If there was any doubt that Premier League is not only the most watched league in the world but also the richest in terms of revenue all around specially from the TV rights deal, these doubts has been erased with the new three year domestic deal which Premier League secured this week with a staggering £5.136 billion over the next three years from 2016-17 season to 2018-19. Today we take a look at the numbers on both domestic and oversees deals plus smaller deals like highlights packages etc and see how much in total Premier League will get from the new TV deal plus how the money will be distributed among 20 premier league sides in next three years. But first lets take look how the premier league UK TV rights deal was sold and what is expected from oversees deal.
Premier League TV Rights Deal 2016-2019:
After a intense week of bidding war between UK based channels and foreign networks, SkySports and BT Sports retained their Premier League live match packages just like the last deal but at significant higher price with total increase of around 70% compared to last tv deal while BBC also splashed out 13% more on retaining Highlight package and secured the future of “Match of the Day” Now lets take look at numbers game of the domestic deal.
http://www.totalsportek.com/money/pr...-distribution/
Premier League TV Rights Deal 2016-2019:
After a intense week of bidding war between UK based channels and foreign networks, SkySports and BT Sports retained their Premier League live match packages just like the last deal but at significant higher price with total increase of around 70% compared to last tv deal while BBC also splashed out 13% more on retaining Highlight package and secured the future of “Match of the Day” Now lets take look at numbers game of the domestic deal.
http://www.totalsportek.com/money/pr...-distribution/
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