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Josh Challies

Premier League TV deal change that could affect Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham

Every Premier League match could be shown live for the foreseeable future, with the likelihood that behind closed doors match will remain in place for the start of the 2020/21 season.

One of the biggest developments from the Premier League’s return from June 17 is the fact that all of the remaining 92 matches will be shown live - including some free-to-air matches for the first time in Premier League history.

Under the current TV deal for 2020/21, 200 of the 380 games in the Premier League season were due to be shown live - with Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime all part of the broadcasting agreement.

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However, due to the fact that fans may not be able to attend live matches for the foreseeable future, the Mail states that Premier League coverage will continue to cover every single match until fans are able to return.

Originally, 47 of the remaining 92 matches were due to be televised but that has since increased, adding the other 45 matches - with the BBC set to air four of those matches for free.

Despite the broadcasters getting more live content than originally envisaged, the League's 20 clubs will still have to pay a rebate to Sky of up to £330m for not playing the games on the dates originally agreed.

It is likely that £330m will not have be paid in full, and there are still ongoing talks about whether each club will need to rebate the same amount, or different sums relative to how much they would have received.

The report adds that Premier League insiders say it is too early to start planning how next season's games might be allocated to broadcasters, or even whether they will need to be.

Discussions around the start of the 2020/21 season are due to take place over the course of the coming weeks.

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