Editing Premier League (section)

==Media coverage==
{{see also|English football on television|List of Premier League broadcasters|Broadcasting and the foundation of the Premier League}}

===United Kingdom and Ireland===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1em"
|+ Matches broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland
|- style="font-size:85%"
!Seasons
![[Sky Sports|Sky]]
!colspan="4"|Others
!{{abbr|Total|Total number of games broadcast}}
|- style="font-size:75%"
|1992–2001||60||rowspan="3" colspan="4"|–||60
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2001–2004||110||110
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2004–2007||138||138
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2007–2009||92||[[Setanta Sports|Setanta]]||46||rowspan="5" colspan="2"|–||138
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2009–2010||92||[[TNT Sports 4|ESPN]]||46||138
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2010–2013||115||ESPN||23||138
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2013–2016||116|| rowspan="4" |[[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT]]{{refn|group=z|Branded BT Sport until 2023}}||38||154
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2016–2019||126||42||168
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2019–2025||128||52||[[Amazon Video|Amazon]]||20||200
|- style="font-size:75%"
|2025–2029||215+||52|| colspan="2" |– ||270<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2023 |title=Premier League completes sales process for UK live rights & free-to-air highlights |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3807882?sf270808330=1 |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=14 January 2025 |archive-date=19 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119222929/https://www.premierleague.com/news/3807882?sf270808330=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

[[File:Hazard taking on Howson.jpg|thumb|[[Eden Hazard]] in possession of the ball during a 2012 match between [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]]]
Television has played a major role in the history of the Premier League. The League's decision to assign broadcasting rights to [[Sky UK|Sky]] in 1992 was at the time a radical decision, but one that has paid off. At the time, paid television was an almost untested proposition in the UK market as was charging fans to watch live televised football. However, a combination of Sky's strategy, the quality of Premier League football and the public's appetite for the game has seen the value of the Premier League's TV rights soar.<ref name="leicester_tv"/>

The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8545202.stm |title=Why TV is the key to Real success |first=Nils |last=Blythe |website=BBC News |date=2 March 2010 |access-date=14 September 2010 |archive-date=5 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305095542/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8545202.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The money is divided into three parts:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Faqs/0,,12306,00.html |title=Frequently asked questions about the F.A. Premier League, (How are television revenues distributed to Premier League clubs?) |publisher=Premier League |access-date=11 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126062218/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Faqs/0,,12306,00.html |archive-date=26 November 2007}}</ref> half is divided equally between the clubs; one quarter is awarded on a merit basis based on final league position, the top club getting twenty times as much as the bottom club, and equal steps all the way down the table; the final quarter is paid out as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares of this. The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-league-nets-16314bn-tv-rights-bonanza-1925462.html |title=Premier League nets £1.4bn TV rights bonanza |newspaper=The Independent |last=Harris |first=Nick |date=23 March 2010 |access-date=12 September 2010 |archive-date=26 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326095130/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-league-nets-16314bn-tv-rights-bonanza-1925462.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Not all Premier League matches are televised in the United Kingdom, as the league upholds the [[Blackout (broadcasting)|long-standing prohibition]] on telecasts of any association football match (domestic or otherwise) that kicks off between 2:45&nbsp;p.m. and 5:15&nbsp;p.m. on Saturday matchdays.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Mike |title=The most popular sport in the UK is barely on television, even during the holidays |work=Quartz |url=https://qz.com/867361/why-premier-league-soccer-games-cant-be-shown-at-3pm-in-the-uk/ |access-date=6 August 2017 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807024031/https://qz.com/867361/why-premier-league-soccer-games-cant-be-shown-at-3pm-in-the-uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 October 2016 |title=Why UK fans will not be able to watch Barcelona vs Real Madrid |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/barcelona-vs-real-madrid-el-clasico-why-uk-fans-will-not-be-able-to-watch-a7357431.html |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807070900/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/barcelona-vs-real-madrid-el-clasico-why-uk-fans-will-not-be-able-to-watch-a7357431.html |url-status=live |access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="guardian-fightback">{{cite news |last=MacInnes |first=Paul |date=29 March 2017 |title=Premier League launches major fightback against illegal streaming |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/29/premier-league-illegal-streaming-tv-audiences |access-date=6 August 2017 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021041/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/29/premier-league-illegal-streaming-tv-audiences |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304&nbsp;million over five seasons.