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NBC & NBCSN to Air 5 Premier League Matches this Week

By: Oct. 14, 2013
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NBC Sports Group's Premier League coverage this week is highlighted by five matches on NBC and NBCSN - including Manchester United hosting Southampton, who look to extend a three-match winning streak, Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN and Aston Villa facing Tottenham Hotspur Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

The five additional matches on Saturday in the 10 a.m. slot will be available on Premier League Extra Time, a bonus television package available to MVPDs at no extra cost for customers who receive NBCSN.

mun2 will telecast two matches in Spanish this week.

Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins former Premier League star and four-time league champion Lee Dixon to call West Ham United v. Manchester City on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. White and Graeme Le Saux, the former Premier League star who played in 36 international matches for England, will call Aston Villa v. Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

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. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former U.S. Men's National Team midfielder Kyle Martino and former English footballer Robbie Mustoe.

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.



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