Soccer coverage on United States television
Premier League on NBC
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| United States
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| English
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| NBC Sports
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| 2013
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The
Premier League on NBC/Peacock
is the blanket title for broadcasts of the
Premier League
by
Peacock
and the linear networks of
NBC Sports
. NBC acquired rights to the Premier League in 2013, and reached a six-year extension in 2015.
[1]
In 2022,
USA Network
replaced
NBCSN
?which shut down on December 31, 2021?as the main cable broadcaster of the league.
History
[
edit
]
NBC acquired rights to the Premier League in 2013, replacing
Fox Sports
and
ESPN
.
[2]
NBC's studio programming for the league includes the pre-match show
Premier League Live
, and the highlights shows
Premier League Goal Zone
and
Match of the Day
(modeled upon
the similar BBC series
).
[3]
NBC Sports president of programming
Jon Miller
explained that their main goal was to not "Americanize" their coverage (besides providing explanations of terminology unfamiliar to U.S. viewers, such as referring to regional rivalries as "derbies"), citing their decision to employ talent (such as former
ESPN UK
and
BBC Sport
presenter
Rebecca Lowe
, who became NBC's lead host) who "know the Premier League and can talk about it intelligently".
[4]
[5]
In 2014, NBC also hired the duo of
Michael Davies
and
Roger Bennett
?the "
Men in Blazers
"?to provide soccer-oriented content across NBC Sports' platforms.
[6]
Through the
2016?17
season, NBCSN operated pop-up channels branded as
Premier League Extra Time
, which aired overflow matches not shown by other NBC networks.
[7]
Beginning with the
2017?18
season, NBC began to
paywall
many of these overflow games behind the "Premier League Pass" streaming service on
NBC Sports Gold
.
[8]
On
Championship Sunday
, the majority of
NBCUniversal
's cable networks carry games, including several networks not normally dedicated to sports. In 2023, NBC itself did not carry a Championship Sunday game for the first time in package history.
[9]
Integration with Sky Sports, Peacock
[
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]
In 2019,
NBCUniversal
parent company
Comcast
acquired the British telecom and media conglomerate
Sky plc
. As a result, the NBC Sports division became a sibling to
Sky Sports
, a domestic rightsholder of the Premier League in the UK. Sky began to synergize with NBC Sports throughout 2019, beginning with a collaboration with its reporters for coverage of the
transfer deadline
, and adding a weekday simulcast from its
Sky Sports News
channel to the daytime lineup of NBCSN.
[10]
[11]
On-air collaboration with Sky Sports intensified with the beginning of the
2019?20 season
; as Sky holds the first pick of matches for 12:30 p.m. (
Eastern Time
) kickoffs under its renewed contract, NBC will be able to air more prominent matches in its early-afternoon broadcasts. NBC also aired studio coverage of the first weekend of the season from Sky's studios, implemented a new on-air graphics package with elements of those used by Sky and its Premier League telecasts, and expanded its Sunday pre-match show to two hours (taking advantage of Sunday kickoffs being pushed later by half an hour).
[12]
Sky Sports studio programming (including
Soccer Saturday
and
Goals on Sunday
among others) also became available on a secondary tier of Premier League Pass.
[13]
On July 9, 2020, NBC announced that Premier League Pass would be phased out, with its content (including non-televised matches and on-demand replays) being moved to
Peacock
Premium going forward, including 175 matches per-season.
[14]
To mark the national launch of Peacock, all July 15, 2020, matches were carried exclusively by the service for free.
[15]
[16]
In July 2021, NBC announced that all matches on the NBC broadcast network will be simulcast on Peacock, and that noted Spanish football voice
Andres Cantor
will call selected matches in English for NBC.
[17]
When the contract went up for renewal in 2021, the Premier League split its U.S. media rights into four packages (as it does with its domestic rights) to pursue the possibility of multiple broadcasters.
[18]
On November 18, 2021, NBC Sports confirmed that it had reached a six-year extension of its exclusive rights to the Premier League through 2028. With NBCSN being discontinued at the end of 2021,
USA Network
would subsume its role as the main English-language cable outlet for NBC Sports' coverage.
[19]
Ahead of the 2022-23 season, various reports said NBC appointed
Peter Drury
as the Premier League lead commentator to replace
Arlo White
, who filled the position for nine years. His position was confirmed on July 6, 2022.
[20]
[21]
On 18 June 2023, it was announced that Drury would join Sky Sports, doing one game a week on Sunday, Monday, or midweek.
[22]
Soon, NBC hired
Jon Champion
to replace Drury for these match days, with Drury continuing that role for Saturday 12:30 pm ET games.
