The Premier League will keep the Saturday 3pm blackout in place, but every other match will be shown live on TV from the start of the 2025/2026 season.
Games kicking off at 3pm on Saturday afternoons cannot be broadcast live domestically under current rules, due to a desire to protects attendances at matches further down the football pyramid by ensuring they do not need to compete with Premier League action.
It has recently been suggested that a growing number of top-flight clubs are keen to change that, however the blackout will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
The Premier League will stick to protecting the Saturday 3pm slot through to 2029, however there are plans to increase the number of matches on TV.
There are currently 200 top-flight matches broadcast live throughout the season, but from 2025 that will rise to 270. For the first time, all ten matches on the final day of the campaign will be shown live simultaneously.
Every match outside of the Saturday 3pm kick-offs will be broadcast, meaning all games moved to 2pm on Sunday will now be available to watch live. That slot is largely used for sides having fixtures rearranged due to involvement in the Champions League, Europa League or Europa League.
From 2025, there will only be five live TV rights packages sold, rather than the seven currently in place, with each linked to one of the established kick-off slots.
Those will continue to be 12:30pm and 5:30pm on a Saturday, 2pm and 4:30pm on a Sunday, and 8pm on either Monday or Friday night.
