Ofcom drops Premier League broadcast rights investigation

Ofcom has dropped its investigation into the Premier League over the inflation in TV broadcast rights, firmly securing the league’s status as the most lucrative domestic competition in world football.
Ofcom launched the investigation in 2014 to look into the whether the way the premier League sold broadcasting rights had restricted or distorted competition. The rivalry between Sky and BT pushed the rights costs up by almost 80 per cent to £5.14bn, sparking concerns that the costs cou