The row over Manchester City’s £10million Amazon Prime documentary series is set to escalate, with rival teams concerned it could affect their club TV content.
The Premier League reminded clubs this week that they must seek advance permission from rights-holders Sky and BT Sport to use their own cameras in the tunnel area, around the stadium and pitchside at live TV matches.
This follows the uproar that greeted City’s decision to push through their access-all-areas deal with Amazon Prime — who have already been filming in the Etihad dressing room, despite it being a restricted area for the PL’s domestic rights-holders, who between them paid £5.