Premier League Productions
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Premier League Productions is an IMG-produced company with studio shows and commentators for worldwide viewers of Premier League association football.[1]
English-language broadcast team
[edit]The company has a group of UK based commentators, pundits, and presenters. Formerly, John Dykes led the presentation team between 2010 and 2017. Currently Steve Bower (lead), Manish Bhasin and Julia Stuart present Matchday Live on weekends with other presenters such as Seema Jaswal, Ian Irving and Will Perry filling in as needed. Kelly Cates, Mark Pougatch and Kelly Somers (among others) contribute as presenters for studio shows. Different guest pundits appear on each programme including Michael Owen (lead), Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Owen Hargreaves, Glenn Hoddle, Steve McManaman, Tim Sherwood, Karen Carney, Izzy Christiansen, Lianne Sanderson, Fara Williams and Joe Ward.
Studio show presenters (2024-2025 season):
All times listed are London Time - UTC+1 from last Sunday in March through Saturday before last Sunday in October, UTC otherwise
Fantasy Premier League Show - Fridays 10:30 LIVE
- Kelly Somers (primary)
- Ian Irving
- Olivia Buzaglo
Fanzone (Friday edition) - Fridays 15:30 LIVE
Fanzone (Monday edition) - Mondays 14:30 LIVE (New time for 2024-2025 season)
Generation xG - Mondays 17:00 LIVE
- Matt Holland (every other week)
- Leon Osman (every other week)
- Leroy Rosenior (co-presenter)
Kelly and Wrighty - Mondays 13:00 LIVE (New time for 2024-2025 season)
Match Officials Mic'd Up - First, second or Third Tuesday of each month at 19:00 LIVE
- Michael Owen
- Howard Webb (former official)
Matchday Live Extra - Saturdays 20:00 LIVE (or 30 minutes after final Premier League match of the day)
- Julia Stuart (primary)
- Steve Bower
- Manish Bhasin
- Seema Jaswal
Team Talks - Fridays 18:00 LIVE on non-match days, 22:30 LIVE on match days
The Big Interview - Thursdays 13:30 (pre-recorded)
- Steve Bower (lead)
- Manish Bhasin
- Ian Irving
- Will Perry
- Paul Belvestone
- Rebecca Louise Coles
- Anita Nneka Jones
- Karen Carney
- Matt Holland
- Alex Aljoe (when interviews are conducted in Italian or Spanish with English subtitles)
- Julien Laurens (when interviews are conducted in French with English subtitles)
- Natalie Gedra (when interviews are conducted in Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Renato Senise (when interviews are conducted in Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Park Ji-Sung (when interviews are conducted in Korean with English subtitles)
The Final Word - Mondays 22:30 LIVE (on match days with kickoff time of 20:00 ONLY)
- Steve Bower
- Michael Owen (lead studio pundit)
The Weekend Wrap - Sundays 20:30 LIVE
- Mark Pougatch (primary)
- Manish Bhasin
- Chris Foy (rules analyst)
Welcome to the Weekend - Fridays 12:00 LIVE (on match weekends ONLY)
- Johnathan Joseph
- Olivia Buzaglo
- Andrew Mensah
- Ayo Akinwolere (reporter and backup presenter)
- Kyle Walker (reporter)
- Anita Nneka Jones (reporter)
- Rebecca Louise Coles (reporter)
- Ellie Collins (reporter)
Main Commentators (play-by-play):[2]
Conor McNamara (lead)
Jim Proudfoot (co-lead)
Jon Champion (Saturdays at 12:30 or 17:30)
Joe Speight (Goal Rush broadcasts on Saturdays at 1500)
Phil Blacker (Goal Rush back-up)
Seb Hutchinson (Data Zone broadcasts with enhanced analytical data for big matches including Sundays at 1630)
Ian Darke
Martin Tyler (many Mondays at 20:00)
Gary Taphouse
Tony Jones
Nigel Adderley
Mark Scott
Jonathan Beck
Chris Wise
Steve Wilson
Daniel Mann
Richard Kaufman
Kevin Keatings
David Stowell
Andy Bishop
Guy Havord
Rob Palmer
Bill Leslie
Alan Parry
Gary Weaver
Rob Hawthorne
Ian Crocker
Steve Banyard
Stewart Gardner
Paul Gilmour
Jacqui Oatley
Pien Meulensteen[3]
Clive Tyldesley
Jon Driscoll
Tom Gayle
John Roder
Robyn Cowen
Guy Mowbray
Paul Dempsey
Vicki Sparks
Martin Fisher
Steven Wyeth
Sam Matterface
Rory Hamilton
Paul Walker
Ben Andrews
Dan Roebuck
James Fielden
Jonathan Pearce
Simon Brotherton
Alistair Mann
Dan Mason
Wayne Boyce
Simon Watts
Dave Farrar
Rob MacLean
Adam Summerton
Adrian Healey
Derek Rae
Rob Daly
Peter Drury (On loan from NBC Sports and Sky Sports for occasional matches through May 2028)
Dominic Johnson
Pete Odgers
Rob Jones
Co-commentators (match analysts):[2]