<ref name="fgrc">{{cite web |url=http://corporate.sky.com/about_sky/timeline.htm |title=BSkyB Timeline |publisher=BSkyB |access-date=20 October 2009 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111025606/http://corporate.sky.com/about_sky/timeline.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670&nbsp;million over four seasons.<ref name="fgrc"/> The third contract was a £1.024&nbsp;billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001 to 2004. The league brought in £320&nbsp;million from the sale of its international rights for the three-year period from 2004 to 2007. It sold the rights itself on a territory-by-territory basis.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/160604/premier-league-launches-international-rights-tender |title=Premier League launches international rights tender |work=SportBusiness |publisher=SBG Companies Ltd. |access-date=12 September 2010 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011425/http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/160604/premier-league-launches-international-rights-tender |url-status=live }}</ref> Sky's monopoly was broken from August 2006 when [[Setanta Sports]] was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available. This occurred following an insistence by the [[European Commission]] that exclusive rights should not be sold to one television company. Sky and Setanta paid £1.7&nbsp;billion, a two-thirds increase which took many commentators by surprise as it had been widely assumed that the value of the rights had levelled off following many years of rapid growth. Setanta also hold rights to a live 3&nbsp;pm match solely for Irish viewers. The [[BBC]] retained the rights to show highlights for the same three seasons (on ''[[Match of the Day]]'') for £171.6&nbsp;million, a 63&nbsp;per&nbsp;cent increase on the £105&nbsp;million it paid for the previous three-year period.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/5060828.stm |title=BBC keeps Premiership highlights |website=BBC Sport |date=8 June 2006 |access-date=8 August 2006 |archive-date=21 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621214915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/5060828.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Sky and [[BT Group]] (via its new channel [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|BT Sport]], now TNT Sports) agreed to jointly pay £84.3&nbsp;million for delayed television rights to 242 games (that is the right to broadcast them in full on television and over the internet) in most cases for a period of 50 hours after 10&nbsp;p.m. on matchday.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2006/05/26/sfntv26.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011205747/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=%2Fsport%2F2006%2F05%2F26%2Fsfntv26.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2007 |title=TV deal pays another £84m |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 May 2006 |access-date=8 August 2006 |first=David |last=Bond }}</ref> Overseas television rights fetched £625&nbsp;million, nearly double the previous contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6273617.stm |title=Premiership in new £625m TV deal |access-date=3 June 2007 |date=18 January 2007 |website=BBC News |archive-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524211540/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6273617.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The total raised from those deals was more than £2.7&nbsp;billion, giving Premier League clubs an average media income from league games of around £40&nbsp;million-a-year from 2007 to 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8595655.stm |title=Premier League clubs benefit from new overseas TV deal |date=30 March 2010 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=11 September 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112081810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8595655.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:2009-3-14 ManUtd vs LFC Ronaldo Freekick Back.JPG|thumb|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] preparing to take a free kick in a 2009 match between [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]]]

The TV rights agreement between the Premier League and Sky faced accusations of being a cartel, and a number of court cases arose as a result.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-high-court-countdown-battle-begins-for-footballs-future-1046614.html |title=Football: High Court countdown: Battle begins for football's future |last=Harris |first=Nick |date=12 January 1999 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=11 September 2010 |archive-date=1 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201033834/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-high-court-countdown-battle-begins-for-footballs-future-1046614.html |url-status=live }}</ref> An investigation by the [[Office of Fair Trading]] in 2002 found BSkyB to be dominant within the pay TV sports market, but concluded that there were insufficient grounds for the claim that BSkyB had abused its dominant position.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D36BD282-3F52-410E-86EA-F494E41BC199/0/bskybfinal1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823170841/http://www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D36BD282-3F52-410E-86EA-F494E41BC199/0/bskybfinal1.pdf |archive-date=23 August 2006 |title=BSkyB investigation: alleged infringement of the Chapter II prohibition |publisher=Office of Fair Trading |date=17 December 2002 |access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> In July 1999 the Premier League's method of selling rights collectively for all member clubs was investigated by the UK Restrictive Practices Court, which concluded that the agreement was not contrary to the public interest.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/speeches/text/sp1999_019_en.pdf |title=Sport and European Competition Policy |publisher=European Commission Directorate-General IV – Competition |year=1999 |access-date=8 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823170837/http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/speeches/text/sp1999_019_en.pdf |archive-date=23 August 2006}}</ref>

