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The Premier League is easy to watch from Thailand, and it costs a fraction of what fans pay back home. The catch is that Thailand has its own rights holder and its own streaming app, so the service you need here isn’t the one you knew in the UK, the US, or Australia.
The 2026/27 season kicks off on 21 August, and if you’ve just arrived in Thailand you’ll notice the football landscape looks different from home. There’s no Sky Sports here, no NBC, no Stan. Thailand has its own rights holder, its own streaming app, and its own prices, which happen to be a fraction of what fans pay in the UK or Australia.
The catch is the commentary and the kickoff times. Local streams come with Thai commentary, and matches that start on a Saturday afternoon in England land in the evening or the small hours here. This guide walks through every option: the official Thai service, the free-to-air matches, watching in English with a VPN, and catching games in a bar.
Contents
- Key Takeaways
- Who Shows the Premier League in Thailand
- MONOMAX and AIS Play: Plans and Prices
- Watch Some Matches Free on MONO29
- MONOMAX and English Commentary
- Watch in English With a VPN
- Kickoff Times in Thailand
- Where to Watch in a Bar
- Should You Use a VPN?
- Best Ways to Watch the Premier League in Thailand
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Is the Premier League free to watch in Thailand?
- How much does it cost to watch the Premier League in Thailand?
- Can I watch with English commentary?
- Do I need a VPN to watch the Premier League in Thailand?
- What happened to TrueVisions and the Premier League?
- Can I watch the Premier League on my phone in Thailand?
- What's the cheapest way to watch?
- Do sports bars show every match?
- Sources Cited
Key Takeaways
- The Premier League streams on MONOMAX and AIS Play in Thailand, after JAS took the rights from TrueVisions for 2025/26 through 2030/31.
- A full season costs from about THB3,499 a year, a fraction of what fans pay in the UK or Australia.
- Selected big matches air free on the MONO29 channel.
- The local feeds carry Thai commentary only. There is no English audio option on the Thai platforms.
- For English commentary, a VPN like NordVPN lets you stream your home broadcaster, or you can watch at an expat sports bar that runs the English feed.
- AIS and 3BB customers can add the season for around THB199 a month.
Who Shows the Premier League in Thailand
For the 2025/26 season onward, Premier League rights in Thailand belong to Jasmine International (JAS). JAS won a six-season deal covering Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, running from 2025/26 through to 2030/31, in an agreement worth just under US$560 million. That ended more than a decade of the league living behind the TrueVisions paywall.
JAS shows the football through two channels you’ll come to know:
- MONOMAX: the main streaming app, where all 380 matches air live. This is where most fans will watch.
- AIS Play: the same coverage bundled for customers of AIS, Thailand’s largest mobile network, and its 3BB home internet arm.
MONOMAX runs on smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and TV sticks, so you can watch on whatever screen you already own. JAS has also aired selected live matches free on its MONO29 channel, the same free-to-air channel that carried free World Cup games, so a handful of big fixtures each season may cost you nothing at all.
Good to Know: If you already pay for AIS mobile or 3BB home internet, check your account before buying anything. The Premier League bundle for AIS customers is the cheapest route in, and you may be able to add it to a bill you’re already paying.
MONOMAX and AIS Play: Plans and Prices
Watching Premier League match in Thailand costs a fraction of what it does back home. UK fans pay somewhere north of £30 a month across Sky and TNT. In Thailand, the whole season runs to a few thousand baht.
JAS has said the monthly subscription is capped at THB400. In practice most fans buy an annual sports package, which works out cheaper per month. Here’s how the main options compare for the 2026/27 season.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| MONOMAX Sports Standard | From THB3,499/year (regular THB3,999) | All 380 Premier League matches, FA Cup, Thai League, films and series. HD. |
| MONOMAX Sports Premium | From THB4,499/year (regular THB5,999) | Everything in Standard, plus up to 4K, UEFA Nations League 2027, and Euro 2028. |
| AIS / 3BB bundle | Around THB199/month | Full Premier League season for AIS mobile and 3BB Fibre customers. |
All MONOMAX prices exclude 7% VAT, so add a little to the sticker figure. The early-bird annual rates were live before the season started and tend to rise once it’s underway, so the exact number you see may differ from the table above.
For context, THB4,499 for a full season of Premier League football in 4K works out to under THB380 a month, and that’s before you count the FA Cup, the Thai League, and a library of films thrown in. Fans in the UK pay roughly that much for a single month of Sky and TNT combined.
Tip: The Premium plan is the one worth looking at if you care about picture quality or you also follow international tournaments. The 4K feed and the Euro 2028 coverage justify the small gap over Standard for most serious fans.
