How to Watch the 2026/27 Premier League Season
The short answer
UK Premier League rights are split between Sky Sports, TNT Sports and Amazon Prime Video, and no combination of them shows all 380 matches — the Saturday 3pm blackout keeps a large block off British screens entirely. Overseas broadcasters do show those fixtures, which is why international feeds matter to anyone following one club closely.
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Community Consensus: UK broadband providers (Virgin Media, Sky, BT, EE) enforce dynamic DNS blocking during live fixtures. The top upvoted workaround in the UK community is using an independent DNS (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1) or encrypted connection, and tuning into overseas 50fps English feeds (Peacock, Optus Sport, beIN) where the domestic 3pm blackout does not apply.
The 2026/27 season starts in August and runs to May, and the annual question returns: what do you actually need to subscribe to in order to watch your club?
The honest answer is that there is no single subscription that covers a full season, and there has not been for years. Here is how the rights are split and what that means in practice.
Key takeaways
- 380 fixtures a season, and no UK package carries all of them
- The 3pm Saturday blackout is a UEFA-permitted rule protecting attendance, not a broadcaster choice
- Sky, TNT and Amazon between them cost £70–£100 a month during the season
- International feeds carry the blackout fixtures because the rule is domestic only
- A season ticket for televised football costs more than most people realise until they add it up
Who shows what in 2026/27
Add the three paid options together during the season and you are past £70 a month before anyone has watched a film. That is the arithmetic driving people to look for alternatives.
| Broadcaster | Typical coverage | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Sports | The largest package — Sunday, Monday and selected Saturday fixtures | £35+/month via NOW, more on Sky |
| TNT Sports | Saturday lunchtime plus midweek rounds | £31/month via discovery+ |
| Amazon Prime Video | Selected midweek and festive rounds | £8.99/month |
| BBC / ITV | FA Cup and highlights only — no live league football | TV Licence |
| Nobody, in the UK | Saturday 3pm fixtures | Not broadcast domestically |
What is the 3pm blackout, and why does it still exist?
Between roughly 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday, live football may not be broadcast in the UK. The rule dates back to the 1960s and exists to protect attendance at lower-league grounds — the theory being that if people can watch a Premier League match at home, they will not go and watch their local club.
It is a domestic rule. Broadcasters in other countries hold rights to those same fixtures and show them live without restriction, which is why a match that is invisible in Britain is on television in a dozen other places at the same moment.
This is the single biggest gap in UK football coverage, and it is the reason international feeds are the first thing people ask us about.
Following one club across a full season
- A typical club has roughly 25–30 of its 38 league fixtures televised somewhere in the UK
- The remainder fall into the 3pm blackout and are shown only overseas
- Cup runs add fixtures across BBC, ITV and Sky
- European qualification adds TNT Sports for Champions or Europa League nights
- Following a promoted or relegated club means the rights picture changes completely
What we carry
Our lineup includes the Sky Sports and TNT Sports channels, the Amazon-covered rounds where a feed exists, and international broadcasters carrying the fixtures UK viewers cannot otherwise see — in up to 4K where the source provides it.
We run dedicated sports servers separately from the general channel load, because 3pm on a Saturday is when every stream in the country is under maximum pressure. The right way to judge that claim is to test it during an actual fixture on the free trial rather than to take our word for it.
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Frequently asked
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Broadcast rights, fixtures and prices change. This page was last checked on 10 August 2026 — tell us on WhatsApp if you spot something out of date and we will correct it.