NEW YORK – NBC moved eight of this weekend’s 10 Premier League matches to its online streaming service Peacock behind a pay wall because it wanted to broadcast golf's U.S.
Open and the Tour de France on its television networks. NBC took over Premier League U.S. broadcasts from Fox starting with the 2013-14 season and on typical weekends in recent seasons had two Saturday matches on NBCSN followed by a late game on NBC, and several Sunday matches on NBCSN.But there will be just two televised matches this weekend, Manchester United vs.
Crystal Palace on NBCSN at 3 p.m. EDT Saturday and Chelsea vs. Liverpool on USA at 11:30 a.m. EDT Sunday.Rick Cordella, Peacock’s executive vice president and chief revenue officer, said a goal was for “people.