The Football League has announced a new three-year television broadcasting agreement with Sky Sports worth £195m - a decrease of 26 per cent on the current deal.

Under the terms of the new deal to start in 2012-13, Sky Sports has been awarded rights to screen npower Football League, Carling Cup and Johnstone's Paint Trophy games. Discussions remain ongoing between the Football League and broadcasters regarding the rights to free-to-air highlights.

However, it compares with a £264m agreement signed in 2007, which covered a three-year period starting in 2009-10 and included a deal for BBC Sport to show highlights. Football League chair Greg Clarke said: "This has been a challenging climate in which to negotiate television rights, given the state of the economy and the lack of competitive tension in the sports broadcasting market."