BT Sport extends broadcast deal with National League

BT Sport will continue to broadcast matches from the National League for another three years until the end of the 2023/24 season, it has been announced.
By Liam Norcliffe
Published 23rd Dec 2020, 09:06 BST
BT Sport has extended its broadcast deal with the National League by another three years.BT Sport has extended its broadcast deal with the National League by another three years.
BT Sport has extended its broadcast deal with the National League by another three years.

The new deal will see matches broadcast live each week, in a regular Saturday slot, as well as a weekly highlights show.

BT Sport has been broadcasting live and exclusive coverage of English football’s fifth tier since 2013.

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Brian Barwick, chairman of the National League, said: ”We are delighted to continue our partnership with BT Sport. Their coverage of the Vanarama National League has been simply outstanding.

“Informed and comprehensive, our league has been broadcast in a highly polished and professional fashion. A lot of hard work over the last past seven years has produced some exceptional television.

“The new three-year contract will take us into over a decade of coverage by BT Sport. This speaks volumes for the confidence we have in how our matches have been brought to an established and growing audience.”

Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “Over the past few years we’ve developed an innovative relationship with the league, including world-first 5G-enabled remote broadcasts and training local students who help create BT Sport’s National League highlights shows. The National League remain a valued partner to BT, particularly during the pandemic, in staging last season’s playoff matches and the 2020-21 season.”

BT Sport’s National League coverage is led by presenter Matt Smith, with former Chesterfield striker Kevin Davies a regular pundit as well as ex-Norwich City and Barrow forward Grant Holt.

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