In the week that the sale of TV rights for international Premier League hit a new record reaching 1,556 million Euros, here is the status and values of the collective sale of television rights in the major European leagues.
The ranking is a reflection of the market value of the european national leagues. The English Premier League is still the most valued competition, both internationally (Asia) and for the domestic market.
1.English Premier League – contract from 2012/13 to 2009/10 (3 seasons): total amount of 3,538 million Euros, of which 1,556 million euros on the sale of international rights. English clubs have at their disposal 1,179 million Euros per season to distribute to the 20 clubs in the Premier League.
2.Italian Serie A – 2-year contract from 2010/11 to 2011/12 for a total value of 1,822 million Euros, about 911 million Euros annually.
3.French Ligue 1 – 4-season contract, from 2008/09 to 2011/12. Total value of 2,672 million Euros, about 668 million Euros annually.
4.German BundesLiga – 4-season deal, from 2009/10 to 2012/13. Total value of 1,648 million Euros, about 412 million Euros annually.
5.Spanish Liga – Barcelona and Real Madrid are not very interested in the collective sale of television rights, as they negociate their own contracts and get about 240 million Euros in annual TV rights, for a total of around 500 million Euros between the 20 league clubs.
6.Turkish Süper Lig – contract with a duration of 4 seasons, from 2010/2011 to 2013/2014. Total value of 1,041 million euros, about 260.3 million euros annually.
7.Dutch Eredivisie – 3-year term, from 2008 / 9 to 2010/11. Total value of 300 million euros, about 100 million Euros annually.
8.Greek Super League – contract with a duration of 3 seasons, from 2009/10 to 2011/12. Total value of 162 million euros, about 54 million Euros annually. (amount may increase if Olympiakos and Xhantos also enter the collective sale).
9.Portuguesa Liga – As in Spain, Portugal did not sell their TV rights collectively, with Benfica, Sporting and Porto pulled in a combined 24 million euros per year, roughly half of the total value paid to the 16 league clubs .
10.Polish Ekstraklasa – contract with a duration of 3 seasons, from 2008/09 to 2010/11. Total value of 101.5 million euros, about 33.8 million Euros annually.
11.Romanian liga 1 – contract with a duration of 3 seasons, from 2008/2009 to 2010/11. Total value of 85 million, about 28.3 million Euros annually.
12.English League Cup – contract with a duration of 5 seasons, from 2009/10 to 2014/15. Total value of 75 million, about 15 million Euros annually. The contract signed with Setanta before its bankruptcy was 157 million Euros for the same period, about 31.4 million Euros per year.
13.Belgian Jupiler League – contract with a duration of 3 seasons, from 2008/09 to 2010/11. Total value of 44.7 million, about 14.9 million Euros annually.
Source: futebolfinance.com
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