article_snippet: Premier League football rights are sold to broadcasters.
article_snippet: BT Sport share the rights with Sky to broadcast Premier League football throughout the season .
article_snippet: Virgin Media resulted in Sky and BT paying a combined £5.14 billion to screen top-flight games for the 2016-2019 seasons, a 70 per cent increase on the current deal.
highlights_snippet: Sky and BT  paid a combined £5.14billion to screen top-flight games .
  