The BBC's highlights package on Saturday and Sunday nights, as well as other evenings when fixtures justify, ran until 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18205519 |title=BBC renews Match of the Day deal |website=BBC Sport |date=25 May 2012 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525141450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18205519 |url-status=live }}</ref> Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 were purchased for £1.782&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7875478.stm |title=New Television Rights |website=BBC News |date=6 February 2009 |access-date=6 January 2010 |archive-date=23 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423184915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7875478.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> On 22 June 2009, due to troubles encountered by Setanta Sports after it failed to meet a final deadline over a £30&nbsp;million payment to the Premier League, [[TNT Sports 4|ESPN]] was awarded two packages of UK rights containing 46 matches that were available for the 2009–10 season as well as a package of 23 matches per season from 2010 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1698362,00.html |title=ESPN win Premier League rights |publisher=Premier League |date=22 June 2009 |access-date=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624031348/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0%2C%2C12306~1698362%2C00.html |archive-date=24 June 2009}}</ref> On 13 June 2012, the Premier League announced that [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|BT]] had been awarded 38 games a season for the 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons at £246&nbsp;million-a-year. The remaining 116 games were retained by Sky, which paid £760&nbsp;million-a-year. The total domestic rights raised £3.018&nbsp;billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18430036 |website=BBC News |title=Premier League rights sold to BT and BSkyB for £3bn |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809041029/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18430036 |url-status=live }}</ref> The value of the licensing deal rose by another 70.2% in 2015, when Sky and BT paid £5.136&nbsp;billion to renew their contracts with the Premier League for another three years up to the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premier League TV rights: Sky and BT pay £5.1bn for live games |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31357409 |website=BBC Sport |date=10 February 2015 |access-date=10 February 2015 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211082105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31357409 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A new rights cycle began in the 2019–20 season, with the domestic package increasing to 200 matches overall; in February 2018, BT were awarded the package of 32 lunchtime fixtures on Saturdays, whilst Sky was awarded four of the seven packages, covering the majority of weekend fixtures (including eight new prime time fixtures on Saturdays), as well as Monday and Friday matches. Two remaining packages of 20 fixtures each were to be sold at a later date, including three rounds of mid-week fixtures and a bank holiday round. As Sky already owned the maximum number of matches it could hold without breaching a 148-match cap, it was speculated that at least one of the new packages could go to a new entrant, such as a streaming service. The five packages sold to BT and Sky were valued at £4.464&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 February 2018 |title=Premier League TV rights: Five of seven live packages sold for £4.464bn |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43002985 |access-date=13 July 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805115933/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43002985 |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2018, it was announced that [[Amazon Prime Video]] and BT had acquired the remaining two packages; Amazon acquired rights to 20 matches per-season, covering a mid-week round in December, and all [[Boxing Day]] fixtures.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 June 2018 |title=Premier League TV rights: Amazon to show 20 matches a season from 2019 to 2022 |website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151 |access-date=24 March 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402005032/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Amazon telecasts are produced in association with [[Tinopolis|Sunset + Vine]] and BT Sport.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon's Premier League production goes to BT and Sunset+Vine |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/amazon-premier-league-coverage-bt-sunset-vine-production |access-date=24 March 2019 |website=SportsPro Media |date=22 March 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716172449/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/amazon-premier-league-coverage-bt-sunset-vine-production |url-status=live }}</ref>

