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Investors give thumbs-up up to £4.5bn deal struck by Sky and BT for Premier League football rights

Shares in Sky and BT have risen today as investors approved of their purchase of broadcasting rights to a string of Premier League football matches.

In total, the media giants stumped up nearly £4.5billion so that BT Sport and Sky Sports will screen the lion's share of 200 games for each season between 2019 to 2022.

After more substantial gains this morning, Sky's share price settled 2.19 per cent up at 1,084.25p, and BT Group up 0.39 per cent at 226.73p.

Time to celebrate:u00a0Shares in Sky and BT are on the up after the telecoms giants successfully snapped up broadcasting rights to a string of Premier League football matches
Time to celebrate: Shares in Sky and BT are on the up after the telecoms giants successfully snapped up broadcasting rights to a string of Premier League football matches

The sum of money the Premier League raised through the bidding process is less than the £5.