Jun 7 2018
London – 7 June, 2018 – Amazon and the Premier League today announces that from 2019, live and exclusive Premier League matches, and weekly highlights packages, will be available on Prime Video in the UK at no extra cost to a Prime membership. The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, and […]
Jul 27 2017
The Premier League has been awarded a new High Court order for the 2017-18 season to allow it to block pirated streams of matches via Kodi set-top boxes. In March, the High Court had approved a Premier League application to block the computer servers that power the illegal streams, rather than just individual streams, and […]
Jul 4 2017
More than a third of Premier League football fans say they regularly watch matches live online via unofficial streams, according to a survey carried out by ComRes and BBC 5 Live, the Corporation’s sport and news radio service. The poll suggests that younger adults are those most likely to say they stream matches via unauthorised […]
Apr 12 2017
The Spanish National Police and Europol have announced a successful raid of one of the largest European illegal IPTV streaming businesses with 12 locations raided in Spain and Bulgaria and eight arrests. After an investigation started by the Premier League as part of a global effort to combat illegal online redistribution of its live broadcasts, […]
Dec 12 2016
Following the first legal case involving a supplier of IPTV systems which enable viewers to watch unauthorised content, a man from the East Midlands city of Nottingham has been jailed. Terry O’Reilly was sentenced to four years in prison. A second supplier who worked with O’Reilly, Will O’Leary, pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended […]
Oct 17 2016
Viewing figures for Sky Sports’ live Premier League matches have dropped by 19 per cent this season. Despite already having aired headline clashes such as the Manchester derby, Arsenal vs Liverpool and Chelsea vs Liverpool this season, Sky Sports has seen viewers drop by nearly a fifth on last season. The rise of illegal streaming […]
Oct 10 2016
The UK government is considering proposals to restrict betting commercials on daytime TV in its review into fixed-odds betting terminals. The move would be significant for broadcasters such as Sky and BT Sport, whose football coverage attracts million of pounds in revenue each year from betting ads. This summer Sky Sports made a three-year deal […]
Aug 12 2016
Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday show will be simulcast across six channels and digital outlets on Saturday 13 August, enabling more fans than ever before to follow the drama of the opening day of the Premier League season. In addition to its regular broadcast on Sky Sports News HQ and Sky Sports 1, Soccer Saturday […]
May 13 2014
Sky Sports will kick off its biggest ever season of Premier League football by offering free live action on the first day of the new campaign to every home in Britain. To celebrate the first day of the Premier League season and Sky Sports’ new line up of football, programmes from Sky Sports 1 will […]
May 4 2012
The Premier League has triggered a multi-million pound scramble for its highly lucrative UK television rights. Yesterday, an Invitation to Tender was issued for parties interested in acquiring the UK audio visual rights for the seasons 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16. A total of 154 matches will be shown live on TV each season from 2013/14, […]
Jan 24 2005
The European Commission has called in UK media and competition regulators to help its investigation into the way the Premier League sells its rights, including its exclusive £1bn pay-TV deal with BSkyB. The communications regulator Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading – which have joint responsibility for competition regulation of the British media sector […]
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Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
Jun 14 2018
talkSPORT Extends Global Audio rights partnership with Premier League to 2022
Multi-lingual audio rights agreement covers all countries outside UK and Ireland Official coverage available to talkSPORT’s international streaming, broadcast and brand partners Wireless Group is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement for talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, to be appointed as global audio partner of the Premier League for an […]
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By Expat • Radio, Sport • Tags: Premier League, talkSPORT, Wireless Group