With the resumption of play in the [[2019–20 Premier League]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]], the Premier League announced that all remaining matches would be carried on British television, split primarily across Sky, BT, and Amazon. A large number of these matches were also scheduled for free-to-air broadcasts, with Sky airing 25 on [[Pick (TV channel)|Pick]], Amazon streaming its four matches on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], and the BBC – for the first time in league history – carrying four live matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Premier League to resume on 17th June with Man City v Arsenal |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-return-june-17-man-city-arsenal |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=SportsPro Media |date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713162705/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-return-june-17-man-city-arsenal |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon's four Premier League matches to be made available free|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/amazon-prime-premier-league-free-streaming-tv-rights|access-date=13 July 2020|website=SportsPro Media|date=3 June 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603214942/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/amazon-prime-premier-league-free-streaming-tv-rights|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Amazon's Premier League games to air on Twitch for free|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-amazon-twitch-stream-crowd-noise|access-date=13 July 2020|publisher=SportsPro Media|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710023639/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-amazon-twitch-stream-crowd-noise|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Premier League to resume on 17th June with Man City v Arsenal|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-return-june-17-man-city-arsenal|access-date=13 July 2020|publisher=SportsPro Media|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713162705/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-return-june-17-man-city-arsenal|url-status=live}}</ref>

As matches would continue to be played without spectators upon the start of the [[2020–21 Premier League]], its clubs voted on 8 September to continue broadcasting all matches through at least September (with the BBC and Amazon each holding one additional match), and "appropriate arrangements" being made for October.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 September 2020|title=Premier League clubs to agree to matches on live TV until fans return|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-clubs-agree-all-matches-live-tv-a4542611.html|last=Rosser|first=Jack|access-date=5 October 2020|work=Evening Standard|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010101948/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-clubs-agree-all-matches-live-tv-a4542611.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All 28 Premier League games in September to be broadcast live in UK|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-live-tv-rights-2020-season-sky-bt-bbc-amazon|access-date=5 October 2020|website=SportsPro Media|date=8 September 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012030903/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-live-tv-rights-2020-season-sky-bt-bbc-amazon|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later announced that matches not selected for broadcast would be carried on [[pay-per-view]] via [[BT Sport Box Office]] and [[Sky Box Office]] at a cost of £14.95 per-match. The PPV scheme was poorly received; the [[Football Supporters' Federation]] felt that the price was too high, and there were concerns that it could encourage piracy. There were calls from supporters to boycott the pay-per-views, and make donations to support charitable causes instead (with Newcastle's "Charity Not PPV" campaign raising £20,000 for a local food bank, and Arsenal fans raising £34,000 for Islington Giving). On 13 November, amid the reintroduction of measures across the UK, the Premier League officially announced that the non-televised matches would be assigned to its main broadcast partners, and again including additional matches for the BBC and [[Amazon Prime]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Plan will drive fans to illegal streams|website=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54491180|access-date=12 October 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012074403/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54491180|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC and Amazon to air games as Premier League ends PPV experiment|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-ppv-scrapped-bbc-amazon-sky-bt|access-date=18 November 2020|website=SportsPro Media|date=13 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116221544/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-ppv-scrapped-bbc-amazon-sky-bt|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kilpatrick|first=Dan|date=20 October 2020|title=Tottenham fans join support for food banks over Premier League PPVs|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-news-charity-not-ppv-premier-league-sky-sports-bt-sport-a4572281.html|access-date=18 November 2020|work=[[Evening Standard]]|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122031314/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-news-charity-not-ppv-premier-league-sky-sports-bt-sport-a4572281.