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Sky Sports, BT Sport pay more than £5 billion for Premier League rights

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The domestic broadcasting rights for the Premier League were awarded to Sky Sports and BT Sport on Tuesday for a whopping £5.136 billion.

The figure smashes all previous records paid for the rights to deliver the Premier League to the United Kingdom.

Sky Sports will air the majority of games after being awarded five of the seven packages, with 126 matches being shown live on the network per season.

In addition to the matches shown during traditional time slots, the station will also have the rights to air the league's first Friday evening matches.

Meanwhile, BT Sport have the rights to matches played on Saturday evenings and midweek games.

The cost for the rights is a 70% increase from the previous domestic television deal, meaning each match is roughly worth £10.2 million.

The deal also puts a massive gap between the Premier League and Europe's top leagues.

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