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[Football] Premier League signs new Sky Sports deal
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One MILLION pounds!
Austrian Gull
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Does that mean Amazon are not showing games anymore?
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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
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So that means about 70% of games will be televised. Saturday 3pm kick offs will become even more of a rarity.
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Why would Amazon Prime be losing their midweek package? - my understanding was that was going to expand
Premier League to expand 'Amazon package' as DAZN eyes rights entry, says report - SportsPro
UK broadcasters to air 270 Premier League matches per season in next cycle with more midweek and Sunday games made available.
www.sportspromedia.com
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
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That link says the new broadcast packages could see Amazon expand their rights. Also mentions DAZN might be bidding.Why would Amazon Prime be losing their midweek package? - my understanding was that was going to expand
Premier League to expand 'Amazon package' as DAZN eyes rights entry, says report - SportsPro
UK broadcasters to air 270 Premier League matches per season in next cycle with more midweek and Sunday games made available.
Seems like they’ve been outbid as they’ve not got any of the new packages, 4 to Sky (including live coverage of all 10 games on the final day of the season and multiple games will be shown in the Sunday 2pm time slot) and 1 to TNT (which seems to include the two midweek blocks current shown by Amazon and the Saturday lunchtime game). BBC retaining the rights to the highlights.
Sky Sports increase Premier League coverage by 70% as latest rights unveiled
Sky Sports will continue to show coverage of Premier League action for at least another six years in a record-breaking new deal with those running the English top flight
www.mirror.co.uk
Billy in Bristol
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Sky have the three full midweek rounds in the new deal.Why would Amazon Prime be losing their midweek package? - my understanding was that was going to expand
Premier League to expand 'Amazon package' as DAZN eyes rights entry, says report - SportsPro
UK broadcasters to air 270 Premier League matches per season in next cycle with more midweek and Sunday games made available.
Unless there are five rounds planned for 25/26 and beyond.
crodonilson
He/Him
Ultimately we will get to the point where ALL games are televised and they can do that with enough varied kick off times to still avoid the 3pm blackout. Saturday 3pm will become time for televised women's football and non televised lower league games.
There are pretty much 8 slots each weekend as it is for games and then the odd game (Sunday 2pm) will kick off at the same time across different providers.
Friday 8pm, Saturday 12:30pm, Saturday 5pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 12pm, Sunday 2pm, Sunday 4:30pm, Monday 8pm
Sunday 7pm was also mooted which would give 9 different times over a weekend.
HalfaSeatOn
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From TNT website ‘TNT Sports will continue to show Saturday lunchtime kick offs and two mid-week rounds per season.’
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www.tntsports.co.uk
TNT Sports extends UK Premier League rights until 2029 - TNT Sports
Following today’s announcement by the Premier League in the U.K, we are pleased to confirm that TNT Sports will continue to show live and exclusive Premier Leag
www.tntsports.co.uk
Not live. They leave the game behind your wheelie bin and you can watch it when you get home.
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Bubble not burst…
www.bbc.co.uk
Premier League agrees record £6.7bn TV rights deal
The Premier League agrees a new £6.7bn deal for its domestic television rights with Sky and TNT to show 270 live games a season.
www.bbc.co.uk
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That’s a shame - One of the few good perks about Amazon Prime Membership was watching a Christmas series of free PL matches - I was hoping Amazon would be expanding this part of their service - disappointing for those of us who don’t subscribe to Sky - (I generally pay per view just for the Brighton matches so at least more games will be broadcast) - but honestly the amount of money being poured into top flight EPL from broadcasting rights (to the detriment of the rest of the football league) is staggering.That link says the new broadcast packages could see Amazon expand their rights. Also mentions DAZN might be bidding.
Seems like they’ve been outbid as they’ve not got any of the new packages, 4 to Sky (including live coverage of all 10 games on the final day of the season and multiple games will be shown in the Sunday 2pm time slot) and 1 to TNT (which seems to include the two midweek blocks current shown by Amazon and the Saturday lunchtime game). BBC retaining the rights to the highlights.
Sky Sports increase Premier League coverage by 70% as latest rights unveiled
Sky Sports will continue to show coverage of Premier League action for at least another six years in a record-breaking new deal with those running the English top flightwww.mirror.co.uk
TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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Expect your Sky package deals to be upped in price soon ..
£6.7bn for 270 games a season for 4 seasons is £6.2m per game. Is it really worth £6.2m per game to these TV companies? Seems mad.
The Colonel
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- Sep 4, 2023
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Without the PL they haven't really got a business, so I guess it must be worth it.