BROADCAST TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR PREMIER LEAGUE "CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY" - ALL 10 GAMES LIVE AT 10 AM ET THIS SUNDAY ON NETWORKS OF NBCUNIVERSAL
Arlo White & Lee Dixon Call Manchester City v. West Ham United on NBC; Jon Champion & Graeme Le Saux Call Liverpool v. Newcastle on NBCSN
All Matches Available on NBC Sports Live Extra
*Please see below for updated programming information on Telemundo and mun2
Stamford, Conn. - May 9, 2014 - NBCUniversal presents the most extensive and comprehensive "Championship Sunday" programming plans ever in the U.S. with all 10 matches presented live simultaneously on 10 different NBCUniversal television networks this Sunday, May 11 at 10 a.m. ET. In addition, Spanish-language networks Telemundo and mun2 will each televise one match.
Lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White is joined by Lee Dixon at Etihad Stadium for NBC's Manchester City v. West Ham United match, with Jon Champion and Graeme Le Saux on site at Anfield for Liverpool v. Newcastle on NBCSN.
NBCUniversal's "Championship Sunday" coverage kicks off this Sunday, May 11 at 9 a.m. ET with an exclusive Premier League Live pregame show on CNBC featuring Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Mustoe, Robbie Earle and Kyle Martino.
Following are the broadcast teams for Premier League "Championship Sunday" matches on Sunday, May 11th at 10 a.m. ET:
Home v. Away Network Commentators
Manchester City v. West Ham United NBC Arlo White, Lee Dixon
Liverpool v. Newcastle NBCSN Jon Champion, Graeme Le Saux
Tottenham Hotspur v. Aston Villa USA Steve Banyard, David Pleat
Cardiff City v. Chelsea CNBC Jonathan Beck, Tony Gale
Norwich City v. Arsenal MSNBC Joe Speight, Efan Ekoku
Hull City v. Everton Bravo Tony Jones, Dean Sturridge
Southampton v. Manchester United Syfy Gary Taphouse, Ray Houghton
Sunderland v. Swansea City Esquire Network Phil Blacker, Barry Horne
Fulham v. Crystal Palace E! Jon Driscoll, Bradley Allen
West Bromwich Albion v. Stoke City Oxygen Daniel Mann, Garry Birtles
Manchester City v. West Ham United Telemundo* Andres Cantor, Carlos Hermosillo
Liverpool v. Newcastle United mun2* Sammy Sadovnik, Manuel Sol
*Spanish-language telecast
In addition, all 10 Premier League games will be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets (further details below).
Lowe, Mustoe, Earle and Martino will return following the matches for a special Goal Zone season wrap-up postgame show on NBC at 12 Noon ET. NBCSN will simulcast Goal Zone. At 2 p.m. ET, NBCSN wraps up the day's coverage with a special look back at the newly crowned champions' path to the title on Premier League Live: The Champions.
A special one-hour Premier League Countdown: Championship Sunday preview show airs Saturday, May 10 at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN featuring Lowe, Mustoe, Earle and Martino.
NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA COVERAGE
NBC Sports Live Extra - the NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets - will stream all 10 Premier League "Championship Sunday" matches. The vast majority of games will be live streamed via "TV Everywhere," the media industry's effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play. Matches airing on:
· NBC will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra;
· The nine non-NBC matches will live stream exclusively through NBC Sports Live Extra via "TV Everywhere," which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.
The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.
To date, AT&T U-verse(R), 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.
With "Championship Sunday," NBC Sports Group concludes the most ambitious, extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League available anywhere in the world with all 380 Premier League matches available live in the United States on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra. In total, NBC Sports Group presented more than 1,600 hours of Premier League programming.
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