Watch Some Matches Free on MONO29
You don’t have to pay to see any Premier League football at all, at least not for every match. MONO29 is a free-to-air channel, available on any TV in Thailand through the standard digital tuner, and JAS uses it to show a selection of live matches each season.
The free matches tend to be the big ones, the games with the biggest audiences. You won’t get every match your team plays, and the schedule is decided week to week, so MONO29 works as a bonus rather than a full solution. If you only want to catch the occasional big game, though, it’s genuinely free and needs no subscription.
Match of the Day-style highlights and reruns also air on MONO29 and within the MONOMAX app, which helps if a live kickoff falls at 2am your time.
MONOMAX and English Commentary
This is the one real drawback of the local option, so it’s worth knowing upfront: MONOMAX and AIS Play broadcast with Thai commentary.
There might not be official English-language audio toggle on the Thai platforms. If you’re happy with the Thai call, or you’re learning the language, you lose nothing. If you want the familiar English voices, you have two routes, both covered in detail below.
- A VPN to your home broadcaster. Connect to a server back home and stream through the service you already know, in English. See the VPN section below.
- An expat sports bar. The foreigner-facing bars run the English-commentary feed rather than the Thai one, so you get the English call plus the matchday crowd. See the bar section below.
Good to know: In the expat forums, the consistent advice for anyone set on English commentary is to sort out a VPN before the season starts rather than scrambling on matchday. The setup takes only a few minutes, but it’s easy to forget until kickoff.
Watch in English With a VPN
Since MONOMAX and MONO29 broadcast mainly with Thai commentary, for a lot of viewers that’s fine, and it’s part of settling into life here. But if you want the familiar English voices, or your team’s own regional feed, you’ll need to reach a broadcaster from back home.
Those home broadcasters are geo-blocked the moment you leave the country. A VPN is the standard fix. Connect to a server in your home country and your existing subscription behaves as though you never left. Here’s who carries the Premier League in the main markets expats come from.
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| UK | Sky Sports / NOW, TNT Sports (BBC for free highlights) |
| USA | NBC / Peacock |
| Australia | Stan Sport |
| Canada | Fubo TV |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport / Sky Sport Now |
Any of the major VPNs will unblock these services reliably. The three most expats use, and the ones we rank in our guide to the best VPNs in Thailand, are NordVPN, Surfshark, and ExpressVPN. All three come with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can test one against your broadcaster before committing to a full season. Here’s how they compare.
| VPN | From (2-yr) | Devices | Refund | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NordVPN | US$3.49/mo | 10 | 30 days | Best all-round value |
| Surfshark | US$1.99/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Cheapest; most devices |
| ExpressVPN | US$3.49/mo | 8 | 30 days | Simplest for streaming |
Starting prices are the cheapest entry tier on each provider’s two-year plan and shift with promos, so check the current figure before you buy.
Not sure which to pick?
- NordVPN is the safest all-round choice for most people.
- Go with Surfshark if you want the lowest price or need to cover a houseful of devices
- ExpressVPN if you want the simplest setup.
A VPN earns its keep beyond football, too. It encrypts your connection on the public Wi-Fi you’ll use in cafes, malls, and airports across Thailand, which keeps your logins private on networks you don’t control.
Read more: For the full walkthrough on unblocking home TV from Thailand, see our guide on how to watch English TV in Thailand.
Kickoff Times in Thailand
Thailand runs on ICT, seven hours ahead of UK winter time and six hours ahead in the British summer. That shifts the classic English kickoff slots into your evening and night. Rough guide for a typical matchday once the UK is back on winter time:
| UK kickoff | Thailand time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 12:30 Saturday | 7:30pm | The friendliest slot, right around dinner |
| 3:00pm Saturday | 10:00pm | A late-evening watch, doable on a work night |
| 5:30pm Saturday | 12:30am | One for the committed |
| 8:00pm midweek | 3:00am | Set an alarm, or catch the rerun |
The upside of the time difference is that weekend early kickoffs land at a sociable hour here, which is part of why Bangkok’s sports bars fill up on Saturday evenings.
Where to Watch in a Bar
Watching in a bar solves the English-commentary problem on its own. Thailand’s sports bars are built for the foreign crowd, not the local audience, so they run the English-language feed, put the match on big screens, and turn the sound up. You get the English call, a room full of fans, and cold beer without setting up anything yourself.
Every expat-heavy area has options, and the scene is densest where the foreign residents and tourists are.
A few practical notes for bar viewing:
- Message the bar before a late match. Not every venue can legally stay open until a 2am or 4am kickoff, and it’s a grey area. A quick message confirms they’ll be open, showing your match, and running the sound.
