The latest Premier League TV selections have been confirmed by, Amazon Prime, TNT and Sky Sports for October.
However the deadline has come for a batch of TV picks to be made, so that clubs can inform match going supporters, who have to sort out tickets and travel arrangements.
Take a look below at what has been chosen along with the rest of the season’s selected games for broadcast…
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The broadcast selections in the UK for Premier League fixtures in October have been announced.
Below is the revised schedule, including fixtures which have been moved due to European matches. All kick-off times are 15:00 BST unless otherwise mentioned.
Saturday 5 October
12:30 Crystal Palace v Liverpool* (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v Southampton
Brentford v Wolves
Chelsea v Nott’m Forest
Leicester v AFC Bournemouth
Man City v Fulham
West Ham v Ipswich
17:30 Everton v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
*Match will move to 20:00 BST if Liverpool play an away match in UEFA Champions League on Wed 2 Oct
Sunday 6 October
14:00 Aston Villa v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
16:30 Brighton v Spurs (Sky Sports)
Saturday 19 October
12:30 Spurs v West Ham (TNT Sports)
Fulham v Aston Villa
Ipswich v Everton
Man Utd v Brentford
Newcastle v Brighton
Nott’m Forest v Crystal Palace
Southampton v Leicester
17:30 Liverpool v Chelsea (Sky Sports)**
**Match could move to Sun 20 Oct depending on clubs’ participation in Champions League on Tue 22 Oct
Sunday 20 October
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal (Sky Sports)***
16:30 Wolves v Man City (Sky Sports)***
***Match could move to Sat 19 Oct depending on clubs’ participation in Champions League on Tue 22 Oct
Friday 25 October
20:00 Leicester v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Saturday 26 October
Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth
Brentford v Ipswich Town
Brighton v Wolves
Man City v Southampton
17:30 Everton v Fulham (Sky Sports)
Sunday 27 October
14:00 GMT Chelsea v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
14:00 GMT Crystal Palace v Spurs****
14:00 GMT West Ham v Man Utd****
16:30 GMT Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
****Moved due to a club playing in UEFA Europa League on Thurs 24 Oct
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All kick-off times are 15:00 BST unless otherwise mentioned.
Saturday 24 August
12:30 Brighton v Man Utd (TNT Sports)
Crystal Palace v West Ham
Fulham v Leicester
Man City v Ipswich
Southampton v Nott’m Forest
Spurs v Everton
17:30 Aston Villa v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 25 August
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
14:00 Wolves v Chelsea*
16:30 Liverpool v Brentford (Sky Sports)
Saturday 31 August
12:30 Arsenal v Brighton (TNT Sports)
Brentford v Southampton
Everton v AFC Bournemouth
Ipswich v Fulham
Leicester v Aston Villa
Nott’m Forest v Wolves
17:30 West Ham v Man City (Sky Sports)
Sunday 1 September
TBC Chelsea v Crystal Palace*
TBC Man Utd v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
TBC Newcastle v Spurs (Sky Sports)
* Due to Chelsea’s participation in the UEFA Conference League playoffs the preceding Thursday
Saturday 14 September
12:30 Southampton v Man Utd (TNT Sports)
Brighton v Ipswich
Crystal Palace v Leicester
Fulham v West Ham
Liverpool v Nott’m Forest
Man City v Brentford
17:30 Aston Villa v Everton (Sky Sports)
20:00 AFC Bournemouth v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Sunday 15 September
14:00 Spurs v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
16:30 Wolves v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
Saturday 21 September
12:30 West Ham v Chelsea (TNT Sports)
Aston Villa v Wolves
Fulham v Newcastle
Leicester v Everton
Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth
Southampton v Ipswich
Spurs v Brentford
17:30 Crystal Palace v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Sunday 22 September
14:00 Brighton v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
16:30 Man City v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Saturday 28 September
12:30 Newcastle v Man City (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v Leicester
Brentford v West Ham
Chelsea v Brighton
Everton v Crystal Palace
Nott’m Forest v Fulham
17:30 Wolves v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Sunday 29 September
14:00 Ipswich v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)**
16:30 Man Utd v Spurs (Sky Sports)
** This will move to 28 September, 20:00 BST, should Villa be play in the UEFA Champions League the next Tuesday
Monday 30 September
20:00 AFC Bournemouth v Southampton (Sky Sports)
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Friday 16th August 2024
20:00 – Manchester United v Fulham – Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Saturday 17th August 2024
12:30 – Ipswich Town v Liverpool – TNT Sports 1 – TNT Sports Ultimate
17:30 – West Ham United v Aston Villa – Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Sunday 18th August 2024
14:00 – Brentford v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
16:30 – Chelsea v Manchester City – Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Monday 19th August 2024
20:00 – Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur – Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
KO TBC – AFC Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Arsenal v Manchester United – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Aston Villa v Brentford – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Everton v Wolves – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Fulham v Brighton & Hove Albion – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Ipswich Town v Crystal Palace – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Leicester City v West Ham United – Amazon Prime Video
Wednesday 4th December 2024
KO TBC – Manchester City v Nottingham Forest – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Newcastle United v Liverpool – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Southampton v Chelsea – Amazon Prime Video
Thursday 26th December 2024
KO TBC – AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Arsenal v Ipswich Town – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Chelsea v Fulham – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Liverpool v Leicester City – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Manchester City v Everton – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Newcastle United v Aston Villa – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Southampton v West Ham United – Amazon Prime Video
KO TBC – Wolves v Manchester United – Amazon Prime Video
Fixtures are amended throughout the 2024/25 season for several reasons, including live TV broadcast selections and to accommodate domestic and European cup competitions.
For this reason, Premier League fixtures are always advertised as being subject to change.
Below are the approximate dates for when the announcements on matches that have been selected for live TV broadcast will be made.
Period of matches – Provisional announcement date
August/September 18 June – 5 July
October 22 July – 19 August
November 2 September – 13 September
December/January 16 September – 14 October
February 14 November – 9 December
March 2 January – 24 January
April 27 January – 28 February
MW35 17 March – 21 March
MW36 24 March – 28 March
MW37 31 March – 4 April
MW38 Post MW37
N.B. These dates are subject to change
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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