The CableGuy
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18430036
Significantly, BT won Package A (Saturday 12.45 kickoffs) which has over 20 1st pick games, to appeal to the Far East EPL fans.
That's shat news for ESPN, and Virgin Media. Potentially great news for BT Vision/Broadband customers who will probably get EPL footy at a reduced price.BT has secured the rights to broadcast 38 Premier League games for each of the seasons from 2013-14 to 2015-16.
BSkyB will continue to show the majority of matches, having secured the rights to 116 games per season, the Premier League said.
The total of 154 live matches is 16 more than currently broadcast and more than 40% of all top-level matches.
The sales raised £3.018bn, an increase of £1.25bn on the current package which shares rights between BSkyB and ESPN.
BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce said the amount paid for the new deal was "staggering", marking a rise of 70% on the present deal.
Significantly, BT won Package A (Saturday 12.45 kickoffs) which has over 20 1st pick games, to appeal to the Far East EPL fans.