UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive live rights for North American football competition Major League Soccer.
The four-year deal begins in March for the 2015 MLS season and runs through until the end of the 2018 campaign.
Former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard will begin playing in the MLS during the forthcoming season for Los Angeles Galaxy and New York City respectively.
New York City is the sister club of reigning English Premier League champion Manchester City and will make its debut in the 2015 season.
Sky’s MLS deal was brokered by the IMG agency. In October, IMG agreed a deal to market and distribute the global media rights to MLS and U.S. Soccer properties for the next eight years.