AMAZON will show Premier League matches for FREE on Prime and Twitch for the first time ever in the UK, with viewers not requiring a membership.
The broadcasters have the rights for four games, starting with Crystal Palace vs Burnley at 8pm on June 29.
Amazon will show Premier League matches for FREE on Twitch for first time ever in UK with no Prime membership required
Amazon will air them free on Prime as well as online streaming service Twitch, which is owned by the multinational technology company.
Twitch is best known as a platform for gamers to share footage.
As well as Crystal Palace vs Burnley, Amazon will be showing Everton vs Southampton on Thursday July 9 and Watford vs Newcastle on Saturday July 11.
Their fourth and final game is yet to be confirmed.
As with Sky Sports, viewers have the option to enable the full-crowd stadium atmosphere feature to run alongside match commentary during the fixtures.
Highlights and goals will also be available shortly after the final whistle.
Amazon announced Gabby Logan, Roberto Martinez and Lee Dixon will present the games while maintaining social distancing throughout.
And matches will include a two-person commentary team, with Clive Tyldesley, Peter Drury and Ally McCoist confirmed as the team.
Amazon broadcast Premier League matches for the first time last year, showing all 10 Boxing Day games as well as matches leading up to the New Year.
A £90million, the three-year contract gives them broadcast rights for 20 matches each season, spread over two rounds of games.
All remaining 92 Premier League fixtures will be shown live, but played behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.
After the government pushed for matches to be screened free-to-air, Sky Sports announced 25 of their allocated 64 games will be available to everyone on its Pick channel.
The BBC also has the rights to screen four games on terrestrial TV.
BT Sport are yet to announce if any of their 20 allocated matches will be available to watch for free.
- For the first time ever, fans in the UK will also have the choice to watch Prime Video’s live Premier League
fixtures for free on streaming service Twitch, as well as on Prime Video via the Prime Video app on connected
devices. Customers simply need to head to www.twitch.tv/primevideo/video to view the fixtures, free
of charge with no Prime membership required.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
