Premier League To Restart On The 17th June

mikeym · 28-05-2020 8:17pm #1

This is huge news. The majority of football fans will be delighted to see the Premier League back including myself.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52833725

The Premier League is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal, subject to government approval.

A full round of fixtures would then be played on the weekend of 19-21 June.

All matches will take place behind closed doors and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC Sport or Amazon Prime.

BBC Sport will air four live matches for the first time since the Premier League's inception in 1992.

Meanwhile, Sky Sports will show 64 matches live and make 25 available free to air.

28-05-2020 8:35pm

Sky saying that 25 of its games will be free to air. The ‘Pick’ channel might be used. Cant see them being FTA on satellite though for rights reasons. Probably show them on Freeview as a consequence of this.

Delta2113 · 28-05-2020 10:41pm

Sky free to air may just mean Sky One.

I presume we won't get Amazon Prime games in Ireland.

Delta2113 · 28-05-2020 10:48pm

Actually your correct it's going to be Pick.

mike2084 · 28-05-2020 11:06pm

Delta2113 wrote: »

I presume we won't get Amazon Prime games in Ireland.

In December Amazon Prime games were shown on Premier Sports here. Don't know if that arrangement will re-occur again.

kooga · 28-05-2020 11:46pm

Surely if you tune in pick in other channels or you have a generic fta box you will have the games in glorious SD. Was there rights issues before with pick on satellite?

It’s pick on freeview

icdg · 29-05-2020 2:20pm

mike2084 wrote: »

In December Amazon Prime games were shown on Premier Sports here. Don't know if that arrangement will re-occur again.

Premier Sports have the rights to 3pm KOs and the Amazon games, in normal times. This isn’t normal though as all games are going to be broadcast in the U.K. and there’s only going to be one 3pm KO each Saturday. There will be additional midweek rounds that won’t have been originally. We’ll have to wait to see how this all translates to Ireland. We will definitely get the games that would originally have been on Sky and BT (and if games are shown FTA on Pick and BBC One there’s no way to stop them going out in Ireland).

mackersdublin · 29-05-2020 4:51pm

kooga wrote: »

Surely if you tune in pick in other channels or you have a generic fta box you will have the games in glorious SD. Was there rights issues before with pick on satellite?

Hopefully there won't be an issue with Pick. There is an Irish version on Sky with Irish adverts so fingers crossed Sky don't block PL games here as Virgin Media customers would lose out

decor58 · 29-05-2020 5:58pm

icdg wrote: »

Premier Sports have the rights to 3pm KOs and the Amazon games, in normal times. This isn’t normal though as all games are going to be broadcast in the U.K. and there’s only going to be one 3pm KO each Saturday. There will be additional midweek rounds that won’t have been originally. We’ll have to wait to see how this all translates to Ireland. We will definitely get the games that would originally have been on Sky and BT (and if games are shown FTA on Pick and BBC One there’s no way to stop them going out in Ireland).

According to to the RXTV Log site its says Pick on freeview channel 11, would they broadcast different programmes on Freeview and satellite.

Tigerandahalf · 29-05-2020 8:36pm

Who owns Pick?

lertsnim · 29-05-2020 8:38pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Who owns Pick?

Sky.

Digifriendly · 30-05-2020 12:23pm

Problem is Pick is SD and not HD.

mikeym · 03-06-2020 10:58pm

Amazon Prime will stream the four Premier League games it has the rights to free of charge when football returns.

It means no membership will be required in order to watch the matches via the website.

The news means there will be a total of 33 matches on free-to-air TV, including four to be shown on the BBC and 25 on Pick TV.