[23]
[24]
[25]
List of personalities
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]
NBC Sports personalities:
- Studio hosts
:
Rebecca Lowe
,
Cara Banks
,
Ahmed Fareed
,
Paul Burmeister
- Studio analysts
:
Robbie Earle
,
Robbie Mustoe
,
Tim Howard
,
Danny Higginbotham
,
Stephen Warnock
,
Phil Neville
- Play-by-play announcers
:
Peter Drury
,
Jon Champion
,
Joe Speight
,
Andres Cantor
- Color commentators
:
Lee Dixon
,
Graeme Le Saux
,
Stephen Warnock
,
Jim Beglin
- Contributor:
Joe Prince-Wright, David Ornstein
Premier League Productions
World Feed personalities
:
- Studio hosts
:
Steve Bower
,
Manish Bhasin
,
Seema Jaswal
- Studio analysts
:
Alan Shearer
,
Ian Wright
,
Michael Owen
,
Tim Sherwood
,
Steve McManaman
,
Glenn Hoddle
,
Owen Hargreaves
- Play-by-play announcers
:
Jim Proudfoot
, Jonathan Beck, Chris Wise, Daniel Mann,
Conor McNamara
,
Martin Tyler
- Color commentators
:
Jim Beglin
,
Lee Hendrie
,
Matt Holland
,
Andy Townsend
Sky Sports World Feed (Saturday 3pm BST Games) personalities
:
- Play-by-play announcers
:
Tony Jones
,
Ian Crocker
,
Gary Taphouse
, Phil Blacker, David Stowell,
Rob Palmer
, Seb Hutchinson, Andy Bishop, Gary Weaver,
Pien Meulensteen
- Color commentators
:
Garry Birtles
,
Leon Osman
,
Andy Walker
,
Keith Andrews
,
Tony Gale
,
Robert Green
,
Matthew Upson
,
Efan Ekoku
,
David Provan
,
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
References
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edit
]
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Sandomir, Richard (2015-08-10).
"NBC Retains Rights to Premier League in Six-Year Deal"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
2019-08-13
.
- ^
"NBC wins $250m rights to broadcast English Premier League in US"
. London. Associated Press. October 29, 2012
. Retrieved
October 29,
2012
.
- ^
Parker, Graham (2013-04-16).
"Gary Lineker and Match of the Day feature in NBC's Premier League plans"
.
The Guardian
.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
2019-06-30
.
- ^
"Premier League: How NBC Sports Got Soccer Fans Out of Bed"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. 26 March 2014
. Retrieved
2019-08-13
.
- ^
"Has NBC Sports Found the Secret of Selling Soccer to U.S. TV Viewers?"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. 30 August 2013
. Retrieved
2019-08-13
.
- ^
Connors, Will (2014-08-10).
"Men in Blazers Jump to NBC"
.
Wall Street Journal
.
ISSN
0099-9660
. Retrieved
2019-08-17
.
- ^
Reynolds, Mike (8 August 2013).
"Four More Providers Join NBCSN's Premier League Extra Time Roster"
.
Multichannel
. Retrieved
2019-06-30
.
- ^
Tannenwald, Jonathan (28 June 2017).
"NBC to launch paid subscription English Premier League soccer streaming service"
.
Inquirer.com
. Retrieved
2019-06-30
.
- ^
"How to watch all of Premier League's season finales"
.
SI.com
. Retrieved
2019-06-30
.
- ^
"First major NBC-Sky collaboration is for extra Premier League transfer deadline coverage"
.
Awful Announcing
. 29 January 2019
. Retrieved
29 January
2019
.
- ^
"NBCSN will replace the Dan Patrick Show with a PFT Live replay and an hour of Sky Sports News"
.
Awful Announcing
. 26 February 2019
. Retrieved
26 February
2019
.
- ^
Harris, Christopher (2019-08-09).
"NBC embarks on tighter relationship with Sky Sports to enhance Premier League coverage"
.
World Soccer Talk
. Retrieved
2019-08-13
.
- ^
"NBC's Premier League Pass now includes some Sky programming, other shoulder coverage"
.
Awful Announcing
. 2019-07-09
. Retrieved
2019-07-09
.
- ^
Spangler, Todd (2020-07-09).
"NBCU's Peacock to Stream 175-Plus Premier League Soccer Games Exclusively Next Season"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
2020-07-10
.
- ^
Harris, Christopher (16 January 2019).
"NBC's Peacock premium streaming service to include Premier League games"
. World Soccer Talk
. Retrieved
17 January
2020
.
- ^
"NBC is moving all Premier League matches on July 15th to Peacock"
.
Awful Announcing
. 2020-07-08
. Retrieved
2020-07-09
.
- ^
"Premier League matches airing on NBC broadcast network will stream on Peacock, but NBCSN matches will not"
.
Awful Announcing
. 2021-07-14
. Retrieved
2021-07-14
.
- ^
Reporter, Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports.
"Premier League clubs set to benefit from three-way tussle for American TV rights"
.
The Times
.
ISSN
0140-0460
. Retrieved
2021-11-18
.
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Hayes, Dade (2021-11-18).
"NBCUniversal Extends Premier League Rights Through 2028"
.
Deadline
. Retrieved
2021-11-18
.
- ^
Lucia, Joe (2022-07-06).
"NBC officially announces hiring of Peter Drury as lead Premier League play-by-play broadcaster"
.
Awful Announcing
. Retrieved
2023-01-22
.
- ^
"PETER DRURY JOINS NBC SPORTS AS LEAD PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-BY-PLAY COMMENTATOR"
.
NBC Sports Pressbox
. 2022-07-06
. Retrieved
2022-08-27
.
- ^
Media, P. A. (2023-06-18).
"Peter Drury joins Sky Sports to cover Premier League in place of Martin Tyler"
.
The Guardian
.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
2023-06-19
.
- ^
Keeley, Sean (2023-06-28).
"Report: Jon Champion joining NBC's Premier League coverage, will continue calling matches for ESPN"
.
Awful Announcing
. Retrieved
2023-06-28
.
- ^
"JON CHAMPION JOINS NBC SPORTS AS PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-BY-PLAY COMMENTATOR"
.
NBC Sports Pressbox
. 2023-07-11
. Retrieved
2023-08-27
.
- ^
"Jon Champion named lead NBC play-by-play voice for Premier League"
.
Pro Soccer Wire
. 2023-07-11
. Retrieved
2023-08-27
.
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