Amazon Prime Video has secured the rights to 20 Premier League matches per season in a new 3 year deal.
It will be available for no extra cost to its members means it’ll be the first time a full round of Premier League fixtures will be broadcast in the UK.
“The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Over these two December fixture rounds Prime members will be able to watch every team, every game, so no matter which Premier League team you support, you’re guaranteed to see them play live on Prime Video,” said Jay Marine, vice president of Prime Video in Europe.
The league has also announced a new deal in how international broadcast revenue will be distributed amongst the clubs.
From 2019/2020, clubs will continue to share current levels of international revenue equally, but any increase will be distributed based on where they finish in the League.
Currently the highest earning club received 1.6 times the amount received by the lowest-earning club. That’s now increased to 1.8 times.
“When the Premier League was formed in 1992 nobody could have envisaged the scale of international growth in the competition which exists now,” explained Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore.
“Back then the clubs put in place a revenue sharing system that was right for the time and has served the League well, enabling them to invest and improve in all areas.
“This new agreement will continue that trend with a subtle change that further incentivises on-pitch achievement and maintains the Premier League’s position as the most equitable in Europe in terms of sharing central revenues.”
The League’s UK broadcast revenue, 50 per cent of which is shared equally between clubs and 25 per cent each of prize money and broadcast facility fees, will continue to be distributed in the same way it always has been, as will central commercial revenues which are shared equally.
