Sky is to increase its prices for sports and family entertainment packages in Britain , just six weeks after it agreed to pay a record fee for the rights to show Premier League football matches . Sky , which normally increases its prices in September , said on Thursday the price of a sports TV package would rise by £1 to £47 a month . It reflects the balancing act it is attempting after agreeing to pay £4.2billion to show 126 live Premier League matches a season from 2016 to 2019 , fending off fierce rival BT . Sky said upon the announcement of the record Premier League deal that it would try to make sure its customers would not have to foot the bill . As of June , it will cost £47 a month to watch Sky Sports pundits such as Thierry Henry ( centre ) Sky will no longer have rights to broadcast Champions League games from next season . Sky paid £4.2billion to broadcast 126 live games a season from 2016 to 2019 in the Premier League . 'The company will work hard to minimise the impact of higher rights costs on customers , with the majority of the funding coming through substantial additional savings to be delivered by efficiency plans , ’ a Sky spokesman said upon the announcement of the rights in February . Sky 's family bundle , which includes its highest profile shows and box-sets of drama , would rise by £3 a month to £36 . Analysts said the lower price rise for sports channels might reflect a concern within the company that viewers could defect to BT , which won the right to show 42 games a season and has also beaten Sky to show Champions League matches from later this year . The price increases will take effect in June . Analysts at Citi said this was prudent as the previous timetable would have resulted in Sky trying to increase prices just as the Champions League matches disappeared from its channels . Sky suggested its customers would not have to foot the bill for the record Premier League TV deal . Graphic charts the significant rise of domestic Premier League TV revenue . Seven packages were available in the auction , five with 28 games per season and two with 14 games per season . THE PACKAGES SKY WON . Package A comprises 28 games on Saturday lunchtimes ( 12.30pm ) . Package C has 28 games kicking off between 1.30pm and 2.15pm on Sundays . Pack A has 6 'first pick ' games from 38 rounds and B has 9 first picks . Package D is the 4pm Sunday bundle of 28 games - crucially with 18 'first pick ' games . Package E is the 'Monday night football ' ( 8pm ) bundle , with 18 games on Mondays plus 10 on Fridays ; this is the first time Premier League games will be shown live on Friday evenings . There are no first picks in this package . Package G is a bundle of 14 games on Bank Holidays and other Sunday matches with two first picks . THE PACKAGES BT SPORT WON . Package B has 28 games at tea-time on Saturdays ( 5.30pm ) Packages F has 14 games , a mix of midweek and Saturday games including three first picks . Under the current ongoing deals Sky have paid £2.28bn over three years from 2013-16 for 116 games per season , or in other words , get 348 games at £6,551,724 each . BT have paid £738m over three years from 2013-16 for 38 games per season , or in other words , get 114 games at £6,473,684 each . 50 per cent of the revenue is divided equally between the clubs . 25 per cent is awarded on a merit basis , determined by final league positions . 25 per cent is distributed as a facilities fee for televised matches . NICK HARRIS . Sky may also have been encouraged to move ahead with price rises now after recent quarterly results showed the number of people leaving the platform had reduced . 'The experience of Canal+ in France suggests losing rights does not impact subscriber volumes , but does impair pricing power , ' Citi said . The analysts said the price rises could result in an around 10 percent increase to earnings per share . Shares in Sky , which has recently expanded into Germany , Italy and Austria , were up 1.4 percent , outperforming the FTSE 100 Index which was up 0.4 percent .
Sky announced Thursday its sports TV package fee will rise to £25 per cent . Sky usually reveals its price increases in September . It agreed to pay £4.2billion for live Premier League games last month .