Amazon made history earlier this season by streaming a number of games for the first time, including Manchester United v Tottenham.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-amazon-prime-stream-four-22131347

mackersdublin · 04-06-2020 4:30pm

mikeym wrote: »

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-amazon-prime-stream-four-22131347

Amazon only have UK rights. Premier Sports usually have their games over here

kooga · 04-06-2020 6:14pm

Just to update on Pick TV. As mentioned above there is a uk and an irish version

The Uk version can be manually added to the skybox in other channels

12070 H 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK

Fingers x the games are on Pick Tv on satellite and not just Freeview.

icdg · 04-06-2020 8:20pm

There is a leaked fixture list for the remainder of June doing the rounds which shows the one Saturday 3pm (in the 20th) game being on BT Sport. The following Sat 27th is FA Cup QF weekend with no Sat 3pm KO.

It’ll be interesting to see how this all translates to Ireland. In principle we are only entitled to the games that would originally have been aired but how do you distinguish in this situation? My guess is that all Sky and BT games will go out in Ireland and that Premier Sports will get the Amazon and BBC games in compensation for not having the 3pms but this is only a guess.

kooga · 05-06-2020 8:38am

Details have begun to emerge of the first Premier League games due to be shown on free-to-air television.

The BBC's first ever live Premier League game is due to be Bournemouth v Crystal Palace on Saturday 20th June, 19:45.

On Sunday 21st June, Sky is planning to show Everton v Liverpool (19:00) on Sky Sports and Freeview channel Pick (channel 11), currently due to be the first of 25 matches to be screened by Sky on Freeview.

The BBC's second live Premier League match is due to be Norwich v Everton on Wednesday 24th June (18:00). After that, the BBC will still have two further free-to-air matches to show, that are yet to be announced. Amazon will stream Crystal Palace v Burnley for free on 29th June at 20:00.

RXTV Log

icdg · 05-06-2020 12:13pm

Here it is officially now:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1676010

mackersdublin · 05-06-2020 6:24pm

Good to see 8 matches on Pick and 2 on BBC for the first 3 matchdays

kooga · 05-06-2020 8:45pm

mackersdublin wrote: »

Good to see 8 matches on Pick and 2 on BBC for the first 3 matchdays

I think we are going to be disappointed as it’s free view pick not Freesat/ sky pick

I hope I’m wrong !

Dont be at yourself · 05-06-2020 8:49pm

kooga wrote: »

I think we are going to be disappointed as it’s free view pick not Freesat/ sky pick

I hope I’m wrong !

I'd imagine they'll simulcast on Pick and Sky Sports Premier League

kooga · 05-06-2020 8:53pm

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

I'd imagine they'll simulcast on Pick and Sky Sports Premier League

Correct the game on pick will be on sky sports

icdg · 06-06-2020 12:33am

Irish Examiner reporting tonight games on Pick to be shown on Sky One in Ireland. Seems an odd one.

An Ciarraioch · 06-06-2020 8:42am

Will the Premier League games shown on Pick in the UK get picked up by Premier Sports here?

sniper_samurai · 06-06-2020 9:34am

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Will the Premier League games shown on Pick in the UK get picked up by Premier Sports here?

I would assume they'll still be on Pick, it is a Sky operated channel and is broadcast here.

paulboland · 06-06-2020 10:14am

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Will the Premier League games shown on Pick in the UK get picked up by Premier Sports here?

Sky Sports will show 64 games: that's the 39 they would already have had and an additional 25.
The 25 additional games will also be shown free on Pick Channel (Pick Channel is free to air on Satellite no subscription required)
Sky Sports Subscribers will be able to also watch those additional 25 games on Sky Sports as usual and better quality in HD
Note the Pick Channel is SD

BT Sport will show 20 matches (They not announced if any of these will be free to air)

Amazon Prime has four matches (Free to watch no prime subscription required)

The BBC also has four matches. (Free to Watch)

Thats all 92 remaining games covered
Sky Sports (64)/BT Sports (20)/Amazon (4)/BBC (4) Total 92 Games
Sky Sports has 25 games that will be broadcast on both Sky Sports and Pick Channel with free to watch on Pick Channel)

If Premier Sports going to have any games it might be the 4 games that will be on Amazon but as these will be free to watch they might not be on Premier Sports

Boots234 · 07-06-2020 3:07pm

paulboland wrote: »

