Sky Sports has announced it will broadcast at least 215 Premier League matches during the 2026/27 season, alongside a suite of new features designed to transform how fans watch live football and other sports.
The Premier League season begins on Friday, August 21, with Arsenal starting their title defence against newly-promoted Coventry City. To mark the occasion, Sky has introduced several upgrades across its Sky Sports channels, including a headline feature called Your Multiview.
Your Multiview and Sports Hub
Your Multiview allows subscribers to watch up to four live Sky Sports events simultaneously on a single screen. This covers major events in football, F1, cricket, tennis, golf, NFL, and rugby, so viewers no longer need to switch between channels. Fans can spotlight an event to adjust the on-screen layout, select the audio they want to hear, and switch any event to full screen when it becomes the one they don’t want to miss.
Sky says it will show around 1,500 games across leagues this season, including at least 215 from the Premier League, with fixtures from the EFL, SPFL, and WSL also covered. An all-new Sports Hub displays live scores, stats, tables, schedules, clips, and highlights at the side of the screen, offering routes to tune to other games.
There’s also a Team Page that brings everything about a favourite team into one place, including live games, headlines, highlights, and replays. A refreshed Live Sports Rail keeps fans updated on what’s on now, what’s coming up, and when events start more quickly.
Sky Real Time and Subscription Options
Sky has also launched Sky Real Time, new channels across Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports+, and Sky Sports Premier League that deliver action with less lag. The service is said to show what’s happening on the pitch ‘within seconds’, letting viewers see each kick almost instantly and avoid spoilers from mobile notifications.
All these features are included with Sky Glass and Sky Stream. Sky Stream starts at £35 per month for Essential TV and Sky Sports, which includes full coverage of the Premier League, EFL, F1, and more, plus around 100 channels and a free Netflix subscription. There’s also a £44 Ultimate TV and Sky Sports bundle, which now includes HBO Max, Disney+, and Hayu. Existing Sky customers can add Sky Sports to their package from £22 per month.
Sky’s introductory offer for the Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle is £51, reduced to £35, and saves £384 compared to the standard price. Every package provides 100 regular channels alongside free Netflix and discovery+ subscriptions.
Contract Terms and Alternative Providers
A caveat is that these prices require a 24-month contract, with Sky saying its prices ‘may change’ during the minimum term. Virgin Media customers can watch Sky Sports with select TV and broadband bundles, including the £52.99 Sport bundle, which comes with more than 200 channels, Netflix, and 516Mbps fibre broadband. Virgin has already said this package will rise to £56.99 from April 2027 and £60.99 from April 2028.
It’s worth noting that not every Premier League fixture will air on Sky, as TNT Sports holds broadcast rights to select games. TNT tends to show one game per gameweek, starting with Hull City vs Man United on Saturday, August 22. TNT Sports coverage is available on several platforms, including HBO Max and Prime Video’s TNT Sports channel, where subscriptions start from £25.99 per month on an annual plan, or £30.99 on a rolling monthly basis.
