Latest news. Broadcaster Al Jazeera has been tipped to challenge Sky's domination of top-flight domestic coverage with a rival bid for Premier League TV rights this summer.
Premier League Richard Scudamore has admitted Sky's 20 years of coverage of England's top flight will count for nothing if they are outbid by Al Jazeera for the next three years of television rights.
Scudamore also disclosed the Premier League are actively considering selling their next set of TV rights across the whole of Europe rather than just Britain. PL officials are deciding whether selling the rights on a pan-European basis would provide more income and protection.
The deliberations are taking place against the background of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the case of Portsmouth landlady Karen Murphy last year, which stated that the Premier League could not give "broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a member state basis".
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