Under the deal BSkyB will have the right to broadcast highlights of Premier League matches via mobile from the 2006-07 season. Earlier this year BSkyB won four of the six live TV rights packages and BSkyB and BT won the right to carry 242 "near-live" league matches each season over the internet.
BSkyB beat off competition for the mobile rights from a consortium led by sports agency TWI and comprising the UK’s five mobile phone networks: 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The bid would have seen each operator given shared and equal access to the rights. At present 3 and Vodafone have exclusive mobile rights for the Premier League.
