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Sports Rights: Premier League UK highlights: BBC hold

  • 08-06-2006 3:37pm
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    DMC
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    BBC hold onto Match of the Day....

    BBC RETAINS HIGHLIGHTS RIGHTS

    http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enNewsLatest&id=1303214&type=com.fapl.website.news.NewsItem&categoryCode=NewsLatestFAPremierLeagueNews&breadcrumb=latestfa_breadcrumb
    The Premier League has concluded the sales process for free-to-air highlights rights in the United Kingdom, running for the three seasons from 2007/08 to 2009/10.

    These rights have been retained by the BBC, who submitted a bid of £171.6million for the three-year period.

    This will allow the BBC to continue to show their Match of the Day programme on a Saturday evening, Sunday morning and on other evenings when fixtures justify.

    Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: “The BBC and Match of the Day have been almost synonymous with our great competition since it started and this deal allows fans to continue to access its high-quality coverage through to the next decade.

    “We are very pleased at the outcome.

    “The deal also gives our clubs the opportunity to showcase their football to the wide and varied audience that the BBC attracts.

    “The market for the highlights rights was very competitive and we were extremely impressed by other proposals. However we now look forward to extending the great relationship we have with the BBC, one that goes further than this rights deal.”


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