FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 24th, 2014
NBCSN PRESENTS THREE PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES THIS WEEKEND
League Leaders Chelsea Face Fulham on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN
All Matches Available on NBC Sports Live Extra
Stamford, Conn. – February 24, 2014 – NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the Premier League with three matches on NBCSN this weekend. Match coverage is highlighted by Fulham hosting league leaders-Chelsea on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Chelsea remain unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League matches. Coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. ET with Premier League Live.
NBCSN also presents ninth-place Southampton v. fourth-place Liverpool on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET, and Tottenham Hotspur v. Cardiff City on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET. All matches not on NBCSN in the 10 a.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday windows will be available on Premier League Extra Time, a bonus television package available to MVPDs at no extra cost for customers who receive NBCSN.
The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.
Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White and four-time league champion Lee Dixon call Southampton v. Liverpool on Saturday and Tottenham Hotspur v. Cardiff City on Sunday.
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., anchored by Rebecca Lowe, who returns from hosting Olympic coverage. Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former English footballer Robbie Mustoe and former U.S. National Team midfielder Kyle Martino.
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 schedule for the 28th week of the Premier League season (all times ET):
Date | Time | Home v. Away | Network |
Tues., Feb. 25 | 12 a.m. | Barclays Premier League Review | NBCSN |
Tues., Feb. 25 | 1 a.m. | Premier League Encore – Manchester Monday | NBCSN |
Wed., Feb. 26 | 12 a.m. | Premier League Encore | NBCSN |
Fri., Feb. 28 | 7 a.m. | Barclays Premier League News | NBCSN |
Fri., Feb. 28 | 7:30 a.m. | Barclays Premier League World | NBCSN |
Fri., Feb. 28 | 8 a.m. | Barclays Premier League Match Pack | NBCSN |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 9 a.m. | Barclays Premier League Preview | NBCSN |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 9:30 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 10 a.m. | Fulham v. Chelsea | NBCSN |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 10 a.m. | Stoke City v. Arsenal | Extra Time |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 10 a.m. | Everton v. West Ham United | Extra Time |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 10 a.m. | Hull City v. Newcastle United | Extra Time |
Sat., Mar. 1 | Noon | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Southampton v. Liverpool | NBCSN, mun2 |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 2:30 p.m. | Goal Zone | NBCSN |
Sat., Mar. 1 | 11 p.m. | NBCSN’s Match of the Day | NBCSN |
Sun., Mar. 2 | 10:30 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sun., Mar. 2 | 11:30 a.m. | Tottenham Hotspur v. Cardiff City | NBCSN |
Sun., Mar. 2 | 11:30 a.m. | Swansea City v. Crystal Palace | Extra Time |
Sun., Mar. 2 | 11:30 a.m. | Aston Villa v. Norwich City | Extra Time |
Sun., Mar. 2 | 11 p.m. | NBCSN’s Match of the Day II | 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.
–NBC Sports Group–