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Television coverage of the English Football League is set to stay on Sky Sports after it was named as the preferred bidder for 2024 onwards.
In a statement, the EFL said it had completed a “full and comprehensive review” of invitation to tender bids.
It added it would now enter into an exclusive month-long negotiating period with Sky.
The previous five-year broadcast deal, worth £595m, was signed in 2018 and allows Sky to show at least 138 league matches a season as well as every play-off game and the Carabao Cup final.
The broadcaster also screens matches in the earlier rounds of the EFL Cup and the semi-finals and final of the EFL Trophy.
The TV blackout for Saturday 3pm kick-offs in the UK dates back to the 1960s and was designed to protect lower league attendances.
