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All September Premier League to be televised

All 28 Premier League fixtures in September will be televised live, with Leicester City’s home match against Burnley to be broadcast free-to-air on the BBC, as matches continue to be played behind closed doors. Sky Sports and BT Sport have already selected 17 matches for live broadcast for the first three match rounds of the […]

September 9, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Peacock to show 175+ Premier League games

NBC Sports and Peacock will present more than 175 exclusive Premier League matches on Peacock Premium in the 2020-21 season. Peacock – NBCUniversal’s new streaming service – will launch in the US with free and premium tiers across mobile, web and connected TV devices on July 15th. In total, Peacock Premium will present more than […]

July 10, 2020

Smart speaker BBC news for locked-down Leicester

As part of a plan to offer local area updates from across the UK to smart speaker users, the BBC has expedited the launch of a news service into the East Midlands city of Leicester in both English and Gujarati languages, as the city enters a local lockdown following a rise in Coronavirus case numbers. […]

July 7, 2020

ESA chooses Leicester for new incubation effort

The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen to build a £100 million space-tech incubation centre in Leicester, UK. The ESA is not part of the European Union Space Park Leicester is an extension of ESA’s existing Business Incubation thrust for R&D.  It joins Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire, Sci-Tech Daresbury in the North West and the […]

June 30, 2020By Chris Forrester

FA Cup, EFL return to ESPN+

The return of live professional football to ESPN and ESPN+ continues with exclusive US coverage of the EFL Championship starting on June 20th and the FA Cup quarter-finals, semifinals and final beginning June 27th. The final three rounds of the FA Cup feature multiple salivating matches with several top Premier League sides remaining in the […]

June 19, 2020

Second round of Premier League TV schedule revealed

The Premier League resumed on June 17th with Sky Sports providing live coverage of Aston Villa and Sheffield United’s goalless draw at Villa Park, and Manchester City’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Arsenal at The Etihad. A full weekend of fixtures featuring all 20 Premier League clubs will play out this weekend. Sky Sports, BT Sport, […]

June 18, 2020

Australia: Optus to air all 92 EPL games

Optus Sport will stream all 92 remaining Premier League games live when the 2019/20 season provisionally restarts this week. “The Premier League’s return is a huge moment for live sport and we’re thrilled to reconnect our passionate Optus Sport customers to what they love,” Optus’ Head of TV and Content, Corin Dimopoulos, said. “For sport-starved […]

June 15, 2020

BT Sport adds ‘dynamic crowd noise’ for football return

BT Sport will kick off its coverage of the Premier League’s return with a double header of Watford v Leicester City and Brighton v Arsenal on June 20th. The fixtures – and all subsequent matches on BT Sport – will give viewers the option to watch with (or without) a pre-recorded dynamic crowd noise feature, […]

June 8, 2020

First Premier League TV games scheduled

The Premier League broadcasters have reached an agreement over which fixtures each will air from June 17th up to July 2nd, with Aston Villa vs Sheffield United set to kickstart the resumption of the season immediately followed by Manchester City vs Arsenal – with both games on Sky Sports. Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United will […]

June 5, 2020