EFL TV rights: Clubs vote through record five-year coverage deal with Sky Sports

The EFL's existent TV woody was a 35% summation connected their erstwhile statement with Sky Sports

EFL clubs person voted done a grounds caller five-year unrecorded TV sum woody with Sky Sports worthy £935m.

Clubs were told details of the Sky connection connected Friday greeting and unanimously approved the agreement.

The league entered into an exclusive month-long negotiating period with the broadcaster successful April aft naming it preferred bidder.

The woody represents a 50% summation successful worth connected the £595m twelvemonth woody the EFL has had with Sky since 2018, and which immoderate Championship clubs believed undervalued their product. It presently televises 138 EFL league games each season.

The broadcaster has held the league's unrecorded rights since 2002.

Reports had suggested streaming level DAZN wanted to amusement each crippled live, ending the traditional Saturday 3pm TV blackout, which is designed to support lower-league attendances.

The EFL had said it was consenting to see scrapping the Saturday 3pm blackout arsenic portion of their caller TV rights deal.

What is included successful the deal?

Each season, Sky Sports volition broadcast a minimum of:

• 328 Sky Bet Championship matches
• 248 Sky Bet League One matches
• 248 Sky Bet League Two matches
• All 15 Play-Off matches
• All 93 Carabao Cup matches
• All 127 EFL Trophy matches

The caller woody allows for the blocked broadcast play betwixt 14:45 and 17:15 connected Saturday afternoons to remain, meaning that main broadcast fixtures volition beryllium scheduled for extracurricular of this time.

Running from 2024-25 to 2028-29, the statement volition beryllium made up of guaranteed payments of £895m, and £40m successful selling benefits.

Trevor Birch, the main enforcement of the EFL, called it a "landmark broadcast woody for EFL clubs".

"This accrued concern and sum from Sky Sports volition showcase overmuch much of our compelling lucifer enactment to fans, portion delivering grounds rights values arsenic we question to marque our clubs sustainable astatine each levels," helium said.

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