Champions Earn Record TV Payout
New Premier League champions Manchester City earned a record income from Premier League broadcast payments this season, after claiming £60.6m, with bottom club Wolves, the first side to be relegated from the League this year, even earning £39m from the deal.
The figures highlight the reletivly equal split amongst the teams, as opposed to other leagues around Europe.
Half of the domestic TV cash and all the overseas rights income are split equally between the 20 clubs.
Each club received an equal share of £13.7m from domestic TV money, £18.7m from overseas broadcast rights, plus £755,000 for each place they finished in the final league table – that was the sum received by bottom Wolves while Manchester City earned £15.1m.
Each club also receives around £570,000 for each time they are featured in live TV matches – resulting in a minimum of £5.7m.
Manchester United, who featured more than anyone on television this year, earned £13.5m after taking part in 26 live TV games.
It also explains why Tottenham earned more than Arsenal – £57.3m compared to £56.2m – despite finishing lower in the league, because they played in 23 live TV games, compared to the Gunners’ 19.
