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English Premier League tears up $1 billion China TV contract – Wide World of Sports
More fall out from pandemic causes headaches
The English Premier League terminated a lucrative broadcasting contract with one of its China partners, as EPL clubs deal with more losses due to the pandemic.
Streaming service PPTV agreed a reported $956 million (AUD) deal for the right to broadcast all 380 Premier League matches per season from 2019 to 2022.
But the first season of that deal was hit by the virus with a three-month shutdown between March and June before the season was completed behind closed doors.
That saw PPTV refuse to p…
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