Premier League big six win battle for larger share of overseas TV rights

• Some money paid according to league position from 2019-20
• Compromise voted in at Premier League meeting on Thursday

The Premier League’s ‘big six’ clubs have won their fight to take a bigger share of the top tier’s booming international broadcasting revenue, the league has announced.

The domestic TV money has always been distributed on a meritocratic basis, depending on where clubs finish in the league, but proceeds from foreign broadcasters have been shared equally since 1992, as nobody predicted the sums involved would become so significant.

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