ingtel Optus chief executive Allen Lew has secured the exclusive Australian rights to the English Premier League and FIFA World Cup and is opening up Optus Sports to subscribers in a bid to become a telco and a media company.
The mobile and broadband provider's sports broadcasting arm has secured the next three seasons of EPL, from August 2019 to 2022, with exclusive coverage for every match played, including live, on-demand, replay and short-form for all 380 games. The telco had held the rights for the previous seasons, but Mr Lew said the competitors for the rights in the latest negotiations and the final price paid was "confidential".
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