Premier League: broadcasters for Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 season throughout Europe

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In the United Kingdom, Hull City FC - Leicester City FC, the opening game of the 2016-17 Premier League season, will be broadcast on Sky Sports 1 on 13/08/2016 (kick-off at 12:30 local BST, 13:30 CET), alongside 3 other matches from the first wekend: AFC Bournemouth - Manchester United FC on Sunday, 14/08/2016 (kick-off at 13:30 BST, 14:30 CET), Arsenal FC - Liverpool FC on Sunday, 14/08/2016 (kick-off at 16:00 local BST, 17:00 CET) and Chelsea FC - West Ham United FC on Monday, 15/08/2016 (kick-off at 20:00 local BST, 21:00 CET). The channel BT Sport will only broadcast one game per matchday of the Premier League for the 2016-2019 cycle. For Matchday 1 this will be Manchester City FC - Sunderland AFC on Saturday, 13/08/2016 (kick-off at 17:30 local BST, 18:30 CET)

Six games from the first matchday of the Premier League will be broadcast live, including the opening match Hull City FC - Leicester City FC, in Germany on the sports OTT platform of the Perform Group, DAZN; in Italy on the pay-TV channels of Sky Italia; and in Spain on the pay-TV channel Movistar Fútbol. In France, the…

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