Andy Townsend (lead)
Jim Beglin (co-lead)
Leroy Rosenior (Data Zone broadcasts with enhanced analytical data for big matches including Sundays 1630)
Leon Osman (Data Zone back-up)
Matt Holland (Data Zone back-up)
Don Hutchison (Goal Rush broadcasts on Saturdays 1500)
Dean Ashton (Goal Rush back-up)
Owen Hargreaves (Goal Rush back-up)
David Prutton
Clive Allen
Efan Ekoku
Chris Sutton
Matthew Upson
Steve Sidwell
Robert Green
Tony Gale
Alan Smith
Gary Neville
Stephen Warnock
Terry Gibson
Lee Hendrie
Iain Dowie
Chris Waddle
Keith Andrews
Danny Higginbotham
Garry Birtles
Don Goodman
Andy Hinchcliffe
Kevin Kilbane
Andy Walker
David Phillips
Danny Gabbidon
Dave Edwards
Davie Provan
Karen Carney
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Michael Bridges
Paul Robinson
Alan Hutton
Glenn Murray
Casey Stoney
Lucy Ward
Sue Smith
Mark Schwarzer
Michael Brown
Ally McCoist
Gary Breen
Michael Gray
Matt Jackson
Neil Warnock
Sam Parkin
Adam Virgo
Tony Dorigo
Ray Houghton
Stewart Robson
Laura Bassett
Nigel Spackman
Dean Sturridge
Nigel Winterburn
Trevor Francis
Alan Curbishley
Barry Horne
Mark Bright
James McFadden
Jobi McAnuff
Izzy Christiansen
Robert Earnshaw
James Collins
Andros Townsend
Rob Edwards
Scott Minto
Phil Jagielka
Darren Ambrose
Spanish-language broadcast team
[edit]For the 2022–23 and 2023-24 seasons, Premier League Productions, in conjunction with production partner Telemundo Deportes, employed Spanish-language señal internacional ("world feed") match commentators working "off tube" (off monitor) from Telemundo Center in Miami, Florida, USA or from Telemundo's Mexico City, Mexico bureau. Their voices were heard each week via streaming video services Paramount+ and Pluto TV in Mexico and Central America, and occasionally via streaming video service Star+ in 9 Spanish-speaking countries in South America. YouTube users in the USA were also able to listen to their voices in highlights clips at the "Telemundo Deportes" account.
Premier League media rightsholders in Mexico and Central America for 2024-25 through 2027-2028 seasons, FOX Sports Mexico (50% in Mexico only) and TNT Sports Mexico (50%), have decided to order Spanish-language señal internacional ("world feed") commentary from Premier League Productions for up to 2 matches each (4 matches total) for each match week.
Premier League Productions will continue to rely on production partner Telemundo Deportes to produce Spanish-language world feed commentary from Telemundo Center in Miami or from Telemundo's Mexico City bureau.
Narradores/Relatores (main commentators/"play-by-play"):
Jesús Eduardo Acosta (Miami, Florida, USA)
Copán Álvarez (Miami, Florida, USA)
Kaziro Aoyama (Mexico City, Mexico)
Juan Guillermo Arango (Miami, Florida, USA)
José Bauz (Miami, Florida, USA)
Luis Gerardo Bucci (Miami, Florida, USA)
Jorge D. Calvo (Miami, Florida, USA)
Daniel Chapela (Miami, Florida, USA)
Óscar Guzmán (Mexico City, Mexico)
Iván López Elizondo (Mexico City, Mexico)
Juan Fernando Mora (Miami, Florida, USA)
José Hernández (Miami, Florida, USA)
Alfredo "Lobo" Morales (Mexico City, Mexico)
Diego Pessolano (Miami, Florida, USA)
Omar Orlando Salazar (Miami, Florida, USA)
Óscar F. Salazar (Miami, Florida, USA)
Luis Omar Tapia (Miami, Florida, USA)
Analistas (match analysts/co-commentators):
Kaziro Aoyama (Mexico City, Mexico)
Juan Guillermo Arango (Miami, Florida, USA)
José Bauz (Miami, Florida, USA)
Alberto Bernard (Mexico City, Mexico)
Francisco Blavia (Miami, Florida, USA)
Luis Gerardo Bucci (Miami, Florida, USA)
Daniel Chapela (Miami, Florida, USA)
Bruno Gómez (Miami, Florida, USA)
Carlos Hermosillo (Miami, Florida, USA; 2022-23 season only)
Iván López Elizondo (Mexico City, Mexico)
Jaime Macías Alarcón (Miami, Florida, USA)
Juan Fernando Mora (Miami, Florida, USA)
Walter Reinaldo Roque (Miami, Florida, USA)
Omar Orlando Salazar (Miami, Florida, USA)
José Luis Villarreal (Miami, Florida, USA)
References
[edit]- ^ Chris Flanagan (19 January 2016). "Inside Premier League Productions: the company you know nothing about servicing 730m homes every matchday". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b "EPL commentator assignments on NBC Sports, gameweek 38". World Soccer Talk. 2021-05-21.
- ^ "BBC-voetbalcommentator Pien Meulensteen (25!) hoort keer op keer: 'Weet zij wel waar ze het over heeft?'". 8 August 2022.