Sky 5 Setanta 1

Sky Sports is today following on from their recent announcement of having secured 4 of the 6 Premier League TV packages for UK broadcasting, by announcing that that they have now won a 5th Package. Setanta, who currently have 2 packages, will only have the Saturday Evening Package (Package D) for the 2010/11 to 2012/13 seasons.

That means that Sky will have 115 of the 138 televised games.

The total value realised by the auction is £1.782bn (5% up on last deal) and Richard Scudamore commented that this puts in place stability for the Premier League clubs and allows them make their plans.

Setanta will be disappointed in losing 23 Premier League games, but they do have the England Internationals and the FA cup coverage.

I had also blogged previously that the BBC recently announced they had retained the rights to host Match of the Day until end of the 2013 season.

BBC Retains The Rights For MOTD

The BBC has today retained the rights to broadcast Premier League highlights until the end of the 2013 league campaign.

This will be a big boost for the BBC which has never had the rights to show live premier league games, and has this season lost the rights to show live FA cup matches and England internationals.