Beginning in August 2013, NBC Sports will have exclusive rights to English (Barclay's) Premier League soccer. All games not aired on a designated NBCUniversal channel will be made available to distributors on Premier League Extra Time, a package of overflow television channels available at no extra cost for each of their customers who receives NBC Sports Network. (see: http://epltalk.com/2013/04/23/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nbcs-coverage-of-the-premier-league-...).
Will Verizon/FiOS be making that service available to subscribers?
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Thanks for raising this issue, we need to make Verizon agree to get this Premier League Extra Time for customers. Lets keep on making request via all social media.
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Glad to see this has been brought up. We are less than a month away form the start of the season. Hopefully we get the overflow games/channels. Anyone home, Verizon?
NBC just released this (http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2013/07/29/nbc-sports-group-announces-u-s-tv-schedule-for-first-th...), which excludes FiOS as a provider for Premier League Extra Time. FiOS, first it was FSCHD, then it was BeIN, if you drag your feet on this one like you have in the past, i may finally have to pull the plug! Get your act together and provide the content your subscribers want!
Fios - please don't disappoint us again! pls provide the Premier League Extra time as offered to you by NBC
My 4 years with Fios will end in a few weeks. It will be Bye Bye Verizon, welcome back Comcast.
I heard they were dumping GolTV as well or at least the English speaking channel (313). It may be time to revisit Comcast Xfinity. It would be a shame as I have been with FIOS for 8 years but they are consistently behind the other major providers with respect to the sports programming. Not really sure what they are thinking.
If FiOS don't host these channels then it's goodbye from me too, and hello DirecTV.
I just spoke with Verizon. Shockingly, they have no comment at this time and don't have the package in their system. Please make your voice heard if you want this.
Need to sort this or I'll be jumping ship too, speaking to others they will lose plenty of customers should they not add Premier League Extra TIme.
Incredible that they seem to be the one major provider not adding this feature. I already know of five friends who, in addition to myself, will be holding our noses and switching to Comcast if Verizon doesn't pick it up.
I too will be switching back to DirecTV this week if nothing changes with the EPL programming.
I have retained DirecTV as my primary carrier solely due to the absence of Extra Time on FiOS. If Verizon would add Extra Time, I would switch. I can't be the only one.
NBC sports extra time where is it????
I have created the idea here: http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Share-Your-Ideas-with-Verizon/Adding-Premier-League-Extra-Time-as-a-cha...
Has there been any news or updates on if fios will get this before the season begins?
Time Warner Cable has signed up for PLET. Every season I add a TWC TV sub to fill in the holes (FS+ HD, GolTV HD, ESPN and Fox Deportes HD, and at first beIN Sports). Maybe it's time I sacrifice the upload speeds of FiOS and kick Verizon to the curb altogether and go with TWC for TV and internet. PQ wont be as good and upload speeds wont be as fast but I think I'll be happy and may even save money.
I agree with all the other posters: Verizon FIOS must carry the Premier League Extra Time channel! If not as part of the regular lineup, at least as an add-on. Thanks for considering!
I need some guidance in finding Fulham v Sunderland game channel on Saturday morning Aug. 17th?????
It's on channel EPL 492
I'll be on vacation for a week. After that, Verizon, fix this or I'm going back to Comcast. This really is a no brainer. Sports is the only reason for most consumers to *need* cable these days, therefore, you should make very sure you get sports coverage right, no?
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