Substituted players to be interviewed during Premier League games
Touchline interviews with substituted players and camera access to dressing rooms are set to feature in Premier League TV coverage next season.
Camera operators will also be allowed to briefly enter the field of play to film close-ups of goal celebrations.
The innovations, first reported in the Telegraph, external come at the start of a new four-year domestic TV deal.
The deal, worth a record £6.6bn, will allow Sky and TNT to show up to 270 live games a season.
Full details of the changes to coverage have yet to be confirmed by the Premier League.
BBC Sport has been told substituted players will be allowed to cool down before being interviewed on the touchline during the game.
But details have yet to be released on how often this will happen in matches, or how many matches it will apply to.
Dressing room access will be restricted and never allowed during team talks.
Such coverage is a regular feature of sport in the United States but has rarely been seen in the UK.
The new TV deal includes the BBC continuing to show Premier League highlights on Match of the Day.
It also includes Football Focus, plus additional digital rights for its online platforms.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1k84zyml2no
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This could be absolute gold. The article does state that players will be allowed time to cool down before being interviewed, but there could still be some great moments with frustrated substituted players. Could easily wind themselves back up again talking to the pundits.
Subs to be interviewed in PL games
posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Football becomes a TV programme more each year
posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Can they fix var first?
posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Superb stuff.
The interviewer asking the player why he thinks he’s been subbed will surely lead to some great reactions.
posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
Football becomes a TV programme more each year
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a v sheet one at dat
posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
They'll be talking to someone that's just comes off and one of the teams will score.
Do people really want this or is it just another americanization of the game. What next, floating name tags on the screen?
posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Fack this sort of nonsense before all games are available for a reasonable price. Once all games are available (as in other countries) you can start this trashy American shiiiite if you really have to...
posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
In France they already do this during Ligue 1 matches. I believe it's Canal+ who have been doing this
posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 7 hours, 58 minutes ago
Fack this sort of nonsense before all games are available for a reasonable price. Once all games are available (as in other countries) you can start this trashy American shiiiite if you really have to...
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itz knot a american nvenshun ffs
they bean doin it in italy FORE! eggsample FORE! decades
ffs
posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
comment by 4zA (U22472)
posted 7 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 7 hours, 58 minutes ago
Fack this sort of nonsense before all games are available for a reasonable price. Once all games are available (as in other countries) you can start this trashy American shiiiite if you really have to...
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itz knot a american nvenshun ffs
they bean doin it in italy FORE! eggsample FORE! decades
ffs
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FFS if we're copying Italy why are we copying this shiiiite and not replacing the likes Alan Hansen with some supermodel instead
posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Its frumb daze of zero soccer tv regulashun when anybudfy with a camera cud go intoo a stadium the fulm the game or whutever they wantied n broredcassed it FORE! free oar try n charge a fee