The Premier League expects to safe a big improve on its £5bn home TV rights offers after they launch their new tender later in 2023.
A gathering of the 20 prime flight golf equipment on Thursday agreed to permit negotiators to find out the exact nature of the packages to be bought and the variety of video games to be supplied.
Nevertheless, it has already been agreed as many as 50 extra video games could also be supplied, with offers probably unfold over 4 years fairly than the present three with Sky, TNT and Amazon Prime.
This would be the first time the Premier League has put its UK rights up on the market in six years.
The present deal was allowed to be prolonged on the identical phrases because the earlier one by competitors authorities in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Further video games will evidently imply extra matches being moved away from the Saturday 15:00 slot.
Nevertheless, it’s although the plan could be to make use of extra of the present slots, significantly on Friday, Saturday and Monday nights fairly than repeatedly display screen matches on a Sunday night as had been feared.
Italy’s Serie A routinely schedules two matches on Friday and Monday evenings, the primary of which has a 17:30 kick-off.
The league has already negotiated some six-year abroad TV offers, together with with key US broadcaster NBC, who’re paying round £2bn to display screen matches till 2028.
Home offers with Sky Sports activities, TNT and Amazon Prime run out in 2025.
Premier League chief government Richard Masters has already stated there are not any plans to point out matches at 3pm on a Saturday, the timeslot at present topic to a TV blackout within the UK.
