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LONDON, KOMPAS.com - Yahoo! bought the rights to broadcast the English Premier League match footage in cyberspace. This purchase would boost the image of the giant Internet sites in covering sports impressions online.

Management Yahoo! and the Premier League does not launch the transaction value in this three-year contract. But, according to estimates, the value of this transaction reaches millions of pounds. Holders of season three earlier this contract is Virgin Media.

Yahoo! will publish excerpts in the duration of the match five minutes. Yahoo! also entitled to cooperate with other parties in the telecast. "This agreement is good news for users and advertisers on Yahoo!," Says Managing Director of Yahoo! Rich Riley Europe.

The Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said the Premier League fans access to watch the game continues to grow and increasingly sophisticated. "Supporters can watch the action at the site of their favorite club online," said Scudamore. (Cash / Arief Ardiansyah)