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Collings|first=Simon|date=26 October 2020|title=Arsenal fans raise £34k for Islington Giving charity in PPV boycott|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-fc-news-premier-league-ppv-boycott-charity-islington-giving-a4572988.html|access-date=18 November 2020|work=[[Evening Standard]]|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116115524/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-fc-news-premier-league-ppv-boycott-charity-islington-giving-a4572988.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The next cycle of rights between 2022–23 and 2024–25 season was renewed without tender due to compelling and exceptional circumstances in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, rights remained as they were since the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=League secures approval in principle for renewals with UK broadcast partners |url=http://www.premierleague.com/news/2139168 |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Premier League |archive-date=13 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813195801/https://www.premierleague.com/news/2139168 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''UK highlights'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Highlights programme
!Duration
!Channel
|-
|''[[Match of the Day]]''
|1992–2001<br />{{nowrap|2004–present}}
|[[BBC Sport|BBC]]
|-
|''[[The Premiership (TV programme)|The Premiership]]''
|2001–2004
|[[ITV Sport|ITV]]
|}

In August 2016, it was announced the BBC would be creating a new magazine-style show for the Premier League entitled ''[[The Premier League Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/34/the-premier-league-show |title=The Premier League Football Show |website=BBC Sport |date=August 2016 |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126063758/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/34/the-premier-league-show |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Worldwide===
{{see also|List of Premier League overseas broadcasters}}
The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643&nbsp;million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7&nbsp;billion people.<ref name="Worldviews" /> The Premier League's production arm, [[Premier League Productions]], is operated by [[IMG (company)|IMG Productions]] and produces content for its international television partners.<ref>{{cite news |last=Flanagan |first=Chris |title=Inside Premier League Productions: the company you know nothing about servicing 730m homes every matchday |magazine=[[FourFourTwo]] |publisher=[[Future plc]]|location=[[London]]|date=19 January 2016 |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/inside-premier-league-productions-company-you-know-nothing-about-servicing-730m-homes-every |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810072508/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/inside-premier-league-productions-company-you-know-nothing-about-servicing-730m-homes-every |url-status=dead }}</ref>  On 22 November 2024, the Premier League announced plans to end its agreement with IMG and take Premier League Productions in-house beginning in 2026–27.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-22 |title=Premier League to bring media operations in-house |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2024/11/22/premier-league-to-bring-media-operations-in-house/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Broadband TV News |archive-date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123022506/https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2024/11/22/premier-league-to-bring-media-operations-in-house/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Premier League is the most widely distributed sports programme in Asia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blonnet.com/2004/03/21/stories/2004032101440300.htm |title=ESPN-Star extends pact with FA Premier League |work=Business Line |date=21 March 2004 |access-date=9 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092831/http://www.blonnet.com/2004/03/21/stories/2004032101440300.htm |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[Indian subcontinent]], the matches are broadcast live on [[Star Sports (Indian TV network)|STAR Sports]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |title=Disney Star renews English Premier League broadcast rights for next three seasons |website=The Hindu |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/epl/disney-star-renews-english-premier-league-broadcast-rights-three-seasons-football-news/article38455359.ece |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031443/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/epl/disney-star-renews-english-premier-league-broadcast-rights-three-seasons-football-news/article38455359.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[MENA]] region, [[BeIN Sports (Middle East TV channel)|BeIN Sports]] holds exclusive rights to the Premier League.