Sky Sports will show 64 games: that's the 39 they would already have had and an additional 25.
The 25 additional games will also be shown free on Pick Channel (Pick Channel is free to air on Satellite no subscription required)
Sky Sports Subscribers will be able to also watch those additional 25 games on Sky Sports as usual and better quality in HD
Note the Pick Channel is SD

BT Sport will show 20 matches (They not announced if any of these will be free to air)

Amazon Prime has four matches (Free to watch no prime subscription required)

The BBC also has four matches. (Free to Watch)

Thats all 92 remaining games covered
Sky Sports (64)/BT Sports (20)/Amazon (4)/BBC (4) Total 92 Games
Sky Sports has 25 games that will be broadcast on both Sky Sports and Pick Channel with free to watch on Pick Channel)

If Premier Sports going to have any games it might be the 4 games that will be on Amazon but as these will be free to watch they might not be on Premier Sports

How will it work if the games on the last day of the season are all on at the same time or are these being staggered also?

lertsnim · 07-06-2020 5:53pm

paulboland wrote: »

Sky Sports will show 64 games: that's the 39 they would already have had and an additional 25.
The 25 additional games will also be shown free on Pick Channel (Pick Channel is free to air on Satellite no subscription required)
Sky Sports Subscribers will be able to also watch those additional 25 games on Sky Sports as usual and better quality in HD
Note the Pick Channel is SD

BT Sport will show 20 matches (They not announced if any of these will be free to air)

Amazon Prime has four matches (Free to watch no prime subscription required)

The BBC also has four matches. (Free to Watch)

Thats all 92 remaining games covered
Sky Sports (64)/BT Sports (20)/Amazon (4)/BBC (4) Total 92 Games
Sky Sports has 25 games that will be broadcast on both Sky Sports and Pick Channel with free to watch on Pick Channel)

If Premier Sports going to have any games it might be the 4 games that will be on Amazon but as these will be free to watch they might not be on Premier Sports

The Amazon games won't be shown on the Irish version of Prime Video the same way they weren't in December.

I imagine Premier Sports will show everything that they can. What games are free in the UK won't be a concern for them.

paulboland · 07-06-2020 7:07pm

lertsnim wrote: »

The Amazon games won't be shown on the Irish version of Prime Video the same way they weren't in December.

I imagine Premier Sports will show everything that they can. What games are free in the UK won't be a concern for them.

It's already been reported you wont need a Amazon prime account to watch the games

It's not like the previous situation when Amazon had Premier league games in December 2019 that you needed to have Amazon UK prime subscription

Amazon Prime will make Premier League games free to air
That's all 4 games

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52904364

Premier Sports will likely show the 4 games also as they have the Rep of Ireland rights

muffler · 07-06-2020 8:21pm

paulboland wrote: »

they might not be on Premier Sports

paulboland wrote: »

Premier Sports will likely show the 4 games

Any more thoughtful insights? :rolleyes:

paulboland · 07-06-2020 8:43pm

muffler wrote: »

Any more thoughtful insights? :rolleyes:

Likely does not mean definite

It's unknown for sure until Premier Sports announce if they showing the games

What is known for sure Amazon will be showing the games free to air with no need for a amazon prime subscription

It's possible amazon could geo block the games to UK only but that won't be known until someone tries to watch the games

icdg · 07-06-2020 10:56pm

Posts moved from Premier Sports thread relating to FAPL resumption here

And to answer the post that started the conversation the Pick games will be on Sky One here.

mikeym · 07-06-2020 11:02pm

Theres no mention of Premier Sports showing any live games so far.

It is a bit odd if they dont show any more Premier League matches especially when they have the 3pm rights.

