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Monday, April 21st, 2014

20 DAYS TO PREMIER LEAGUE “CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY”

NBCUniversal’s Unprecedented Coverage Features All 10 Games Live on TV & NBC Sports Live Extra Simultaneously at 10 AM ET on May 11

Stamford, Conn. – April 21, 2014 – Just 20 days from today on Sunday, May 11, the networks of NBCUniversal present “Championship Sunday” — the thrilling conclusion to what host Rebecca Lowe said in opening Saturday’s Premier League Live pregame “many believe this will go down as the greatest season of the Premier League era.”

In the most extensive and comprehensive Championship Sunday coverage ever in the U.S., all 10 matches will be presented live simultaneously on 10 different NBCUniversal television networks on Sunday, May 11 at 10 a.m. ET. In addition, Spanish-language networks Telemundo and mun2 will each televise one match. Channel assignments for the matches will be determined in early May.

A look at some notable numbers as Championship Sunday approaches:

380      Total Premier League games presented on the platforms of NBCUniversal – every game, all season

20        Number of clubs in the Premier League

9          Number of Premier League teams still in danger of being relegated

8          Number of goals Liverpool need to break Chelsea’s single-season Premier League scoring record (103 goals)

4          Number of Premier League teams which will qualify for Champions League play

3          Number of teams who can still win the Premier League title (Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City)

3          Number of Premier League teams which will be relegated (the bottom three Premier League teams are relegated into the Championship – the second tier of English football)

2          Number of goals Liverpool’s Luis Suarez needs to break the single season Premier League scoring record of 31 goals (38-match season)

1          Exclusive home for Premier League’s Championship Sunday – NBCUniversal

Premier League Championship Sunday matches on May 11 will be televised live on the following networks of NBCUniversal, all at 10 a.m. ET:

NBC Bravo
NBCSN Syfy
USA Esquire Network
CNBC E!
MSNBC Oxygen
Telemundo* mun2*

*Spanish-language telecast

NBCUniversal’s Championship Sunday coverage kicks off May 11 at 9 a.m. ET with an exclusive Premier League Live pregame show on CNBC.

In addition, all 10 Premier League games will be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets (further details below).

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA COVERAGE

NBC Sports Live Extra — the NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will stream all 10 Premier League “Championship Sunday” matches. The vast majority of games will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play. Matches airing on:

  • NBC will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra;
  • The nine non-NBC matches will live stream exclusively through NBC Sports Live Extra via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.

The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.

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.

With “Championship Sunday,” NBC Sports Group concludes 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 presented more than 1,600 hours of Premier League programming.

–NBC Sports Group–