EPL clubs see modest TV contract rise

English Premier League clubs have seen a modest increase in revenue for the domestic live television rights under the terms of a deal announced Friday.

BSkyB have secured the rights to five of the six packages of live matches from the 2010-11 season to the end of 2012-13, with Irish broadcaster Setanta claiming the sixth.

The Premier League confirmed the overall value of the six packages, which each contains 23 live games, is 1.782 billion pounds (2.04 billion euros, 2.63 billion dollars), compared to 1.702 billion pounds for the 2007-2010 seasons.

Under the new domestic terms, Setanta hold on to the Saturday evening match slot but the Monday night match returns to Sky.

Half of all broadcast revenue is divided equally among all 20 Premier League clubs.

The influx of TV cash has made the English top flight the most lucrative division in world club football and helped to attract many high-profile foreign coaches and players.

“The Premier League is a fantastic competition and the continued investment in playing talent and facilities made by the clubs is largely down to the revenue generated through the sale of our broadcast rights,” said Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.