Windfall for England’s top clubs: Europe’s highest-paying TV contract will bring a total of around 7.8 billion euros or 1.95 billion euros per season into the coffers of the Premier League clubs in the football motherland for four years from 2025.
The deal, which is close to the two billion euro barrier, with the pay TV channels “Sky Sports” and “TNT Sports” as well as the public BBC for free TV, is likely to increase the dominance of what is already the strongest league in European professional football in the future cement further.
For comparison: The German Football League (DFL) collects 1.1 billion euros annually from its contract concluded in 2021. In the previous rights exploitation period, the German record amount of 1.16 billion euros per season flowed to the DFL and its clubs.
1.83 billion annually
The Premier League also generated additional income by changing its contract period from the previous three years to four years in the future. The TV contract, which runs until summer 2025, has a total volume of 5.5 billion euros or 1.83 billion euros annually.
From 2025 onwards, of the total 380 league games in a season, at least 267 matches can be watched live on pay television on the island – at least 215 on “Sky Sports” and a fixed 52 on “TNT Sports”.
70 percent of the games live
The live share therefore formally corresponds to a quota of initially 70 percent of all games. According to the Premier League, the new scope of the contract means a four percent increase in the value of the live rights. For the first time, the entire live offering also includes all matches outside of the classic playing time on Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. local time (also 2 p.m. before European Cup games).
In addition, in the four seasons from 2025, all ten matches on the 38th and final matchday will be broadcast live on pay TV for the first time – Sky Sports secured the contract for these rights. The BBC once again secured the rights to highlight recaps of all 380 matches on free-to-air television.