NBC Sports extended its deal to carry England’s Premier League for six years on Monday, helping to keep a property that has helped define its NBCSN cable network and brought an average of nearly 500,000 soccer fans to each game last season.
The deal will go into effect next year. NBC is in the final season of a three-year, $250-million deal. The new deal is expected to come with a significant increase in the rights fee paid to the Premier League.
To win its new deal, NBC defeated bids by ESPN and Fox Sports.