• Three midweek rounds of fixtures and bank holiday programme available • Fresh auction for 2019-20 season could see Amazon and Facebook enter frayFull rounds of Premier League matches will be shown on live TV for thefirst time with Saturday night prime time games directly rivalling X-Factorand Strictly Come Dancing. The tender document for the 2019-2022 seasons was issued to broadcasters bythe Premier League on Thursday and indicates an increase of 42 games onlive TV, with 200 of 380 fixtures a season available. Sky faces paying extra £1.8bn for Premier League broadcast rights Read moreIn the 2019 season, there will be eight games shown live at 7.45pm on aSaturday night for the first time, going up against prime time entertainment television for audience share. Package F contains all 20 games from one Bank Holiday and one midweekprogramme, with Package G containing all 20 from two midweek programmes. But at a Premier League supporters meetingin October the organisations chief executive Richard Scudamore ruled outSunday morning matches.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2017 00:45 UTC