Sky wins bulk of Premier League rights as value slips


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 14 Feb 2018

A British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) logo is seen at the company's UK headquarters in west London July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's Sky will pay 3.58 billion pounds to show 128 Premier League matches for three seasons from 2019/20 in a deal that brings to an end rampant inflation in the value of the domestic rights for English top-flight soccer.

Rival BT will show 32 games a season, after its 885 million pound bid secured one package.

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