Sky faces paying extra £1.8bn for Premier League broadcast rights

Sky might have to pay a premium of up to 45% on the £4.18bn it paid to secure UK rights.Sky could be forced to pay an extra £600m annually to retain the lion’s share of Premier League matches when the next rights auction launches this year, with Amazon emerging as a potential competitor for the biggest prize in UK sport broadcasting.Google, Apple, Facebook and Netflix are other possible rivals for Britain’s most valuable sports rights, which are split between Sky and BT u