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Amazon Prime 'explore bidding' for an expanded package of live rights to Premier League matches... with the streaming service 'encouraged by the long-term certainty' of a four-year deal

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Amazon Prime are reportedly exploring whether to bid in the latest auction of live rights for Premier League matches after a tender process was launched last month.

The streaming service is currently paying around £90million for 60 live matches in three seasons staged over the Christmas period, after securing a package ahead of the 2019-20 season.

Amazon retained the rights after the Premier League's domestic TV deal was extended by a further three years on the same terms due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Industry insiders have told Mail Sport that Amazon were effectively given their first set of live rights at a discount by the Premier League six years ago in order to draw them into the market.