TV rights: Premier League renews contracts with Sky, BT, Amazon and BBC in the UK for 3 more seasons

The 20 Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to renew their UK broadcasting contracts with their current partners (pay-TV operators Sky and BT Sport, e-commerce group Amazon and public broadcasting group BBC) for the 2019-2022 cycle, for a further three seasons, until 2024-25, "at the same overall value as the current arrangements," announced the English League on 13/05/2021.

"This follows approval in principle for the renewal from Government after an extensive period of consideration. The approval from Government will be embodied in an Exclusion Order under the Competition Act 1998, which will enable the Premier League to conclude the renewals without conducting its normal broadcast rights tender process. In light of the damaging impact of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the English football pyramid, the Premier League was able to demonstrate to Government exceptional and compelling reasons for the Exclusion Order," explained the Premier League. 

The Premier League domestic broadcasting rights over the 2019-2022 cycle had been awarded for a total of around £5bn (€5.66bn) or…