Peterborough United's opening match of next season will be broadcast live on TV as EFL and Sky Sports confirm details of record-breaking deal
EFL clubs have unanimously agreed a record domestic rights deal with Sky Sports over a five-year period with over 1000 matches to be broadcast each season.
The arrangement will involve guaranteed payments of £895m and £40m in marketing benefits to be shared by Championship, League One and League Two clubs.
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Hide AdIn total, 1,059 EFL matches are set to be broadcast across existing Sky Sports channels or live via a Sky Sports streaming destination available on TV and mobile devices.
Each season Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of...
328 Sky Bet Championship matches
248 Sky Bet League One matches
248 Sky Bet League Two matches
All 15 Play-Off matches
All 93 Carabao Cup matches
All 127 EFL Trophy matches
Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown. Five matches will be shown from the Sky Bet Championship and five split between Leagues One and Two For the first time fans will be also able to watch every match from the Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy.
All opening day, final day, and midweek fixtures in the Sky Bet EFL will be shown live, as will all games played on Bank Holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and New Year's Day alongside the matches played in Sky Bet League One and League Two during international breaks.
No game kicking off at 3pm will be screened. More notice about planned TV games will be given to supporters.
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Posh have been shown live on TV four times this season and won them all.