PCCW secures exclusive Premier League broadcast rights
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| 03 January 2019

In a coup for the company in the territory, PCCW Media has secured the exclusive rights to screen in Hong Kong English Premier League football for three seasons beginning from August 2019.

The deal means that PCCW’s Now TV IPTV service willcontinue to be the exclusive licensed broadcaster in Hong Kong delivering live coverage of all 380 matches, bringing viewers exciting live action throughout the season.The broadcaster will air all games in each season in HD and two selected matches in each match week will be live in 4K, totally 76 per season.

The 4K games will be delivered through the Now One set-top box. Now TV customers will also be able to enjoy matches on-the-go via the Now Player app or relive their favourite matches using Now TV’s video-on-demand service.

“We are pleased to extend our long-time partnership with Premier League for the coming three seasons exclusively in Hong Kong,” said PCCW Media Group managing director Janice Lee. “PCCW Media has once again acquired all rights to the live Premier League matches with pay-TV, free TV and OTT rights. Being Hong Kong’s home of sports, the continued broadcast of the Premier League and the introduction of matches live in 4K reaffirmed our commitment to bringing the world’s best sports actions to our customers.”

Paul Molnar, director of broadcasting, Premier League, added: “We know that Hong Kong has many passionate fans of the Premier League and our clubs, and that PCCW Media does an excellent job making the competition available to them. We are very pleased to continue our partnership with PCCW Media and look forward to working with them for the next three seasons.” In a coup for the company in the territory, PCCW Media has secured the exclusive rights to screen in Hong Kong English Premier League football for three seasons beginning from August 2019.