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=10 January 2021 |title=Premier League extends broadcast partnership with beIN SPORTS until 2025 |url=https://www.beinmediagroup.com/article/premier-league-extends-broadcast-partnership-with-bein-sports-until-2025/ |location=[[Doha]]|publisher=[[BeIN Media Group]]|access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322032947/https://www.beinmediagroup.com/article/premier-league-extends-broadcast-partnership-with-bein-sports-until-2025/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In China, the broadcast rights were awarded to iQiyi, Migu and CCTV that began in the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=22 July 2021 |title=China's iQiyi Signs English Premier League Soccer Rights Deal |url=https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/china-iqiyi-english-premier-league-soccer-football-1235025385/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031438/https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/china-iqiyi-english-premier-league-soccer-football-1235025385/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2021 |title=iQiyi Sports sublicenses Premier League rights to Migu |url=https://sportsmintmedia.com/iqiyi-sports-sublicenses-premier-league-rights-to-migu/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=SportsMint Media |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031440/https://sportsmintmedia.com/iqiyi-sports-sublicenses-premier-league-rights-to-migu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Ed |date=2 August 2022 |title=Premier League returning to CCTV in China |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-cctv-china-broadcast-tv-rights-img/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=SportsPro |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031438/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-cctv-china-broadcast-tv-rights-img/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[SCTV (TV network)|SCTV]] broadcast the matches for Indonesia, and [[Astro (television)|Astro]] for Malaysia. In Australia, [[Optus]] telecommunications holds exclusive rights to the Premier League, providing live broadcasts and online access ([[Fox Sports]] formerly held rights).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siracusa |first1=Claire |title=Optus snatches English Premier League rights from Fox Sports in Australia |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/optus-snatches-english-premier-league-rights-from-fox-sports-in-australia-20151101-gkoedn.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|location=[[Sydney]]|publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]]|access-date=14 January 2017 |date=3 November 2015 |archive-date=29 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229055411/http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/optus-snatches-english-premier-league-rights-from-fox-sports-in-australia-20151101-gkoedn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of the 2022–23 season, Canadian media rights to the Premier League are owned by [[FuboTV]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Houpt |first=Simon |date=13 January 2022 |title=fuboTV buys Canadian rights to English Premier League |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-fubotv-buys-canadian-rights-to-english-premier-league/ |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221173711/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-fubotv-buys-canadian-rights-to-english-premier-league/ |url-status=live }}</ref> after having been jointly owned by [[Sportsnet]] and [[The Sports Network|TSN]], and most recently [[DAZN]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/article-streaming-service-dazn-makes-english-premier-league-broadcast-deal/|title=Streaming service DAZN makes English Premier League broadcast deal official|last=Davidson|first=Neil|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|access-date=11 June 2019|archive-date=29 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529110110/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/article-streaming-service-dazn-makes-english-premier-league-broadcast-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Premier League is [[Premier League on NBC|broadcast in the United States]] by [[NBC Sports]], a division of Sky parent [[Comcast]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/english-premier-league-gets-a-big-american-stage-on-nbc/2013/08/16/54b7e2da-06b9-11e3-bfc5-406b928603b2_story.html |title=English Premier League gets a big American stage on NBC |last=Goff |first=Steven |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]|access-date=17 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084825/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/english-premier-league-gets-a-big-american-stage-on-nbc/2013/08/16/54b7e2da-06b9-11e3-bfc5-406b928603b2_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Acquiring the rights to the Premier League in 2013 (replacing [[Fox Soccer]] and [[ESPN]]), NBC Sports has been widely praised for its coverage.<ref name="Sports Media Watch">{{cite web |last1=Paulsen |title=Premier League Viewership Up in Year Two on NBC |url=http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/05/premier-league-ratings-nbc-most-watched-season-ever-us-nbcsn/ |publisher=Sports Media Watch |access-date=12 August 2015 |date=28 May 2015 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106190940/http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/05/premier-league-ratings-nbc-most-watched-season-ever-us-nbcsn/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Yoder |first1=Matt |title=NBC and the English Premier League will continue the best marriage in sports media |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/nbc-and-the-english-premier-league-will-continue-the-best-marriage-in-sports-media.html |publisher=Awful Announcing |access-date=12 August 2015 |date=11 August 2015 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106190036/https://awfulannouncing.com/2015/nbc-and-the-english-premier-league-will-continue-the-best-marriage-in-sports-media.