Its being reported that the smallest package of 42 games will go for £300m a year!
The BBC spend around £1.8bn a year, so spending £300m on football (on top of MOTD and FA cup, etc) is probably not going to go down well with license fee payers.
The question is, would channel 4 or ITV think that it offers value for money? Both have seen an overall drop in advertising revenues in recent years
Channel 4 posted revenue of £1.4bn last year and ITV revenues are far higher £4.3bn last year so could invest £300m in premier league football, if they thought they would get that back in advertising.
UK broadcasters to air 270 Premier League matches per season in next cycle with more midweek and Sunday games made available.
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