The American NBC Sports division became a sibling of Sky Sports following Comcast’s acquisition of Sky plc and on 29 January 2019, Sky and sister American pay television network NBCSN partnered on coverage of the transfer deadline (NBC holds the Premier League rights in America), mens england football shirt and the network later announced that it would add an hour-long simulcast of the Sky Sports News channel to its weekday morning line-up beginning 4 March. For the PGA Tour’s 2019 Players Championship, Sky Sports Golf trialled similar synergies with its new sister Golf Channel. For the 2019-20 season, NBC began more extensive on-air integration of Sky Sports resources into its American coverage of the Premier League, including adding Sky’s studio programmes to its “Premier League Pass” subscription service, adoption of on-air presentation reminiscent of Sky, england football kit and originating coverage from Sky’s studio during the opening weekend.