First ever TNT Sports Premier League fixture announced as Chelsea vs Liverpool on Sky Sports – The Mirror
Chelsea vs Liverpool will be broadcast at Sky Sports’ flagship Sunday 4.30pm slot on the opening weekend of the 2023/24
Manchester City's trip to Burnley will kick off the 2023/24 Premier League season's live televised schedule, with Vincent Kompany welcoming his former club to Turf Moor on Friday, August 11.
The following day will see the first ever Premier League match broadcast by the new TNT Sports channel, which has taken over from BT Sport ahead of the new season.
Arsenal welcome Nottingham Forest to the Emirates Stadium for a lunchtime kick-off, with TNT Sports picking up BT Sport's package of 32 12.30pm Saturday kick-offs for the 2023/24 season.
After the non-televised 3pm games on Saturday, Newcastle then welcome Aston Villa for the 5.30pm match which will be screened on Sky Sports.
The broadcaster then have their double header Super Sunday which is focused entirely on west London, as Brentford welcome Tottenham to the Gtech Community Stadium and Chelsea host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in what could be a baptism of fire for new Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Manchester United then take on Wolves in the first Monday Night Football of the season, which will be screened from Old Trafford by Sky Sports.
The current Premier League TV deal is in place until 2025, and ensures that 200 of the 380 matches are shown live.
Those matches are broken up into seven separate packages, and outside of interruptions due to the pandemic, ownership of these packages has been fairly stable for the last few seasons, with Sky Sports taking package B, C, D and E which makes up 128 games.
BT Sport – now TNT Sports – had package A and G, meaning 52 live games, and then Amazon Prime have package F.
The packages are as follows:
Package A: 32 matches to kick off at 12.30pm on Saturdays
Package B: 32 matches to kick off at 5.30pm on Saturdays
Package C: 32 matches, with eight kicking off at 7.45pm on Saturdays and 24 kicking off at 2pm on Sundays
Package D: 32 matches to kick off at 4.30pm on Sundays
Package E: 32 matches, with eight kicking off on Sundays at 2pm and 24 kicking off at either 8pm on a Monday or 7.30pm-8pm on a Friday
Package F: 20 matches, with 10 from one Bank Holiday weekend and 10 from one set of midweek fixtures
Package G: 20 matches, all from two different sets of midweek fixtures
If you have Sky already you can add all eight dedicated sports channels, including Premier League, F1 & more from £24 extra a month.
If you do not have Sky, you can get a Sky Glass 4K TV plus Sky Sports, Sky Entertainment & Netflix from £34 a month for 3 months.
Opening weekend televised matches – August 11-14:
Burnley vs Man City – Friday 8pm, Sky Sports
Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest – Saturday 12.30pm, TNT Sports
Newcastle vs Aston Villa – Saturday 5.30pm, Sky Sports
Brentford vs Tottenham – Sunday 2pm, Sky Sports
Chelsea vs Liverpool – Sunday 4.30pm, Sky Sports
Man Utd vs Wolves -Monday 8pm, Sky Sports
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