Sky Sports have signed a new five-year deal worth £935million and will kick off their new agreement by featuring every game from the opening weekend of the 2024/25 seasonEFL blackout rules to be relaxed as Sky Sports unveil plans for new agreementEvery EFL game will be shown live on Sky Sports on the opening weekend of next season. It is part of Sky’s new £935m five-year TV deal with the EFL which will see over 1,000 games shown live each season. The blackout is enforced by the Football Association when over 50 per cent of Premier League and EFL games are played and the top flight season starts a week later. Sky are showing the games on Sky Sports+ across their new-look app, live streams and dedicated channel. They will have cameras and commentators at every EFL game with a pledge to show every club at least 20 times a season with ten EFL games shown live every weekend.

Source: Sky sports May 09, 2024 08:23 UTC