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rashid |first1=Saad |title=NBC Sports deserves new Premier League rights deal |url=http://worldsoccertalk.com/2015/07/28/nbc-sports-deserves-new-premier-league-rights-deal/ |work=World Soccer Talk|access-date=12 August 2015 |date=28 July 2015 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106200651/http://worldsoccertalk.com/2015/07/28/nbc-sports-deserves-new-premier-league-rights-deal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> NBC Sports reached a six-year extension with the Premier League in 2015 to broadcast the league until the end of the 2021–22 season in a deal valued at $1&nbsp;billion (£640&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite news |title=NBC retains Premier League rights until 2021–22 season |url=http://www.espnfc.us/barclays-premier-league/story/2557586/nbc-retains-premier-league-rights-until-2021-22-season |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=12 August 2015 |date=10 August 2015 |archive-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109022659/http://www.espnfc.us/barclays-premier-league/story/2557586/nbc-retains-premier-league-rights-until-2021-22-season |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=U.S.Value>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=NBC Retains Rights to Premier League in Six-Year Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains-rights-to-premier-league-in-six-year-deal.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=13 August 2015 |date=10 August 2015 |archive-date=12 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812151630/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains-rights-to-premier-league-in-six-year-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2021, NBC reached another six-year extension through 2028 in a deal valued at $2.76&nbsp;billion (£2&nbsp;billion).<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayes|first=Dade|date=18 November 2021|title=NBCUniversal Extends Premier League Rights Through 2028|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/nbcuniversal-extends-premier-league-rights-2028-1234877114/|access-date=18 November 2021|work=Deadline|publisher=Penske Corporation|location=Los Angeles|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118214916/https://deadline.com/2021/11/nbcuniversal-extends-premier-league-rights-2028-1234877114/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NBC keeps Premier League U.S. broadcast rights in 6-year, $2.7&nbsp;billion deal |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/ap-source-nbc-keeps-premier-league-us-broadcast-rights-in-2point7b-deal.html |access-date=19 November 2021 |work=[[CNBC]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118222208/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/ap-source-nbc-keeps-premier-league-us-broadcast-rights-in-2point7b-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Premier League is broadcast by [[SuperSport (South African broadcaster)|SuperSport]] across [[sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Premier League renews partnership with Supersport |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/1895135 |access-date=18 November 2021 |publisher=Premier League Productions|location=London |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118115857/https://www.premierleague.com/news/1895135 |url-status=live }}</ref> Broadcasters to [[continental Europe]] until 2025 include [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] for France,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Canal+ Renouvelle Les Droits Du Championnat Anglais Dans Son Intégralité!|url=https://www.canalplusbrandsolutions.fr/articles/newsletters/canal-renouvelle-les-droits-du-championnat-anglais-dans-son-integralite|access-date=19 July 2021|publisher=Groupe Canal+|location=Paris|language=fr|date=9 July 2021|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723071531/https://www.canalplusbrandsolutions.fr/articles/newsletters/canal-renouvelle-les-droits-du-championnat-anglais-dans-son-integralite|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sky Sport (Germany)|Sky Sport Germany]] for Germany and Austria,<ref>{{cite press release|title=Sky bleibt bis 2025 das Zuhause der Premier League in Österreich|url=https://www.skysportaustria.at/sky-bleibt-bis-2025-das-zuhause-der-premier-league-in-oesterreich/|access-date=18 July 2021|publisher=[[Sky Deutschland]]|location=[[Munich]]|date=9 June 2021|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723071529/https://www.skysportaustria.at/sky-bleibt-bis-2025-das-zuhause-der-premier-league-in-oesterreich/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Match TV]] for Russia,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Матч Тв" Стал Эксклюзивным Вещателем Английской Премьер-лиги!|url=https://matchtv.ru/matchtv/matchtvnews_NI1376791_Match_TV_stal_ekskluzivnym_veshhatelem_Anglijskoj_Premjer_ligi|access-date=23 July 2021|publisher=Match TV|date=23 July 2021|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723110652/https://matchtv.ru/matchtv/matchtvnews_NI1376791_Match_TV_stal_ekskluzivnym_veshhatelem_Anglijskoj_Premjer_ligi|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sky Sport (Italy)|Sky Sport Italy]] for Italy,<ref name="ITA">{{Cite press release |title=La Premier League solo su Sky Sport e NOW fino al 2025 |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/premier-league/2022/05/28/premier-league-sky-now-2025 |publisher=[[Sky Italia]] |location=[[Milan]] |date=29 May 2022 |language=it |access-date=24 March 2023 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922184028/https://sport.sky.it/calcio/premier-league/2022/05/28/premier-league-sky-now-2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Eleven Sports (Portuguese TV network)|Eleven Sports]] for Portugal,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Eleven Portugal Secures Exclusive Premier League Rights From 2022 To 2025|url=https://corporate.elevensports.com/news/eleven-portugal-secures-exclusive-premier-league-rights-from-2022-to-2025|publisher=Eleven Sports|location=London|date=29 September 2021|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120102636/https://corporate.elevensports.com/news/eleven-portugal-secures-exclusive-premier-league-rights-from-2022-to-2025|url-status=live}}</ref> [[DAZN]] for Spain,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=DAZN seguirá emitiendo la Premier League en España hasta 2025|url=https://www.dazn.com/es-ES/news/f%C3%BAtbol/dazn-renueva-los-derechos-de-la-premier-league/kx67s9nren071e90jt5a6gnt4|access-date=19 July 2021|language=es|publisher=DAZN Spain|location=Madrid|date=13 July 2021|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723071529/https://www.dazn.com/es-ES/news/f%C3%BAtbol/dazn-renueva-los-derechos-de-la-premier-league/kx67s9nren071e90jt5a6gnt4|url-status=live}}</ref> [[beIN Sports (Turkish TV channel)|beIN Sports Turkey]] to Turkey,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Premier League önümüzdeki sezondan itibaren beIN SPORTS'ta!