There could be an announcement from them very soon

kooga · 08-06-2020 9:44am

Poor form by sky here putting the free games on sky one - which means you have to be sky subscriber or with virgin media - other option to get a now tv entertainment pass

ka2 · 08-06-2020 10:23am

I'm confused by this. Pick is FTA on Freesat, will they block the games on the Freesat feed? Can't see any other reason why they'd show them on Sky One in Ireland unless they can show them in HD?

kooga · 08-06-2020 10:28am

ka2 wrote: »

I'm confused by this. Pick is FTA on Freesat, will they block the games on the Freesat feed? Can't see any other reason why they'd show them on Sky One in Ireland unless they can show them in HD?

When they say pick its pick on terrestrial in the uk not on satellite.

ka2 · 08-06-2020 10:41am

kooga wrote: »

When they say pick its pick on terrestrial in the uk not on satellite.

So they'd have to block it on satellite then.

channelsurfer2 · 08-06-2020 11:01am

sky has an irish opt out version for ads of Pick TV. they may just not show it on that and show them on Pick UK FTA.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-06-2020 11:24am

kooga wrote: »

When they say pick its pick on terrestrial in the uk not on satellite.

There's a UK and an ROI version of Pick on satellite, likely what they will do is Irish version on Sky epg won't feature the games if another provider has the Irish rights.

icdg · 08-06-2020 11:34am

I think we just have to wait and see for the moment. Seemingly the Pick games are on Sky One in both Ireland and the UK. It may be a matter of marketing emphasis that Sky One is being touted as the “free” option in Ireland while Pick is promoted in the UK. We have no Freeview and Sky does not officially acknowledge the existence of free to air satellite here.

lertsnim · 08-06-2020 11:36am

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

sky has an irish opt out version for ads of Pick TV. they may just not show it on that and show them on Pick UK FTA.

Which would make no sense as both are on a Europe wide beam.

kooga · 08-06-2020 12:04pm

Agree - just sit tight!

icdg · 09-06-2020 11:21am

So some news on this.

Premier Sports advance schedules for Sat 20th showing the one 3pm (Brighton v Arsenal, UK broadcaster BT Sport) and Bournemouth v Palace (BBC) both live.

Contradicting this is the ROI broadcast schedule on the Premier League website which is showing Brighton v Arsenal on BT and Bournemouth v Palace not on TV.

mackersdublin · 09-06-2020 12:14pm

Digifriendly wrote: »

Problem is Pick is SD and not HD.

A poster on Digital Spy has posted that a test appeared yesterday for Pick HD on Freesat

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2381708/pick-hd-on-the-way

muffler · 11-06-2020 8:48pm

live-footballontv.com have a list of the matches and where they're being shown. Includes the matches on Pick which are also being shown simultaneously on Sky Sports.

batistuta9 · 11-06-2020 10:40pm

Yes good site, UK only though.

On Wednesday 24th Premier have Man utd-Sheffield utd listed on 1 & Norwich-Everton on 2, both 6 KOs.
The former a Pick game, latter on BBC

icdg · 12-06-2020 5:08pm

Sky will be offering a choice “fake crowd noise” or not, as your personal preference may be. With two exceptions it will be available on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky One, and Pick TV, with those preferring the natural sound being given that option on Sky Sports Premier League.

icdg · 12-06-2020 8:15pm

The Friday night 6pm KO, Norwich v Southampton, is not at present listed on the version of Pick on the Sky ROI EPG. It is on Sky One.

kooga · 12-06-2020 9:24pm

icdg wrote: »

The Friday night 6pm KO, Norwich v Southampton, is not at present listed on the version of Pick on the Sky ROI EPG. It is on Sky One.

Sky nii epg
Game is on pick and sky one

So at least you can watch in roi in other channels

paulboland · 12-06-2020 9:44pm

Pick Freesat EPG
18.00
Friday 19th Norwich v Southampton

icdg · 12-06-2020 11:08pm

kooga wrote: »

Sky nii epg
Game is on pick and sky one

So at least you can watch in roi in other channels

You don’t even need to bother with Other Channels. It’s on Sky One.

Literally the only people who need to resort to manual tuning are non-Sky customers watching on a Sky Digibox. There can’t be many out there with that set up except as an interim solution.

Premier League To Restart On The 17th June

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