Hutton: Broadcaster enthusiasm drives 650-per-cent uplift in Saudi Pro League media revenue

(Photo by Abdul Ghani Bashir Issa/MB Media/Getty Images)
(Photo by Abdul Ghani Bashir Issa/MB Media/Getty Images)

This summer’s influx of star footballers to the Saudi Pro League has helped boost its international media rights revenues by 650 per cent, contributing to an annual figure of $100m (€95m) from global media rights over the next two seasons.

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