Premier League clips set to be shown live on Twitter for upcoming 2016/17 season modicanews,com

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• Premier League football clips will be shown on Twitter this coming season
• Sky Sports have teamed with social media giant to provide clips on mobile
• Euro 2016 and Wimbledon both successes on social media this summer

By

Elliott Bretland for MailOnline

Published:
04:01 EST, 27 July 2016

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Updated:
04:01 EST, 27 July 2016

Clips of live Premier League action are set to be shown on Twitter for the upcoming season.

The social media giant has teamed up with Sky Sports to provide UK and Irish football supporters with real-time footage on their mobiles.

The move comes on the back of a successful summer after live video content was shared with fans during Wimbledon and Euro 2016.

Clips of live Premier League action will be available via Twitter for the 2016/17 campaign

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Fans will be treated to key goals and decisive decisions broadcast during the season, as well as post-match analysis. 

The content will be available via Sky’s ‘@SkyFootball’ Twitter account. 

Users of the app will be able to view full highlights of all Premier League and Football League matches, including games shown by BT Sport, available after the final whistle.

David Gibbs, Sky Sports and Sky News’ Digital Director, said: ‘We’re delighted to be working with Twitter to bring in-game clips to football fans across the UK & Ireland as part of our biggest ever season of football. 

‘With more than 30 million users across a variety of platforms, Sky Sports is already the number one digital destination for sports in the UK.

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‘By expanding our partnership with Twitter, we can bring even more great action to an even bigger audience.’

Theo Luke of Twitter Amplify, added: ‘We can’t think of a better way to continue the momentous summer of sport on Twitter than live Premier League video clips. 

‘Sky Sports are incredibly innovative on Twitter so it seemed like a natural fit to work with them to bring fans the most sought after action in sport, in an instant.’ 

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What is all the fuss about?

For the first time, Twitter users will be able to view live, real-time clips from select Premier League matches, as well as post-match analysis, on the social networking website. 

Where can I see the games?

Sky Sports’ @SkyFootball handle – which currently has almost three million followers – will be the place for football fans to be. The service will only be available for those in the UK and Ireland.

When will the clips be available?

The new deal relates to all matches selected for broadcast by Sky, who will screen 126 games live. Irish Twitter users and Sky Sports customers will also be able to see action from games broadcast at 3pm on Saturday.

How has this come about?

The move comes after Twitter’s successful delivery of highlights from every Euro 2016 game as well as a behind-the-scenes perspective of Wimbledon via Periscope earlier this summer. 

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