NBCUniversal announced a three-year contract for NBC Sports Group to carry English Premier League soccer, beginning in 2013.
Next year, Comcast Corp. subsidiary NBCUniversal (NBCU) plans to move NBC Sports Group”™s operations to new studios being built in Stamford.
NBC Sports already holds the rights to U.S. national team matches, Major League Soccer, and the 2014 Summer Olympics. It now gets exclusive rights to all 380 Premier League matches across all platforms and devices in the United States.
“The Barclays Premier League is the preeminent soccer league in the world, and is on the cusp of exponential popularity growth here in the U.S.,” said Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBC Sports Group, in a prepared statement. “NBCU will provide the broadest programming and promotional commitment that the league has ever experienced here in the United States. The Premier League provides NBCU with best-in-class content for 10 months of the year across our far-reaching broadcast, cable and digital platforms.”
