This will be a shakeup to the scene
Amazon has secured one of the remaining Premier League rights packages, meaning the company’s streaming service will offer 20 matches a season online between 2019 and 2022.
They will also have a weekly highlights package. Sky Sports and BT Sport purchased 160 matches per season for approximately £4.5 billion earlier in the year, meaning that two packages remained unsold until this week, with one being midweek and the other Bank Holiday fixtures.
Amazon Prime Video becomes first streaming-only platform to show Premier League live in Britain.
They have 20 games per season from one Bank Holiday and one midweek fixture programme from 2019-22https://t.co/qX3ear6GIM— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) June 7, 2018
According to a report in the Daily Mirror, Amazon were attracted by the prospect of the Premier League’s growing audience in the United States as well as the possibility of more people subscribing to Amazon Prime as a result.
Prime members will receive the new package free as part of their current subscription, as well as the highlights package.
It appears that they won’t have regular games throughout the season though. As the press release explains:
UK Prime members will have exclusive access to watch 20 matches per season, comprising two full fixture rounds – the first December midweek round and the festive Bank Holiday round – featuring live coverage of every Premier League team.
