Premier Sports recently renewed its agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to broadcast 20 live and exclusive Premiership matches each season from 2024-25 onwards. This deal follows Premier Sports' reacquisition of its UK business from Viaplay Group.
Premier Sports has secured a long-term extension with the Scottish Football Association, allowing the pay-TV broadcaster to continue its coverage of the Scottish Cup until the end of the 2028-29 season. This renewal includes an additional third match in rounds four and five of the knockout competition. Premier Sports has been airing the Scottish Cup for the past six seasons.
Premier Sports has acquired non-exclusive English-language broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League in Ireland from the 2024-25 season through to 2026-27 after securing a three-year deal. The pay-TV provider has the first match choice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for live Champions League broadcasts on TV and online in Ireland. In addition, Premier Sports provides live streaming and television coverage of the 2025, 2026, and 2027 editions of the UEFA Champions League final.
Subscribers can live-stream Champions League matches via Premier Sports Player, the network’s premium streaming service. Premier Sports Player is accessible via several devices, including smart TVs, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, mobiles (iOS and Android), and gaming consoles. Moreover, users can watch the Champions League in Ireland through Sky’s ‘Sports Extra’ pack, which features the channels Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports 2 and TNT Sports network. A subscription to NOW Sports Extra Membership also lets football fans watch the Champions League on multiple devices simultaneously while on the go.
Extra UEFA Champions League content is available on Premier Sports, including comprehensive match highlights on every game night and specially curated football shows, such as the UEFA Champions League Magazine program that features match analysis, interviews, and behind-the-scenes coverage.
Pay-TV broadcaster Premier Sports has retained its Spanish La Liga rights in the UK and Ireland until 2025. The network’s three-year deal grants Premier Sports’ users the opportunity to watch live La Liga matches on linear TV channels and on-the-go, in high definition.
Pay television network Premier Sports has acquired British broadcast rights to the Scottish League Cup. Starting from the 2020/21 season through 2025, Premier Sports will show a dozen matches live, every season. Scottish League Cup match highlights will also be available on Premier Sports’ TV channels in the UK. Streaming may be available online and on mobile devices via over-the-top (OTT) service Premier Player.
Premier Sports has secured the broadcasting rights to watch the 2024 Copa América live in the UK. Throughout the tournament, fans can watch the Copa América live on Premier Sports via the Sky platform (channels 419 and 420), on Virgin (channels 551 and 552), and through Amazon Prime as an add-on subscription. Premier Sports also offers a streaming service compatible with iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, PCs, Macs, Fire TV, Android TV, and Chromecast, which means that the games and highlights can be played on the go. For users in the Republic of Ireland, the 2024 Copa America is still available live on Premier Sports, accessible via the 'Sports Extra' Pack on Sky, NOW, Virgin Media, and Vodafone.
British free-to-air television network FreeSports has secured rights to the Portuguese Primeira Liga. The broadcaster, which operates under pay-TV operator Premier Sports, will air live Liga NOS matches in the UK and Ireland in full HD. Coverage of Portugal’s top tier football division on FreeSports is expected to be available to stream live on the network’s official streaming service FreeSports Player, which is available to users on both Android and iOS devices, and smart TVs.
Pay-TV operator Premier Sports has secured digital and TV broadcast rights for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the UK. All 31 matches will be carried on Premier Sports various platforms, starting from the 2021 Gold Cup opener featuring El Salvador vs Curacao on July 10th all the way to the final on August 1st. Bonus features include match highlights after the conclusion of each matchday, pre and post-game analysis and detailed commentary. In addition, subscribers will be able to live stream the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup via Premier Sports corresponding app.
Premier Sports has acquired the rights to air the Italian Serie A in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland until the end of the 2020-21 season. The digital TV network will show at least six matches every match day, with broadcasts available on its OTT platform Premier Player. The deal was sealed after subscription service Eleven Sports decided to sell its Serie A rights in the aforementioned territories.
