Premier League Announces New TV Rights Deal Premier League Announces New TV Rights Deal The Premier League have sold the domestic broadcast rights from 2013-16 for £3.018bn, with BSkyB and BT the two winners. Sky have bought five of the seven available packages for the seasons 2013/14 to 2015/16, totalling 116 matches per year. BT have acquired the rights for 38 matches per season but their package includes 18 of the 38 first-choice picks. The new deal is worth a remarkable £1.254bn more than the current one, which is shared between Sky and ESPN. Premier League Chief executive Richard Scudamore said the thrilling climax to last season, when Manchester City won the title in injury time on the last day, contributed to the increase. "We have just come off the back of a fantastic season and it has been good for us," Scudamore said. "We went to the market at the right time. "It was a very competitive process which if you are selling is a very good thing." Sky will pay £760m a year for the five packages of live rights for each of the three years of the new Premier League agreement. Jeremy Darroch, Sky's chief executive, said: "This is a good result for our customers and for our business. "It means that Sky Sports remains the home of Premier League football and that viewers will continue to enjoy our live and exclusive coverage until at least 2016." Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, added: "The Premier League has never been more popular with our customers, so it's excellent news that Sky Sports viewers will continue to enjoy the biggest and best games, including Super Sunday and Monday Night Football." In the last auction process, for 2010-11 to 2012-13, Sky bought five of six packages of live domestic TV rights for £1.623bn. The other package was aquired by Irish-based Setanta. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/premier-league-announces-tv-rights-deal-165132670--finance.html
How will people in Hull access the games on BT then? Bit unfair. At least you could subscribe to ESPN if you wanted.
I imagine that "BT Sport" (or whatever) will be on Freeview or Sky (in the same way that ESPN/Setanta was). It could be free, or more likely an extra subscription. They need as many people watching as possible to justify the massive amount of money they have spent.
Suppose it's not for a year or so, so plenty of time to roll out a new channel. Always feel cheated when you see the phone/Internet/tv bundles offered that always require a BT line.
We live in Birmingham and had BT Vision. Couldn't wait to get rid of it! Absolutely ****e! Rarely worked, Internet was Cack, Customer care was appalling!! And its a pain in the arse to get rid of them! Stay well clear! Not sure I used enough of these ! bad boys. !!
