, and we know that their continued innovation (English football broadcasters) will encourage more people to watch and follow the Premier League.” .
A debate is underway over whether the ban on television broadcasts in the 3 p.m. slot could be lifted for women’s matches.
