Saudi Football League Lines Up Deals to Broadcast Games Globally

Cristiano Ronaldo

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The Saudi Pro Football League has secured a network of deals to broadcast games featuring superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema around the world.

The deals span more than 130 territories at rates as much as four times higher than last season’s total revenue from broadcast rights, according to a person familiar with the situation, who declined to be identified as the information isn’t public.