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The demand for live televised football grew in the wake of England’s World Cup success, though the authorities remained reluctant. In April 1967, the Football League Management Committee rejected a £1m offer from BBC Television to show live League football on Thursday nights. They did, however, experiment with pay-per-view broadcasting.
The start and end dates for the season were released on 25 March 2021, [2] and the fixtures were released on 16 June 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Manchester City successfully defended their title, winning for the second time in a row securing a sixth Premier League title and eighth English league title overall on the final day of the season; it was also the club's fourth title in the last five seasons.
18 June – Amazon Prime shows its first live sport in the UK when it broadcasts live coverage of the Queen's Club tennis tournament. [103] August – Eleven Sports UK and Ireland launches following deals with European football leagues, including Serie A [104] and La Liga. [105] The platform is a streaming service rather than a television channel.
4 August – BT Sport Europe is rebranded as BT Sport 3 so that it can show the full range of coverage from BT Sport. 13 August – BT Sport launches its football scores programme BT Sport Score. 19 August – Live Premier League football is shown on Friday evenings on a semi-regular basis for the first time as part of the new broadcasting deal.
TNT Sports went live on Tuesday across the U.K. and Ireland, replacing BT Sport. The rebrand was revealed earlier this year as part of the Warner Bros. Discovery joint venture. TNT Sports is ...
Find out which TV channels and platforms have the rights to broadcast various sports events in the UK, such as football, rugby, cricket and more. See the details of the contracts, the free-to-air rules and the online options for different sports and competitions.
TNT Sports is a group of pay television sports channels in the UK and Ireland, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group. It was formerly known as BT Sport and launched in 2013, covering various sports events such as Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UFC and MotoGP.
Having looked all but sewn up at the start of 2022, the title race ended up going to the final day of the season, with Liverpool and Manchester City once again battling it out – a battle that City once again came out on top of in thanks in part to a superb run of form in the closing weeks and despite a very late scare on the final day, securing manager Pep Guardiola his fourth Premier League ...