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Premier League TV deal: What rights do Sky Sports and BT Sport have?
THE latest Premier League TV rights deal from 2019-2022 has been sold for £4.464bn with Sky Sports and BT Sport to continue broadcasting live matches.
Sky Sports have won the rights to four packages - 128 live matches - while BT Sport have one, comprising 32 games.
The latest Sky Premier League deal falls short of the previous agreement with the Premier League when the rights were sold for £5.14bn in 2015.
“To have achieved this investment with two packages remaining to sell is testament to the excellent football competition delivered by the clubs," executive chairman Richard Scudamore said.
So what does this mean for BT Sport and Sky Sports?
Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will now show Saturday night fixtures for the first time.
BT will show Saturday lunchtime fixtures from August 2019.
Who has what package?
BT Sport: Package A
Sky Sports: Packages B, C, D, E
Live packages
Package A
Total matches: 32 (20 second picks, 12 fifth picks)
Matches per club: Maximum six; minimum one.
Kick-off times: 32 matches at Saturday 12.30
Package B
Total matches: 32 (15 first picks, five third picks, 12 fifth picks)
Matches per club: Max six; min one
Kick-off times: 32 matches at Saturday 17.30
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Package C
Total matches: 32 (14 second picks; 18 fourth picks)
Matches per club: Max five; min one
Kick-off times: 24 matches at Sunday 14.00 and 8 matches at Saturday 19.45
Package D
Total matches: 32 (19 first picks; seven third picks; six fourth picks)
Matches per club: Max five; min one
Kick-off times: 32 matches at Sunday 16.30
Package E
Total matches: 32 (22 third picks; 10 fourth picks)
Matches per club: Max five; min none
Kick-off times: 24 matches at Monday 20.00 or Friday 19.30 - 20.00 and 8 matches at Sunday 14.00
Package F
Total matches: 20
Matches per club: Max two; min two
Kick-off times: All 20 matches from one Bank Holiday and one midweek fixture programme
Package G
Total matches: 20
Matches per club: Max two; min two
Kick-off times: All 20 matches from two midweek fixture programmes