The Premier League has awarded three of its six live TV rights packages to BSkyB, and will hold a second round of bidding for the remaining three bundles of matches.
The deal gives BSkyB 69 live matches per season for three years from 2007-08, with the league having created six packages of 23 games each.
"Following the submission of bids by interested parties, the FA Premier League is in a position to announce that it has awarded three out of the six packages to live rights to BSkyB. We will be proceeding to a second round of bidding for the remaining three packages in due course," said a spokesman for the league.
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The deal gives BSkyB 69 live matches per season for three years from 2007-08, with the league having created six packages of 23 games each.
"Following the submission of bids by interested parties, the FA Premier League is in a position to announce that it has awarded three out of the six packages to live rights to BSkyB. We will be proceeding to a second round of bidding for the remaining three packages in due course," said a spokesman for the league.
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