07 Jun 2018 10:55:57
A question for Ed002 perhaps, apologies in advance if this is not the place to ask, but I am curious about something regarding TV deals.

As I understand it the Premier League negotiates the deals with the bidding broadcasters, be it Sky or whoever. My question is does the Premier League negotiate the rights with broadcasters in foreign countries, or is this a negotiation between the broadcasters in England and the broadcasters in the foreign country?

As a South African I am curious to know whether other broadcasters (I have just read that Amazon could potentially look to buy rights to some games) purchasing rights for matches could effect the amount of games shown here?

{Ed002's Note - The PL games for showing in the UK are "auctioned" by the Premier League. There are a couple of packages to go and it is very likely Amazon will buy one which will let them show 20 games via paid for streaming spread over two weekends or midweeks periods - so they will stream all of one week's game on two occasions as I recall.

SuperSport have the English language rights in sub-Saharan Africa - which they have done for many years. That won't change.}

1.) 07 Jun 2018
07 Jun 2018 11:53:38
Thank you!

2.) 07 Jun 2018
07 Jun 2018 14:47:38
good to see a fellow South African on here 🇿🇦.