They do offer this on free streaming(with cable authentication) and it's called Goal Rush. Not the greatest implementation, but it is out there.
NBC Universal networks showing 6 of the 10 final matches this weekend. I guess the rest will be on Gold? Not that it matters all that much, could be looking at 10 dead rubbers. Or a couple matches that mean something. I'm sure these are subject to change by NBC...
They will all be on TV, but the games shown on the schedule now are just placeholders that mean absolutely nothing. There’s no way (even if all 10 games are dead rubbers) that Burnley-Bournemouth (a guaranteed dead rubber) will be on NBC. They’ll obviously set the schedule after the Chelsea-Huddersfield and Tottenham games today to see what’s left in play between the last relegation spot and Top 4. The channels showing games are NBC, NBCSN, USA, SyFy, E!, the Olympic Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, and Bravo.
I just watched Leicester-Arsenal on Full Replay. At the relative off-peak time of 11pm ET. And yet it seemed like there were a lot of dropped frames. Anyone else notice that w/ Gold? I was getting 5-7 Mbps in the video quality bar.
All Premier League matches on Championship Sunday live on NBC platforms. Specific channels: pic.twitter.com/ElYiyOYCm5— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) May 10, 2018
I'm sure a lot goes into scheduling, but as a fairly-casual EPL fan, here are a few "noob" questions: Why is the last match day a Sunday? I would think a Saturday would be better, given the League Championship and UEFA CL Final are both Sundays and given various religious reasons for those who observe. Likewise, why doesn't the league set it so that the "big teams" play against each other on the last day for potential added drama? Something like this could potentially be epic. Man City vs Arsenal Tottenham vs Man United Liverpool vs Chelsea
Those are two very good questions. The first one I've asked myself before and I've not come up with a good answer. The second one... maybe they want to pretend like they're not that manipulative with the schedule?
This article may answer your question. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ange-fixtures-six-clubs-not-meet-weekend.html
If you have those 3 matches played at any other time you can schedule them at different times and tonnes of people will watch each one. If you play them at the same time along with 7 other matches in Round 38 they get a bit lost in the shuffle. I probably wouldn't watch any of them if there was a relegation battle still going on. It might not be a bad idea to do something like that for Round 37 though when the start time can still be staggered and there's more to play for.
Re: Sunday final round. With so many matches that need to be made up due to Cup and other comp conflicts, that extra day comes in handy. See all the Weds/Thurs fixtures this week. One more day of rest for those sides before finishing. The Championship does this too, kind of separates it from the norm (though there's not much Sat 3pm kickoff norm nowadays). Re: all matches at the same time. Kind of a longstanding fairness model to try to prevent unnecessary gamesmanship or even match fixing among clubs with something (or nothing) to play for.
Good point on the TV eyeballs. At least if it was Round 37, one game could at 12:30 et and then a double-header on Sunday.
That makes sense. It seems like midweek before the last day is (or should be) a premium time to make games up that have been postponed. There's no UEFA stuff, so TV ratings could be higher and bad weather isn't an issue. And yeah, I get the fairness idea...even if modern technology basically nullifies that. I think we all know the managers are getting updates along the way. Hypothetically, if the coaching staff of Liverpool knows Arsenal is up 3-1 in the 85th vs Newcastle, they can still make adjustments, just the same as if the games weren't at the same time. Modern technology changed things...I reckon the final round a couple decades ago was taken on a bit differently than it is now. And since Saturday 3pm in the lower leagues seems to be falling by the wayside, let's see what happens to that "EPL TV rule" over the next few years...if the trend continues.
Just watching bundesliga multimatch pass. It's great. I can't believe NBC is not doing the same on one of their 10 channels.
I don't know of any casual soccer fans who want to see a whip-around show. They usually want to see the Top teams play or maybe an odd battle for relegation type thing. Not watch goals from all over the place.
I know. The first Saturday Final was Inter Milan's win over Bayern Munich on May 22, 2010. Either way it wasn't on Sundays like Kryptonite said.
Interesting final numbers for NBC this season, particularly in light of the creation of NBC Gold for overflow matches. NBC was able to boost audience a tiny bit this season, while also recouping a bit of their overhead from Gold subscriptions. But with that said, overall the ratings are pretty stagnant. There seems to be a core audience for the Prem that is not expanding as much as NBC would like. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/05/nhl-conference-final-ratings-mlb-premier-league/
With the advent of streaming platforms do we think that the ratings numbers are more accurate than before with just traditional TV distribution, Nielsen surveys, etc?
Still predominately Nielsen reliant. If anything adding digital analytics now just gives networks a chance to pump up the numbers and muddles the comparisons to past seasons. Some more info in the NBC press release http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...eague-season-on-the-networks-of-nbcuniversal/
PL matches for live TV in August and September https://www.premierleague.com/news/776220 (All times BST) Friday, 10 August 20:00 Man Utd v Leicester (Sky Sports) Saturday, 11 August 12:30 Newcastle v Spurs (Sky Sports) 17:30 Wolves v Everton (BT Sport) Sunday, 12 August 13:30 Liverpool v West Ham (Sky Sports) 13:30 Southampton v Burnley* * Club agreement further to Burnley's possible participation in the UEFA Europa League the preceding Thursday 16:00 Arsenal v Man City (Sky Sports) Saturday, 18 August 12:30 Cardiff v Newcastle (Sky Sports) 17:30 Chelsea v Arsenal (BT Sport) Sunday, 19 August 13:30 Man City v Huddersfield (Sky Sports) 16:00 Brighton v Man Utd (Sky Sports) Monday, 20 August 20:00 Crystal Palace v Liverpool (Sky Sports) Saturday, 25 August 12:30 Wolves v Man City (Sky Sports) 17:30 Liverpool v Brighton (BT Sport) Sunday, 26 August 13:30 Watford v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports) 16:00 Newcastle v Chelsea (Sky Sports) Monday, 27 August 20:00 Man Utd v Spurs (Sky Sports) Saturday, 1 September 12:30 Leicester v Liverpool (Sky Sports) 17:30 Man City v Newcastle (BT Sport) Sunday, 2 September 13:30 Cardiff v Arsenal (Sky Sports) 16:00 Watford v Spurs (Sky Sports) Saturday, 15 September 12:30 Spurs v Liverpool (Sky Sports) 17:30 Watford v Man Utd (BT Sport) Sunday, 16 September 13:30 Wolves v Burnley (Sky Sports) 16:00 Everton v West Ham (Sky Sports) Monday, 17 September 20:00 Southampton v Brighton (Sky Sports) Saturday, 22 September 12:30 Fulham v Watford (Sky Sports) 17:30 Brighton v Spurs (BT Sport) Sunday, 23 September 13:30 West Ham v Chelsea (Sky Sports) 16:00 Arsenal v Everton (Sky Sports) Saturday, 29 September 12:30 West Ham v Man Utd (BT Sport) 17:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (BT Sport) Sunday, 30 September 16:00 Cardiff v Burnley (Sky Sports) Monday, 1 October 20:00 AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
I read that the second Sunday games would be 30 minutes later at 11:30 A.M. USA Eastern, and I'm happy to see they weren't pushed back. Starting 30 minutes later would make them conflict with the beginning of NFL and MLB games.