Premier League bags record-breaking Rs 70,456 crore broadcasting rights

The English Premier League (EPL), one of the world’s most popular football leagues, has bagged the most expensive domestic TV broadcasting rights ever for the next four years.

These rights from EPL have been bought by Sky and TNT Sports for about Rs 70,456 crore ($8.45 billion), which earlier also had the broadcasting rights of this league. This is the biggest ever domestic deal in the history of British sports. With this deal, for the first time, all the matches of the league played outside will also be telecast live in Britain.

With this agreement, EPL has become the third largest league in the world in earnings from broadcasting rights. According to a report, EPL earns around Rs 1.05 lakh crore from broadcasting rights for domestic and international matches. This new contract will be effective from 2025-26. A total of 270 matches will be telecast during this period. This new contract includes a total of five packages. Under this, School Sports will broadcast 215 matches while TNT will broadcast 52 matches.

The world’s top five leagues with the biggest contracts
National Football League
The NFL is America’s most popular sports and the richest league in the world. This is the reason why the broadcasting rights of this league are also at the top. In 2011, the NFL sold the broadcast rights for the next 11 years for $113 billion.

National Basketball Association
The NBA is the second largest league in the world. It is the second most popular league in America. This league had sold broadcasting rights for 24 billion dollars for 10 years. This contract will last till 2024-25.

English Premier League
EPL is considered to be the largest and most popular football league in the world. The league has sold its domestic and international broadcasting rights for a total of $12.63 billion. The world’s best footballers play in this league.

Major League Baseball
MLB is considered one of the most watched sports in the world. There are many broadcasters for the national and international broadcasts of this league, which earns it about $12.4 billion.

Indian Premier League
IPL is the biggest cricket league in the world. This T20 league of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sold its broadcasting rights for the next four years in February 2023 for a total of $ 6.07 billion. Newstrack