The Premier League has sold television rights to its games for a record £5.136bn, 71% above last time.
Sky paid £4.2bn for five of the seven TV packages while rival BT paid £960m for the other two in the record TV rights auction. The deal will run for three years from 2016.
Sky paid 83% more than it did in the last round three years ago.
BT paid 18% more and has increased the number of live matches it will show from 38 to 42 a year.
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The Premier League has landed yet another staggering windfall after announcing a new television rights deal with American powerhouse NBC.
The broadcaster beat both Fox and BeIn Sports in the bidding process to land a new six-year contract, showing every single game each season.
NBC is in the third campaign of a three-year contract, but the fresh agreement is set to dwarf the amount they’re currently paying.
That figure stands at $83million (£53m) per season, while the fresh contract is believed to be around the $1billion (£641m) mark for six terms.
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