12 trillion won shock broadcasting rights contract → Interview with replacement players + locker room revealed...EPL tries to make a big break from the new season
Jun 28, 2025
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The BBC introduced a new broadcasting technique to be tried in the 2025-2026 Premier League on the 28th (Korea time). According to this, starting next season, in the Premier League, replacements will be interviewed on the sideline or some of the locker rooms will be released. During the player's goal ceremony, the cameraman will also be able to enter the ground and capture the players.
Scenes such as interviews with replacement players and the release of locker rooms are common in professional sports in the United States. In particular, in the Major League, you can see scenes in which managers or players are interviewed in the dugout during the game, or players and broadcasters wearing microphones on the field during the exhibition game are interviewed. Similar scenes can be seen in the National Football League (NFL). In domestic professional baseball, interviews with managers during games were once attempted. However, it is not easy to try such an attempt in soccer, which is played without a separate term throughout the second half. This is also the first time that it has been actually tried.
The BBC said 'This attempt is due to a newly signed broadcasting rights contract. British Sky Sports and TNT previously signed a broadcasting rights contract with the Premier League, including £6.6 billion (about 12 trillion won) in online and offline rights over four years. It seems to be focusing on more diverse attempts as it has signed a huge contract.
However, the BBC reported that the Premier League has not yet confirmed the details of the scope of the system's application and that it is a common scene in American sports, but it is the first time it has been attempted in Britain. It's unclear how often these scenes will happen during games and how many games they will be applied to,' he added.
Reporter Park Sang-kyung ppark@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
