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On 21 February 2023, it was announced that BT Sport would rebrand as TNT Sports on 18 July 2023, ahead of the 2023–24 football season; the branding is derived from WBD's U.S. general entertainment channel TNT (which has historically carried sports coverage, such as the NBA; the brand had also previously operated in the UK), [40] and has also been used by WarnerMedia sports networks in Latin ...
1 April - BSB's Sports Channel provides the first UK-wide live broadcast of a Scottish League match, the Old Firm game at Ibrox Park. [159] 14 April - BSB shows live coverage of a Scottish Cup semi-final across the UK for the first time. The match between Aberdeen and Dundee United kicks off at 3pm on the Saturday afternoon. [159]
This includes a weekly 3pm Saturday afternoon match, shown on TV in the UK for the first time with BT showing three of the additional fixtures, including one on Saturday at 3pm. [ 30 ] 9 October – The Premier League announces that October's games not scheduled for TV broadcast will be shown on a pay-per-view basis on either Sky Sports Box Office or BT Sport Box Office .
As a result, the season represented the first time that all 380 matches in a Premier League season were broadcast live in the UK. [50] On 20 June 2020, Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal played the first Saturday 3pm Premier League game to be shown live on television in the UK, as part of "Project Restart" during the pandemic. [ 51 ]
This is the first time a match in an English senior football competition is shown exclusively on a satellite channel. [6] The Northern equivalent and the Wembley final would also be shown. 17 September – Screensport covers, and sponsors, the Football League Super Cup , a competition designed to compensate clubs banned from European competition following the Heysel Stadium disaster .
2024/25 to 2028/29: 328 Championship matches, 248 League One matches, 248 League Two matches and all 15 Play-off matches live via Sky Sports or Sky Sports + ITV Highlights until 2027; five live matches in 2024-25 season with 10 live matches in 2025-26 and 2026-27 season [ 8 ]
English-speaking countries (excluding the UK) are able to carry what is known as the 'International feed' or 'World feed' audio; this is full match commentary provided by the Premier League. In Asia, and select other countries around the world, there is also a fully produced studio broadcast called Premier League Productions where pre, half time and post-match analysis is offered.
Channel 4 announces it has reached a deal with the Rugby Football League to show 10 live Super League matches per season, including two end of season play-off matches. The deal will come into effect from the 2022 season, with its first live match being Leeds Rhinos vs Warrington Wolves on Saturday 12 February 2022. [296] 25