What will be the first-ever Premier League match shown live on TNT Sports?

TNT SPORTS start their Premier League broadcasting journey in the 2023/24 season – and fans will get to feast their eyes on a mouthwatering contest.

Defending champions Manchester City take on Vincent Kompany’s Championship-winning Burnley on the opening day.

Manchester City start their defence with a tricky tie against BurnleyRichard Pelham / The Sun

Manchester United are all set to host Wolves for their first fixture in the new season.

While Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge where Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea awaits.

But what is TNT Sports’ first Premier League fixture?

What will be the first-ever Premier League match shown live on TNT Sports?

The Premier League has revealed that Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest will be TNT Sports’ first showing of English top-flight football.

And the highly-anticipated match will take place on Saturday, August 12.

Kick-off for Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest is scheduled to get underway at 12:30pm BST.

Emirates Stadium in North London is the allocated arena for this game and it can host approximately 60,000 supporters.

What is TNT Sports?

TNT Sports is the new name for the merger between BT Sport and Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Eurosport.

The merger is intended to allow BT Sport to become efficient and offer a more premium product.

BT Sport currently has rights to some of the biggest football competitions in Europe and the Premier League as well as UFC.

Meanwhile, Discovery have tennis’ grand slams, the Tour de France and Olympic Games.

How much will TNT Sports cost?

BT’s consumer chief and chair Marc Allera revealed that there were no plans to change prices but that “it’s impossible to offer guarantees”.

Allera said: “This market is moving at a fast pace. How the portfolio evolves determines the price of the product and how much we charge.”

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