EXCLUSIVE: Premier League fans forced to pay even more to watch their team! Sky Sports and BT Sport set to unveil new pay-per-view service to show extra top-flight games as crowds are still kept away from stadiums
- Premier League’s main UK broadcasters to reveal new pay-per-view service
- An extra selection of top-flight games will be screened live but at extra cost
- The live games won’t form part of current Sky or BT subscription packages
- Premier League had grown agitated at giving away product for free in lockdown
- A number of games were shown free-to-air on Pick TV, Amazon and the BBC
- But broadcasters didn’t want to pay more so PPV service is the result
The Premier League‘s main UK broadcasters are to reveal plans to launch a new pay-per-view service which will see punters asked to pay more money to view matches.
In a strategy likely to infuriate viewers – Sky Sports and BT Sport are set to unveil a new service to show an additional layer of matches that aren’t included in the designated televised schedule but at an additional cost to their general subscription fees.
Since football returned in June, all matches have been televised through Sky, BT, BBC and Amazon as part of each broadcasters’ general service.
Sky Sports and BT Sport are poised to announce a pay-per-view service for Premier League matches that are not part of their usual coverage schedules
A number of Premier League games were shown free-to-air in lockdown but the league has grown agitated at giving away its product for free in the UK
Fans who remain locked out of grounds amid the Covid-19 pandemic are likely to be angry they now have to pay more to watch their team on TV
But the Premier League have grown agitated at essentially giving away their product for free since lockdown.
Additionally broadcasters do not want to pay extra for the rights to more games – the new pay-per-view service a product of those concerns.
Premier League broadcasting partners are to assist with the pay-per-view plans.
But the move could risk angering customers who already fork out significant subscription costs every month.
Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher (left), Gary Neville (centre) and presenter Kelly Cates at a Premier League match earlier this year