Amazon are screening four Premier League re-start games – and they are all being made available free-to-air.
Unlike their December games, you won’t need to have a Prime subscription to receive the games, they will screen free. As well as using Prime, Amazon will also stream them for free on gaming platform Twitch.
You can see the EVERTON V SOUTHAMPTON game LIVE HERE
AMAZON PRIME PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE GAMES
THURS JULY 9: 6pm Everton v Southampton
SAT JULY 11: 12.30pm Watford v Newcastle
Full details of all confirmed live Premier League re-start games can be found HERE
WHO’S SHOWING WHAT?
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64 games LIVE (39 subscription only on Sky Sports, 25 simulcast FREE-TO-AIR on Pick TV on FREEVIEW)
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>What games have Amazon Prime Video got?
Amazon have the rights to 20 Premier League matches – that’s every game from this midweek round and every match from the Boxing Day round. It’s the first time the Premier League has made an entire match round available to show live on TV.
Amazon’s deal to show the games runs for the next three seasons.
>Why are none of the games available on Sky and BT?
The two sets of matches were in one package put out by the Premier League for broadcasters to bid for. Initially, the package didn’t sell and had to put up for auction again which was when Amazon won the rights. It’s not clear whether Sky or BT were outbid or whether they didn’t value the rights having already scooped up the key packages they wanted of games.
BT has the rights to show all New Year’s Day games in the Premier League while every game from the entire winter break ‘split weekend’ will be shown across Sky and BT over two weekends.
> Who’s presenting Amazon’s coverage and who are their pundits?
In a huge operation, Amazon are promising to have a pitch-side presentation team at all 20 of their games with coverage starting from 6.30pm for the midweek matches.
On the midweek Wednesday and Boxing Day will have a studio-based goals show showing all the action as it happens.
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Amazon’s presenters, pundits and commentators are:
Adam Hunt
Alan Shearer
Alex Scott
Ally McCoist
Andy Townsend
Catherine Whitaker
Clive Tyldesley
Connor McNamara
Darrell Currie
Derek Rae
Dermot Gallagher
Dion Dublin
Eilidh Barbour
Eni Aluko
Gabby Logan
Glenn Hoddle
Graeme Le Saux
Guy Mowbray
Harry Redknapp
Ian Darke
Jermaine Jenas
Jim Rosenthal
Joe Cole
Jon Champion
Karthi Gnanasegaram
Kevin Kilbane
Lee Dixon
Les Ferdinand
Lynsey Hooper
Marcus Buckland
Matt Holland
Matt Smith
Michael Owen
Owen Hargreaves
Peter Crouch
Peter Schmeichel
Robbie Savage
Roberto Martinez
Seema Jaswal
Steve Bower
Sue Smith
Thierry Henry
Tim Sherwood
The match coverage will be produced by the production teams who are responsible for BT Sport’s football coverage.
> Can I see these games on a TV or will it just be streaming online via a laptop, phone or tablet?
No, the matches are available on TV. The Prime Video app is available on a number of smart TVs while plugging in a Fire TV stick or Cube streams the service on your TV set.
Some bars will also be showing some of Amazon’s games.
All games will be in HD with some in Ultra HD.
Highlights will be on Match of the Day on Wednesday (10.45pm BBC One) and on Boxing Day.
> If I sign up for the FREE trial will I get stuck with a Prime subscription?
No, clicking on this LINK will get you a 30-day trial which covers both this midweek and Boxing Day matches.
If you don’t want to continue with Prime with a subscription you can cancel. The Prime subscription auto-renews unless you cancel before the end of your 30 days.
However, if you wish to continue do nothing and your subscription will continue and you will be charged a monthly fee (if that’s the option you’ve selected), but again you can cancel at anytime.
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BT Sport has held on to exclusive live and highlights rights for the Champions League and Europa League after beating off competition from Sky and ITV.
A new three-year-deal will see every game shown from the Champions and Europa Leagues and the new Europa Conference League.
It’s a crucial deal for BT which would have been left with just Premier League games as its main footie offering if it had lost the Europeans rights with the broadcaster’s contracts to show the Scottish Premiership and FA Cup not being renewed.
The deal, worth £400million a season, will see BT Sport show:
420 games a season from the Champions, Europa and new Conference League
Highlights will also be exclusively on BT Sport, although goals, match highlights packages and key moments will be available free via BT’s social media, online site, digital platforms and app.
The finals of all thee competitions will again be available FREE-TO-AIR on BT’s various digital platforms including YouTube and the app.
The Champions League has been on BT since 2015 and exclusively since last season.
Sky and ITV are believed to have teamed up to try and snatch the rights from BT. However, neither was willing to match what BT were prepared to pay. The rights are more significant to BT than Sky as Sky has a much bigger portfolio of domestic football rights with the pick of the Premier League matches, the EFL and Carabao Cup and from next season the Scottish Premiership exclusively.
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The Premier League has confirmed the December and January live TV games – including Amazon Prime Video’s full schedule of two complete rounds of fixtures.
Amazon won two packages of games (20 in total) from the first December midweek and the Boxing Day set of fixtures. It’s the first time the league has allowed every game from an entire match round to all be broadcast live.
Boxing Day’s games will see matches screened across multiple slots while BT Sport is also showing every New Year’s Day fixture across several time slots.
In an epic period which will see more Christmas and New Year Premier League games shown than ever before, Sky Sports also has some of the biggest matches of the season in its schedule over the two-month period including Man City v Man United, Arsenal v Man City, Spurs v Liverpool, Liverpool v Man United and Spurs v Chelsea.
Amazon’s live games will be produced by the same team which works on BT Sport’s Premier League coverage although it’s not clear yet who will front coverage.
You can sign up for a FREE trial of Amazon Prime Video HERE As well as live Premier League matches the service also boasts a number of football documentaries and films.
Tuesday December 4
7.30pm Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
PL Amazon Prime Video
8.15pm Burnley v Man City
PL Amazon Prime Video
Wednesday December 5
All the below on Amazon Prime Video
7.30pm
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Leicester v Watford
Man United v Spurs
Southampton v Norwich
Wolves v West Ham
8.15pm
Liverpool v Everton
Thursday December 5
7.30pm Sheffield United v Newcastle
PL Amazon Prime Video
8.15pm Arsenal v Brighton
PL Amazon Prime Video
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Premier Sports has sealed a deal to show live La Liga action for the next three seasons – with selected games being shown free-to-air on sister channel FreeSports.
It means every La Liga game will be shown on UK TV live, apart from those that clash with the 3pm Saturday blackout period which will be shown on delay.
In addition to games shown on Premier, LaLiga TV – a 24-hour dedicated channel to Spain’s top division – will also be available to Premier subscribers, initially on the online Premier Player and soon as part of a Premier bundle of channels on Sky. Virgin will also offer it at a later date.
LaLiga TV shows live games as well as magazine shows LaLiga World, VIVA LaLiga and The LaLiga Show.
The deal ends an uncertain time for LaLiga on UK TV after it refused to award the rights due to what the league described as unsatisfactory bids from broadcasters.
A short-term deal saw matches from the first three match rounds shown on live on ITV 4 free-to-air.
It’s not clear how many free-to-air matches will be shown by Premier, but over the next couple of weekends they are making two games available live on FreeSports.
FreeSports will show a weekly La Liga highlights show as well.
The first game of the new agreement is on Friday (September 13) with Mallorca v Athletic Club on FreeSports and Premier Sports 1.
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