The latest Premier League TV selections have been confirmed by, Amazon Prime, TNT and Sky Sports for December and January.
However the deadline has come for a batch TV picks to be made, so that clubs can inform fans, deal with tickets and sort travel arrangements out.
Take a look below at what has been chosen along with the rest of the season’s selected games for broadcast…
STATEMENT:
The broadcast selections have been announced for live TV in the UK for the rest of the Premier League matches in December, and up to Matchweek 21 in January 2024.
As in previous seasons, special arrangements have been made to allow more time between games played across the three festive Matchweeks.
This will allow greater time for players to recover, with the rest periods between Matchweeks 18, 19 and 20 being increased to ensure that no club plays within 60 hours of another match.
Broadcast selections for Matchweek 22 (to be played on 30-31 January 2024) will be announced with the February selections at a later date.
LATEST PICKS
Revised schedule
Kick-offs 15:00 unless stated. All times are GMT.
Tuesday 5 December
19:30 Wolves v Burnley (Prime Video)
20:15 Luton Town v Arsenal (Prime Video)
Wednesday 6 December
19:30 Brighton v Brentford (Prime Video)
19:30 Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth (Prime Video)
19:30 Fulham v Nott’m Forest (Prime Video)
19:30 Sheff Utd v Liverpool (Prime Video)
20:15 Aston Villa v Man City (Prime Video)
20:15 Man Utd v Chelsea (Prime Video)
Thursday 7 December
19:30 Everton v Newcastle (Prime Video)
20:15 Spurs v West Ham (Prime Video)
Saturday 9 December
12:30 Crystal Palace v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
Brighton v Burnley
Man Utd v AFC Bournemouth
Sheff Utd v Brentford
Wolves v Nott’m Forest
17:30 Aston Villa v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 10 December
14:00 Everton v Chelsea*
14:00 Fulham v West Ham*
14:00 Luton Town v Man City (Sky Sports)
16:30 Spurs v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
*Moved due to Premier League matches being played the Thursday before
Friday 15 December
20:00 Nott’m Forest v Spurs (Sky Sports)
Saturday 16 December
AFC Bournemouth v Luton Town
Chelsea v Sheff Utd
Man City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Fulham
17:30 Burnley v Everton (Sky Sports)
Sunday 17 December
14:00 Arsenal v Brighton**
14:00 Brentford v Aston Villa**
14:00 West Ham v Wolves (Sky Sports)
16:30 Liverpool v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
**Moved due to participation in UEFA competitions the Thursday before
Thursday 21 December
20:00 Crystal Palace v Brighton (Sky Sports)
Friday 22 December
20:00 Aston Villa v Sheff Utd (Sky Sports)
Saturday 23 December
12:30 West Ham v Man Utd (TNT Sports)
Fulham v Burnley
Luton Town v Newcastle
Nott’m Forest v AFC Bournemouth
Spurs v Everton
17:30 Liverpool v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 24 December
13:00 Wolves v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Tuesday 26 December
12:30 Newcastle v Nott’m Forest (Prime Video)
AFC Bournemouth v Fulham (Prime Video)
Sheff Utd v Luton Town (Prime Video)
17:30 Burnley v Liverpool (Prime Video)
20:00 Man Utd v Aston Villa (Prime Video)
Wednesday 27 December
19:30 Brentford v Wolves (Prime Video)
19:30 Chelsea v Crystal Palace (Prime Video)
20:15 Everton v Man City (Prime Video)
Thursday 28 December
19:30 Brighton v Spurs (Prime Video)
20:15 Arsenal v West Ham (Prime Video)
Saturday 30 December
12:30 Luton Town v Chelsea (TNT Sports)
Aston Villa v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Brentford
Man City v Sheff Utd
Wolves v Everton
17:30 Nott’m Forest v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Sunday 31 December
14:00 Fulham v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
14:00 Spurs v AFC Bournemouth***
***Moved due to Brighton v Spurs being played the Thursday before
Monday 1 January 2024
20:00 Liverpool v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
Tuesday 2 January 2024
19:30 West Ham v Brighton (Sky Sports)
Saturday 13 January 2024
12:30 Chelsea v Fulham (TNT Sports)
17:30 Newcastle v Man City (TNT Sports)
Sunday 14 January 2024
14:00 Everton v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
16:30 Man Utd v Spurs (Sky Sports)
Monday 15 January 2024
19:45 Burnley v Luton Town (TNT Sports)****
****Should either club be involved in an FA Cup replay, this match will move to 19:45 on Friday 12 January, live on TNT Sports. Should either club be involved in an FA Cup replay and Burnley also be involved in the EFL Cup semi-finals, the match will be played at 12:00 on Sunday 14 January, live on TNT Sports.
