Premier League

Premier League Returns with Unprecedented Free-to-Air TV Broadcasts

Strategic Insights

Jun 21, 2020 — 1 min read

The Premier League season has resumed on June 17, with Man City vs Arsenal and Aston Villa vs Sheffield United being the first games back. This comeback has brought a welcome relief to football fans, as an unusually high number of matches will be available on free-to-air TV or on non-paywalled versions of subscription channels. With viewing figure records for a live Premier League game expected to be broken, broadcasters are opening up their schedules to make more games accessible to the masses.

Key Takeaways:

Sky Sports will show 64 games, including 39 previously scheduled matches and an additional 25 games.
BT Sport will show 20 matches, picking up 12 more games.
Amazon Prime has four matches that will be available for free, with no membership required.
The BBC has four matches, with two already confirmed: Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace on June 20 and Norwich vs Everton on June 24.
Sky will make 25 games available for free on the 'Pick' Channel and simulcast on Sky Sports.
BT Sport will not make any games available for free at the time of writing.
Amazon will stream the four games on Twitch and Prime Video app, with no subscription required.

Statistics:

The first Premier League fixture back following the coronavirus crisis was Aston Villa vs Sheffield United on June 17.
The 'Aguerooooo!' Manchester derby in 2012, which currently holds the record for most-watched Premier League game, was watched by 4.04 million viewers.
25 free-to-air games will be shown on Sky's 'Pick' Channel and simulcast on Sky Sports.
Amazon's four free-to-air games will be available on Twitch and Prime Video app, with 'prominent Twitch streamers' co-streaming the games.

Sources:

Telegraph Sport: " Why the Premier League is giving away matches for free (and what's stopping the rest?)"
Amazon Prime: "Amazon Prime to broadcast four live Premier League matches free of charge"
BBC: "BBC Sport to show four live Premier League matches for free"
Sky Sports: "Sky Sports to show 64 live Premier League matches"
BT Sport: "BT Sport to show 20 live Premier League matches"

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