2026-27 Premier League: all you need to know regarding broadcasting in the UK & internationally

Arsenal FC - Coventry City FC, the first game of the 2026-27 Premier League season, scheduled for Friday 21 August 2026 (kick-off at 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CET), will be broadcast on the channels of the pay-TV group Sky in the UK.

Sky, TNT Sports (pay-TV) and the BBC (public-TV) are the domestic broadcasters of the Premier League for the 2025-2029 period (four seasons). For the first time, these rights have been granted over four years (compared with three previously), and are worth a total of £6.7bn (€7.8bn as of 4 December 2023), or £1.67bn per year (€1.96bn), "a 4% increase in live rights value compared to the previous process," according to the Premier League.

Sky broadcasts a minimum of 215 live matches per season (up from 128 over the 2022-2025 cycle), while TNT Sports broadcasts 52…