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UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has retained the bulk of live domestic rights to the English Premier League, with the award of contracts signifying a reversal in the trend of sky-rocketing fees from recent tenders, albeit with two packages left on the table.

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Clubs in football’s English Premier League are said to be in disagreement over a proposed new model for the way revenue from the sale of overseas media rights is shared out between teams.

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Representatives of the 20 football clubs in the English Premier League will meet this week to discuss the possibility of introducing a new 7.45pm kick-off time on Saturday evenings for the purpose of television coverage, according to multiple reports.

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SuperSport is understood to have paid an increase of about 30 per cent to retain its English Premier League rights in sub-Saharan Africa, beating competition from Econet and StarTimes to win in the first round of bidding.
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The wave of tender processes in sub-Saharan Africa has continued to swell with the English Premier League and the International Olympic Committee both selling their rights earlier than expected.
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MP & Silva has struggled to refinance its investment in English Premier League rights across Asia-Pacific, outside Japan, TV Sports Markets understands.
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The English Premier League’s new media-rights deal in China is one of the most valuable ever signed in the country.

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Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has agreed a partnership with media company Cinelive to provide coverage of English Premier League football games in cinemas throughout Brazil.

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By Ben Speight and Mike Kiernan Alarm bells have been ringing on both sides of the Atlantic about falling audiences for blue riband sports properties
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The English Premier League has launched an early tender in China in order to reap the benefits of the country’s buoyant media-rights market.

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Canal Plus Afrique’s French-language deal for English Premier League rights is a landmark moment for the league, as its rights are now more expensive than the more locally-relevant French Ligue 1.

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Political turmoil, arguments over price and the beginning of Turkish Süper Lig negotiations has created a logjam in the Turkish sports-rights market, badly affecting rights-holders including the International Olympic Committee and the English Premier League.

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England’s Premier League clubs will enjoy much greater freedom from the 2016-17 season in how they can exploit content globally on social media. The benefits could be considerable in terms of expanding the reach of a club’s brand and could also help drive revenues for the biggest clubs.

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The English Premier League this week finalised a deal with Russian broadcaster Match TV which will see its value in the country fall by about 57 per cent.

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International media-rights revenues for the English Premier League are set to increase by almost 50 per cent in its new cycle, according to research conducted by TV Sports Markets.

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International media-rights revenues for the English Premier League are set to increase by almost 50 per cent in its new cycle, according to research conducted by TV Sports Markets.

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LeSports has become the first Chinese internet operator to secure English Premier League rights in the upcoming 2016-17 season.

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MP & Silva has made a small profit on its most recent English Premier League sublicensing deal in Asia.