Saturday 20 January 2024
12:30 Arsenal v Crystal Palace (TNT Sports)
17:30 Brentford v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Sunday 21 January 2024
14:00 Sheff Utd v West Ham (TNT Sports)
16:30 AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Monday 22 January 2024
19:45 Brighton v Wolves (TNT Sports)
ALREADY PICKED
Friday 27th October 2023
20:00
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur
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Saturday 28th October 2023
12:30
Chelsea v Brentford
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17:30
Wolves v Newcastle United
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Sunday 29th October 2023
13:00
West Ham United v Everton
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15:30
Manchester United v Manchester City
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Saturday 4th November 2023
12:30
Fulham v Manchester United
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17:30
Newcastle United v Arsenal
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Sky Sports Premier League and Football channels are priced £18 per month combined, or viewers can pick up the complete sports package from just £25 per month.
NOW is essentially Sky Sports without a contract. Fans can pay for a day membership (£9.99) or month membership (£33.99).
BT Sport usually shows games in the weekly Saturday lunchtime slot. You can sign up for a BT Sport subscription or pick up a contract-free BT Sport monthly pass for £25.
Amazon Prime Video boasted two rounds of games prior to Christmas. Viewers were allowed to advantage of a 30-day free trial, which included free next-day delivery across the Amazon store.
Why is there a Saturday football blackout in the UK for live streams and TV broadcasts?
Since before the formation of the Premier League, Saturday 3pm kick offs have been forbidden to be televised in the UK, with broadcasters only allowed to show early and late matches on national TV.
Though the 3pm kick off is the slot in which the majority of weekend matches are played with a number of games happening at the same time, they are never broadcast live on television due to the ‘football blackout’.
The United Kingdom is the only place to prohibit the broadcast of 3pm Saturday kick offs.
The 3pm blackout is said to be tradition, with Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday – the go to show where a panel of pundits report in-game action to viewers with none of the match footage actually being showed.
This is also why ratings for Match of the Day remain ever-popular, though numbers are made tougher to achieve due to online streams, footage of goals appearing within seconds online and highlights uploaded to Sky Sports’ YouTube just after 5pm Saturdays.
Major European leagues in France, Spain, Germany and Italy don’t observe such a blackout, and there has been sufficient evidence to prove that closed periods do not affect the outcome of lower league football match attendance.
If anything, you’re more likely to watch more Premier League games if your based in North America or Asia rather than your own country (UK), despite the England priding themselves as a nation who are the home of football.
In February 2011, Advocate General Kokott of the European Court of Justice launched an investigation into the “closed periods” and concluded that they did not affect match attendance at lower league games.
“It is, in fact, doubtful whether closed periods are capable of encouraging attendance at matches and participation in matches,” she said in a statement .
“Both activities have a completely different quality to the following of a live transmission on television. It has not been adequately shown to the Court that the closed periods actually encourage attendance at and participation in matches.
“No closed periods were adopted in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, or in Northern Ireland, that is to say, within the sphere of influence of English football.”
In 2016, Ofcom launched an investigation into the rights of televised football and surveyed football fans about whether they wanted to see a change.
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