|language=tr|url=https://beinsports.com.tr/haber/premier-league-onumuzdeki-sezondan-itibaren-bein-sportsta|access-date=25 August 2021|publisher=beIN Sports Turkey|location=Istanbul|date=25 August 2021|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825020737/https://beinsports.com.tr/haber/premier-league-onumuzdeki-sezondan-itibaren-bein-sportsta|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Digi Sport (Romania)|Digi Sport]] for Romania,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Spectacolul Premier League revine la Digi Sport|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/premier-league/spectacolul-premier-league-revine-la-digi-sport-1422889|access-date=16 August 2022|publisher=Digi Sport|date=15 December 2021|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211082037/https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/premier-league/spectacolul-premier-league-revine-la-digi-sport-1422889|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Nordic Entertainment Group|NENT]] to Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark and Norway),<ref>{{cite press release|title=NENT Group secures int'l Premier League rights in six-year deal|url=https://www.nentgroup.com/news/news-releases/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-rights-premier-league-sweden-norway-denmark-and|access-date=20 November 2021|publisher=Vivaplay Group|location=Stockholm|date=6 February 2020|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723071529/https://www.nentgroup.com/news/news-releases/nent-group-acquires-exclusive-rights-premier-league-sweden-norway-denmark-and|url-status=live}}</ref> Poland and the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite press release|date=7 July 2021|title=NENT Group wins Premier League rights in the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 2022 to 2028|url=https://www.nentgroup.com/news/news-releases/nent-group-wins-premier-league-rights-netherlands-poland-estonia-latvia-and|access-date=20 November 2021|publisher=Vivaplay Group|location=Stockholm|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707063338/https://www.nentgroup.com/news/news-releases/nent-group-wins-premier-league-rights-netherlands-poland-estonia-latvia-and|url-status=live}}</ref> In South America, [[ESPN Latin America|ESPN]] covers much of the continent,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=ESPN adquirió los derechos exclusivos de la Premier League por tres temporadas para Sudamérica de habla hispana|publisher=[[ESPN Latin America|ESPN]]|location=[[Buenos Aires]]|url=https://espnpressroom.com/latinamerica/press-releases/2019/08/espn-adquirio-los-derechos-exclusivos-de-la-premier-league-por-tres-temporadas-para-sudamerica-de-habla-hispana/|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019165337/https://espnpressroom.com/latinamerica/press-releases/2019/08/espn-adquirio-los-derechos-exclusivos-de-la-premier-league-por-tres-temporadas-para-sudamerica-de-habla-hispana/|url-status=live}}</ref> with coverage in Brazil shared between [[ESPN Brasil]] and [[ESPN4]].<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Francischini |first=Guto |date=2 February 2022 |title=ESPN e Premier League renovam direitos exclusivos por mais três temporadas na América do Sul |url=https://espnpressroom.com/brazil/press-releases/2022/02/espn-e-premier-league-renovam-direitos-exclusivos-por-mais-tres-temporadas-na-america-do-sul/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |publisher=[[ESPN Brasil|ESPN]]|location=[[São Paulo]]|language=pt-BR |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322025803/https://espnpressroom.com/brazil/press-releases/2022/02/espn-e-premier-league-renovam-direitos-exclusivos-por-mais-tres-temporadas-na-america-do-sul/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ESPN dividirá Campeonato Inglês com Fox; saiba onde assistir cada jogo|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/2020/06/12/espn-vai-dividir-jogos-do-campeonato-ingles-com-fox-sports-veja-quais.htm|access-date=20 November 2021|website=[[Universo Online|UOL]]|language=pt-br|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123181028/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/2020/06/12/espn-vai-dividir-jogos-do-campeonato-ingles-com-fox-sports-veja-quais.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Paramount+]] broadcasts the league in Central America.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=13 January 2022 |title=Premier League Soccer Finds Central American Home With Paramount Plus |url=https://variety.com/2022/sports/global/premier-league-paramount-plus-central-america-1235153263/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |magazine=Variety|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Penske Corporation|archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322025759/https://variety.com/2022/sports/global/premier-league-paramount-plus-central-america-1235153263/ |url-status=live }}</ref>