Premier League may earn 14-fold increase in TV rights money as new foreign broadcaster deals promise more cash

  • The Premier League will earn £3.2billion from foreign broadcasters in 2016-19 
  • However it has already wrapped up some lucrative deals for 2019-2022 
  • The new deals could be worth between twice and 14 times as much as now 

The Premier League will earn £3.2billion from foreign broadcasters in 2016-19 but has already wrapped up some lucrative deals for 2019-2022 worth between twice and 14 times as much as now.

Sportsmail can reveal the main sports broadcaster in Sub-Saharan Africa, SuperSport, has agreed to double the £84m a year they pay for 2016-19 to guarantee a £168m-a-year deal in their region for 2019-2022.

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Jaw-dropping growth has also been seen in China, where digital firm PPTV will pay £180m per year for 2019-2022, up from £13m a year now paid by SSMG - almost 14 times as much.

The Premier League has already wrapped up some lucrative broadcasting deals for 2019-2022

American giants NBC are paying £128m per season through to 2022 in a six-year, $1bn deal worth twice as much as their last one.

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The Premier League currently makes £1.07bn a year from all overseas deals combined. From 2019, China, the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa alone will be paying £476m a year.

Another 60 or so national and territorial deals are likely to triple that at least.

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