Premier League on Prime Video

I know they've had a bunch of extras so far this year, but we're heading in to the official pack of Amazon's Premier League coverage, so I thought it might deserve its own thread.

It's interesting to see that they're plugging the presentation team as much as the match itself, eg with this tweet for tonight's match:

⚽️ LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Prime Video today ⚽️@GabbyLogan leads our coverage of @LCFC against @OfficialBHAFC from 6.30pm#PLonPrime pic.twitter.com/JCAzz8ekgL

— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 13, 2020

It looks like they'll be making some more use of the BT Sport/S+V roster later in the week too:

Leicester are playing some great stuff tonight. Look forward to covering them for @primevideosport on Wednesday.
If they see this out they’ll be 3rd and face an Everton side who’ve just defeated Chelsea. Should be good 👌. #PLonPrime 👍📌
With @Pschmeichel1 + Phil Neville.

— Darrell Currie (@darrellcurrietv) December 13, 2020

A word that I've had no problems at all tonight with #LEIBHA enjoyable team too.

Just a quick screenshot of their post-match coverage and a few observations:

- Handheld mics while seated at a desk is an odd combo - my initial thought is that they're wanting their logo on screen as much as possible in case any of the pundits say anything noteworthy enough to do the rounds on social media.
- star filter on the lens to make the stadium lights look a bit more glitzy
- and as I mentioned in the other thread, not just a Christmas tree on set, but what appears to be a real one too, which was a nice touch. I can't remember them making much reference to the time of year on last year's matches.

Well, this time last year, it was a case of 'feet under the table' and let S&V guide as much as possible. Nothing too brash, nothing too dull.

This time, with the few more unexpected games they've been given before the package of rights they hold kick back in, you expect a little more in the way of 'swagger' and confidence. A Christmas tree with baubles in the Amazon Prime corporate colours is just one of these..

To be fair, last year they very much hit the ground running: the first matches didn't have any kind of preamble to set out their stall - they just launched straight into it as if they'd been doing football for years.

Not particularly - that is pretty much the normal for live sports coverage, especially in current times.

This weeks presentation

15 Dec
Wolves - Chelsea
P. Simon Thomas
A. Joe Cole - Paul Scholes
C. Guy Mowbray - Matt Upson

Man City - WBA
P. Gabby Logan
A. Owen Hargreaves - Steve McManaman - Alan Shearer
C. Peter Drury - Andy Townsend

16 Dec
Leicester - Everton
P. Darrell Currie
A. Phil Neville - Peter Schmeichel
C. Steve Wilson - Clinton Morrison

Arsenal - Southampton
P. Angus Scott
A. Kevin Campbell - Matt Holland
C. Clive Tyldesley - Leon Osman

Leeds - Newcastle
P. Catherine Whittaker
A. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank - Les Ferdinand
C. Jim Proudfoot - Nigel Spackman

Liverpool - Tottenham
P. Gabby Logan
A. Alan Shearer - Roberto Martinez - Peter Crouch
C. Jon Champion - Ally McCoist

West Ham - Crystal Palace
P. Marcus Buckland
A. Harry Redknapp - Joe Cole
C. Conor McNamara - Lucy Ward

Fulham - Brighton
P. Kelly Somers
A. Jermain Jenas - Eni Aluko
C. Ian Darke - Matt Upson

Every Game - Every Goal
H. Steve Bower
A. Dion Dublin - Tim Sherwood - Robbie Savage

17 Dec
Aston Villa - Burnley
P. Jim Rosenthal
A. Karen Carney - Michael Brown
C. Clive Tyldesley - Jim Beglin

Sheff Utd - Man United
P. Simon Thomas
A. Roberto Martinez - Paul Scholes - Michael Owen
C. Jon Champion - Ally McCoist.

Bit of larger desk in Manchester this evening.

Gabby is busy isn’t she she was only presenting the Ppv boxing a few days ago on Dazn.

A few days? Pah, that's nothing. I've seen Mark Pougatch go from BT Sport Score to live boxing on ITV with only an hour in between.

Looks decent on my phone but it only says HD should it not be UHD HDR HLG on a iPhone 12 pro ?

Could well be HD HDR (using HLG or HDR10) - they may restrict the formats to HD on mobile devices?

The BBC iPlayer UHD HDR DASH manifest contains 2160p, 1440p, 1080p and 720p HDR HLG variants for example - it would be relatively easy for BT to deliver a restricted DASH manifest to mobiles removing the highest resolution tiers

The iPhone Max only has an 1170p display - so streaming anything more than 1080p is relatively pointless - and the BT Sport OTT solution may deliver manifests (or select streams in manifests) based on client resolution?

ISTR that the early BT Sport HDR test on mobiles were HD HDR10.