Latest Premier League TV selections confirmed for April and May

The latest Premier League TV selections have been confirmed by TNT Sport and Sky Sports for August and September, with some fans not happy.

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 covering the Premier League matches that will be played in Matchweeks 2-7 of the 2023/24 season.

Revised schedule

Kick-offs 15:00 unless stated. All times BST.

Friday 18 August
19:45 Nott’m Forest v Sheff Utd

Saturday 19 August
Fulham v Brentford
Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth
Luton Town v Burnley
Wolves v Brighton
17:30 Spurs v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
20:00 Man City v Newcastle (TNT Sports)

Sunday 20 August
14:00 Aston Villa v Everton (Sky Sports)
16:30 West Ham v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Monday 21 August
20:00 Crystal Palace v Arsenal (Sky Sports)

Friday 25 August
20:00 Chelsea v Luton Town (Sky Sports)

Saturday 26 August
12:30 AFC Bournemouth v Spurs (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v Fulham
Brentford v Crystal Palace
Everton v Wolves
Man Utd v Nott’m Forest
17:30 Brighton v West Ham (Sky Sports)

Sunday 27 August
14:00 Burnley v Aston Villa*
14:00 Sheff Utd v Man City (Sky Sports)
16:30 Newcastle v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
*Moved due to Aston Villa’s participation in the Conference League playoffs the preceding Thursday

Friday 1 September
20:00 Luton Town v West Ham (Sky Sports)*
*Will move to Sunday 3 September, 12:00 BST, if Luton are scheduled to play in the League Cup the preceding Wednesday

Saturday 2 September
12:30 Sheff Utd v Everton (TNT Sports)
Brentford v AFC Bournemouth
Burnley v Spurs
Chelsea v Nott’m Forest
Man City v Fulham
17:30 Brighton v Newcastle (Sky Sports)

Sunday 3 September
14:00 Crystal Palace v Wolves (Sky Sports)
14:00 Liverpool v Aston Villa*
*Moved due to Aston Villa’s participation in the Conference League playoffs the preceding Thursday
16:30 Arsenal v Man Utd (Sky Sports)

Saturday 16 September
12:30 Wolves v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Fulham v Luton Town
Man Utd v Brighton
Spurs v Sheff Utd
West Ham v Man City
17:30 Everton v Arsenal (Sky Sports)*
*Subject to movement dependent upon the participation of Premier League clubs in the Champions League the following Tuesday

Sunday 17 September
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
16:30 Newcastle v Brentford (Sky Sports)*
*Subject to movement dependent upon the participation of Premier League clubs in the Champions League the following Tuesday

Monday 18 September
19:45 Nott’m Forest v Burnley

Saturday 23 September
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Fulham
Luton Town v Wolves
Man City v Nott’m Forest
17:30 Brentford v Everton (Sky Sports)
20:00 Burnley v Man Utd (TNT Sports)

Sunday 24 September
14:00 Arsenal v Spurs (Sky Sports)
14:00 Brighton v AFC Bournemouth*
*Moved due to Brighton’s participation in the Europa League the preceding Thursday
14:00 Liverpool v West Ham**
**Moved due to both clubs’ participation in the Europa League the preceding Thursday
16:30 Sheff Utd v Newcastle (Sky Sports)

Saturday 30 September
12:30 Aston Villa v Brighton (TNT Sports)
AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal
Everton v Luton Town
Man Utd v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Burnley
West Ham v Sheff Utd
Wolves v Man City
17:30 Spurs v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Sunday 1 October
14:00 Nott’m Forest v Brentford (Sky Sports)

Monday 2 October
20:00 Fulham v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

ALREADY PICKED

Tuesday 5th December 2023
19:45 – Aston Villa v Manchester City – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Everton v Newcastle United – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Fulham v Nottingham Forest – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Luton Town v Arsenal – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Sheffield United v Liverpool – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
19:45 – Wolves v Burnley – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
20:00 – Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video

Wednesday 6th December 2023
20:00 – Manchester United v Chelsea – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video

Tuesday 26th December 2023
15:00 – AFC Bournemouth v Fulham – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Arsenal v West Ham United – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Brentford v Wolves – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Burnley v Liverpool – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Chelsea v Crystal Palace – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Everton v Manchester City – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Manchester United v Aston Villa – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video
15:00 – Sheffield United v Luton Town – Premier League – Amazon Prime Video

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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