Optus Sport extends lucrative EPL rights until 2028

Calum Jaspan

November 19, 2021 9:08

Optus Sport has ended speculation over the broadcast rights for the English Premier League retaining it for six additional seasons through to the end of the 2027-28 competition, after the bidding concluded this week.

Optus has also retained the rights for the FA Women’s Super League until the end of the 2023-24 season. Optus first won the EPL rights in 2015 from Foxtel, retaining it in 2018.

The race for one of the most valuable sporting competitions in the world was shaping up to be hotly contested, with the saturated sports streaming market in Australia resulting in interest from multiple players. The news comes on launch date of the new A-League Men’s competition, with new broadcast partners, Ten ViacomCBS.

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Calum Jaspan

Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.