The Competition Act 1998 (Football Broadcasting Rights) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2021

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“2022 to 2025 football broadcasting rights” means rights to exploit in the United Kingdom the broadcasting of association football matches played as part of the 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 Premier League football seasons;

“broadcast rights holder” means any of the following—

(a)

Amazon Media EU S.A.R.L., a company registered in Luxembourg (company number 112767) or Amazon Digital UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 06528297);

(b)

the British Broadcasting Corporation, a Royal Charter company (company number RC000057);

(c)

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 01800000);

(d)

Sky UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 02906991);

“the Football Association Premier League” means the Football Association Premier League Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 02719699);

“football broadcasting rights agreement” means any of the following—

(a)

the agreement dated 6th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and the British Broadcasting Corporation in relation to the Free-to-Air Highlights Package for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;

(b)

the agreement dated 14th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and Sky UK Limited in relation to Live Packages B, C, D and E for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;

(c)

the agreement dated 14th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and Amazon Media EU S.A.R.L. in relation to Live Package F for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;

(d)

the agreement dated 19th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and British Telecommunications Public Limited Company in relation to Live Package A and Live Package G for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;

(e)

the agreement dated 19th February 2019 between the Football Association Premier League and Sky UK Limited in relation to the Near Live Package for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;

“Free-to-Air Highlights Package” means the package of audio-visual rights to association football matches played as part of a Premier League football season which principally includes the right to broadcast and make available on a free-to-air basis programmes featuring edited highlights of association football matches;

“Live Package A” means the package of live and associated audio-visual rights to 32 association football matches each Premier League football season played at weekends as part of the season and selected by the licensee using the pick priorities in the package;

“Live Packages B, C, D and E” means the packages of live and associated audio-visual rights, each of which includes rights to broadcast 32 association football matches each Premier League football season played at weekends or on Friday or Monday evenings as part of the season and selected by the licensee using the pick priorities in each of those packages;

“Live Package F” means the package of live and associated audio-visual rights to 20 association football matches each Premier League football season played as part of one midweek and one bank holiday fixture programme included in the season;

“Live Package G” means the package of live and associated audio-visual rights to 20 association football matches each Premier League football season, at least 15 of which are played as part of two midweek fixture programmes included in the season;

“Near Live Package” means the package of audio-visual rights which principally includes—

(a)

the right to make delayed and on-demand long-form transmission of 180 association football matches played as part of each Premier League football season which are not included in any of Live Package A, Live Packages B, C, D and E, Live Package F or Live Package G, and

(b)

the right to make available clips of all 380 association football matches played as part of each Premier League football season by means of the internet;

“Premier League club” means a football club which is for the time being a member of the Football Association Premier League;

“Premier League football season” means an association football competition, generally running from August in one year to May in the next, in which each Premier League club usually plays each other Premier League club twice, once at their own home ground and once at the home ground of the other Premier League club.