Premier League: ESPN exclusive broadcaster in Brazil for all 380 games of the 2016-17 season

ESPN has not concluded a sub-license agreement in Brazil for the 2016-17 Premier League season, announced the US sports pay-TV group on 01/08/2016. Sky Sports had obtained these rights, via sub-license, to the Premier League in the previous cycle (2013-2016).

ESPN acquired exclusive rights to broadcast the Premier League in Brazil for the 2016-2019 cycle, on 28/09/2015. The amount of the deal could be worth $50m (€44.87m) per year, according to several media reports.

The defending champions, Leicester City FC, launch the 2016-17 Premier League season with the opening match against Hull City AFC at the KCOM Stadium (25,586 seats) in Hull, on Saturday, 13/08/2016 (kick-off at 12:30 local BST, 13:30 CET).

All 380 matches to be streamed on WatchESPN OTT platform for the first time

• "The Premier League is one of the most important soccer leagues in the world and leveraging market-leading technology like WatchESPN to make all of the matches available in Brazil allows us to best serve fans. The Premier League on WatchESPN also helps us to continue to offer the most complete…