observation14 Feb 2018 11:29
Sky was the second best performer, up 3.1%, while BT was up 1.2%. Late Tuesday, The Premier League announced it had sold five of seven UK television rights packages for football matches for GBP4.46 billion.
Four of the five packages, which cover three seasons from 2019 to 2022, were awarded to Sky, with the other going to BT, the Premier League said in a statement. The Premier League said the two remaining live packages have interest from multiple bidders.
Sky Sports will pay GBP3.58 billion for four of the seven available packages. Sky has won the rights for Sunday slots, Saturday nights, Monday night and Friday nights for the three-year contract starting in 2019. Sky will air 128 games a season, up from 126 matches currently.
BT Sport won rights for one package of the Saturday lunchtime slot and paid GBP885 million.