Live Premier League matches on TV announced

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Sky Sports and BT Sport have announced their live matches for the new season of Premier League football. BT are a newcomer to the live broadcasting of Premier League football and their new deal will see them cover 38 matches per season for each of the next three seasons.  Sky will cover 116, meaning that there will be more football than ever on TV and more football on at the pub! Whilst Sky continue to impress with their comprehensive line-up, BT naturally offer an avenue for pubs and bars to venture into showing some live football at a cheaper rate. All of BT's live matches will kick-off at 12.45pm on Saturday's whereas Sky will takeover the slot that was previously held by ESPN at 5.30pm on Saturday's as well as their familiar 1.30pm and 4pm kick-offs on Sunday.  Sky will also show Monday night football with matches kicking off at 8pm. This news has been eagerly awaited by the on-trade, so here are the...
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Walkabout hosts live Sky Sports broadcast

Walkabout hosts live Sky Sports broadcast

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Following on from the success of two Rugby Club special shows, broadcast live from The Cabbage Patch in Twickenham and O’Neills in Cardiff, Sky Sports staged a third British and Irish Lions special live from Walkabout, Temple. On the night, Rugby Club host Alex Payne was joined by a panel of four former British and Irish Lions players. Stuart Barnes, Donal Lenihan, Alan Tait and Robert Jones were on hand to field questions from the 150-strong crowd who had packed the venue to watch the show. The event was hugely popular with the fans – both Lions and Aussies alike – who enjoyed an evening of good-natured debate and banter with the panel and each other, before the majority came down on the side of a Lions victory. Simon Kaye, Chief Operating Officer at iNTERTAIN (parent company of Walkabout) commented on the success of the event: “Sky Sports made it a great event. They were really organised and everything was done really well...
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