Coliseum Sports Media Replaces Sky TV as Premier League Broadcaster in New Zealand

Coliseum Sports Media Management has secured a deal to broadcast the English Premier League football matches after Sky TV lost the rights.

Coliseum will broadcast the entire competition online, and TVNZ will show one game on Sunday as well as an hour-long highlights show on Monday nights.

Coliseum’s dedicated pay-per-view online platform PremierLeaguePass.com will launch on August 1, TVNZ said, showing all 380 games of the season live, with 250 of those available on-demand for just under $150 a year.

The newly formed company’s chief executive, Tim Martin, said Coliseum had purchased rights for the EPL across all platforms and had gathered partners in specific platform areas, with TVNZ a free-to-air partner.

“This gives a chance for all of New Zealand to see English Premier League and not only half of it,” Martin said.

“We’ve got three years [contract] and we’re going to give it a real go.

“Over the next few weeks we will have more announcements,” he said.

“We want to make access to these sorts of sports more accessible for New Zealanders. This will be a new experience for Kiwis. The advances in technology allow us to achieve this. It’s been a long time coming.”