FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 25th, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP TO PRESENT 20 PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES IN FIVE DAYS
Tim Howard Returns to Booth with Arlo White to Call Tottenham Hotspur v. Manchester United Sunday at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN
Coverage Begins Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ET with Premier League Live Followed By Cardiff City Hosting First-Place Arsenal on NBCSN
Manchester United Manager David Moyes to Face Former Club Everton for First Time Wed., Dec. 4, at 2:45 p.m. ET on NBCSN & mun2
All Matches Available on NBC Sports Live Extra
Stamford, Conn. – November 25, 2013 – NBC Sports Group continues its Premier League coverage with 20 matches in five days. Match coverage begins this Saturday, November 30, at 9:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live followed by Cardiff City hosting first-place Arsenal.
U.S. Men’s National Team and Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard joins lead play-by-play voice Arlo White on the call of the Tottenham Hotspur-Manchester United match on Sunday at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Howard returns to the booth one day after suiting up for Everton in their Saturday match against Stoke City (10 a.m. ET on Premier League Extra Time and NBC Sports Live Extra). Previously, Howard joined White to call Chelsea-Manchester United on Sunday, October 27. White and former Premier League star and four-time league champion Lee Dixon will call Newcastle United v. West Bromwich Albion on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the first mid-week match day of the season begins Tuesday, December 3, at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage on Wednesday, December 4 is highlighted by Manchester United manager David Moyes facing his former club Everton for the first time since joining the Red Devils at 2:45 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
The four additional matches on Saturday in the 10 a.m. ET slot, highlighted by the London derby between West Ham United and Fulham, will be available on Premier League Extra Time, a bonus television package available to MVPDs at no extra cost for customers who receive NBCSN. Also available on Extra Time is the additional match on Sunday in the 11:10 a.m. ET slot, and the eight additional matches on Wednesday, December 4, in the 2:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. ET slots.
The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.
mun2 will also telecast three matches in Spanish this week (listed in table below).
All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle and former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Kyle Martino. Earle and Martino will also join Lowe for the mid-week matches being played Tuesday, December 3, and Wednesday, December 4.
All Premier League games will be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets. Games airing on NBC Sports Network will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
To date, AT&T U-verse®, Bright House Networks, Cablevision’s Optimum, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Time Warner Cable have opted to carry the additional Premier League matches via the Premier League Extra Time package, and AT&T U-verse, Cablevision’s Optimum, Charter, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS will make all Premier League games available through TV Everywhere. Additionally, over 100 NCTC partners have either signed-on to the Premier League Extra Time package or have opted-in via TV Everywhere, including Blue Ridge Communications, Buckeye CableSystem, CenturyLink Prism, and RCN. In some cases, the Premier League Extra Time package will be available in select markets.
Below is the NBCUniversal schedule for the 13th and 14th weeks of the Premier League season:
Date | Time | Home vs. Away | Network |
Mon., Nov. 25 | 11 p.m. | Barclays Premier League Review | NBCSN |
Tues., Nov. 26 | 12 a.m. | Premier League Encore: Manchester Monday | NBCSN |
Wed., Nov. 27 | 12 a.m. | Premier League Encore | NBCSN |
Fri., Nov. 29 | 1 a.m. | Barclays Premier League World | NBCSN |
Fri., Nov. 29 | 7 a.m. | Barclays Premier League News | NBCSN |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 12 a.m. | Barclays Premier League Preview | NBCSN |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 9:30 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 10 a.m. | Cardiff City v. Arsenal | NBCSN |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 10 a.m. | Everton v. Stoke City | Extra Time |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 10 a.m. | Aston Villa v. Sunderland | Extra Time |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 10 a.m. | West Ham United v. Fulham | Extra Time |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 10 a.m. | Norwich City v. Crystal Palace | Extra Time |
Sat., Nov. 30 | Noon | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sat., Nov. 30 | 12:30 p.m. | Newcastle United v. West Bromwich Albion | NBC |
Sun., Dec. 1 | 12 a.m. | NBCSN’s Match of the Day I | NBCSN |
Sun., Dec. 1 | 6:30 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sun., Dec. 1 | 7 a.m. | Tottenham Hotspur v. Manchester United | NBCSN, mun2 |
Sun., Dec. 1 | 9:05 a.m. | Hull City v. Liverpool | NBCSN |
Sun., Dec. 1 | 11:10 a.m. | Chelsea v. Southampton | NBCSN, mun2 |
Sun., Dec. 1 | 11:10 a.m. | Manchester City v. Swansea City | Extra Time |
Mon., Dec. 2 | 12 a.m. | NBCSN’s Match of the Day II | NBCSN |
Mon., Dec. 2 | 11 p.m. | Barclays Premier League Review | NBCSN |
Tues., Dec. 3 | 12 a.m. | Premier League Encore: Manchester Monday | NBCSN |
Tues., Dec. 3 | 2:30 p.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Tues., Dec. 3 | 3 p.m. | Crystal Palace v. West Ham United | NBCSN |
Tues., Dec. 3 | 12 a.m. | Premier League Encore | NBCSN |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2 p.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Manchester United v. Everton | NBCSN, mun2 |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Arsenal v. Hull City | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Stoke City v. Cardiff City | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Sunderland v. Chelsea | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Liverpool v. Norwich City | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Swansea City v. Newcastle United | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 2:45 p.m. | Southampton v. Aston Villa | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 3 p.m. | Fulham v. Tottenham Hotspur | Extra Time |
Wed., Dec. 4 | 3 p.m. | West Bromwich Albion v. Manchester City | Extra Time |
Thurs., Dec. 5 | 7 p.m. | Barclays Premier League Review | NBCSN |
NBC Sports Group presents the most ambitious, extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League available anywhere in the world with all 380 Premier League matches available live in the United States on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra. In total, NBC Sports Group will present more than 1,600 hours of Premier League programming.
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