- Book for the big ones. Derbies and title deciders fill the popular spots early, especially when kickoff lands in the evening.
- Weekend evenings are the sweet spot. A Saturday 3pm UK kickoff lands around 10pm here, which is a sociable time to be out rather than a 3am alarm.
Expect big projector screens, several matches on at once, and a full menu of pub food and draught beer. Many places open specially for the biggest fixtures, even the ones that kick off after midnight, and the larger venues take bookings so you can lock in a table for a derby or a title decider. Because they cater to a foreign crowd, the sound is almost always the English feed rather than the Thai one.
Bangkok
Sukhumvit is the heart of it. The stretch around Soi 13 and Soi 23, and up into Thonglor, has the biggest concentration of sports bars in the country.
Long-running spots show the major matches on multiple screens with English commentary. The Sportsman on Soi 13 is the biggest, a family-run place in the Trendy building with 39 TVs and eight projector screens and a kitchen that runs past midnight. The Old English in Thonglor, The Clubhouse, and The Game near Nana BTS are other reliable picks.
Most also carry rugby, NFL, and cricket, so there’s usually a screen for whatever you follow.
Pattaya
Pattaya is arguably the most bar-dense city in the country for live sport.
Soi Buakhao, LK Metro, Beach Road, and Jomtien are all packed with venues showing the football. Pattaya Sports Bar on Soi Buakhao shows every game across more than 30 screens, and many bars here stay open late enough for the small-hours kickoffs. The crowd skews British and Australian, so English commentary is the default and full breakfasts get served at odd hours to match the fixtures.
Phuket
In Phuket, the sports-bar scene centres on Patong’s Bangla Road, with more options in Karon, Kata, and the Rawai and Nai Harn area in the south. Angus O’Tool’s, an Irish pub in Karon, shows live football on two 100-inch screens and opens early for the afternoon kickoffs.
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai’s scene is smaller but reliable.
UN Irish Pub in the old city shows the Premier League on four screens, and The Score is the biggest sports bar in town with screens running all day. Late midweek matches can be harder to find, so it’s worth checking ahead.
Koh Samui
On Koh Samui, Chaweng is the hub. Bondi Aussie Bar and Grill on Soi Green Mango shows the Premier League alongside live music, the Black Duck has been a fixture since 2014, and Premier Sports Bar in Bangrak puts every match on rather than just the pick of the day.
Hua Hin
Hua Hin is quieter, but the expat crowd keeps a handful of sports bars going. Common Ground is a newer air-conditioned spot with several big screens, and long-runners like Wild Hawks and JJ Sports show the football too. As in Chiang Mai, call ahead for the late kickoffs.
Read more: For the full rundown on sports bars by city and the late-kickoff issue, see our guide on where to watch football in Thailand.
Should You Use a VPN?
Using a VPN in Thailand is legal, and plenty of expats run one year-round for streaming and for security on public Wi-Fi. The grey area is the broadcaster’s own rules: services like Sky, NOW, and Peacock are meant for viewers in their home country, and reaching them from abroad can breach their terms of service, even though action against individual viewers is rare.
If you just want every match cheaply and don’t mind the Thai call, you don’t need a VPN at all.
MONOMAX has you covered. A VPN earns its place when English commentary or your home feed matters enough to keep a subscription running back home.
Best Ways to Watch the Premier League in Thailand
There’s no single right way to watch the Premier League here. It comes down to how much you want to pay, whether you need English commentary, and whether you’d rather watch at home or in a crowd. Here’s the quick version before the detail.
| Option | Best for | Things to know |
|---|---|---|
| MONOMAX (subscription) | Watching every match on any screen | Thai commentary; from about THB3,499 a year |
| AIS Play / 3BB bundle | Existing AIS or 3BB customers | Around THB199 a month, added to your bill |
| MONO29 (free TV) | Casual fans and the odd big game | Free, but only selected matches; Thai commentary |
| VPN and home broadcaster | English commentary and your usual service | Needs a subscription back home, plus a VPN from about US$2 a month |
| Sports bar | Atmosphere and English commentary, no setup | You pay for food and drinks; check late kickoffs |
| Hotel or condo | Casual viewing while travelling | Not guaranteed; ask the venue in advance |
For English commentary, we use NordVPN. It unblocks home broadcasters like Sky, NOW, and Peacock from Thailand, runs on phones, laptops, and smart TVs, and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can test it against your service first. Get NordVPN.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Premier League free to watch in Thailand?
Some matches are. MONO29, a free-to-air channel, airs a selection of live games each season at no cost. To watch every match, you need a MONOMAX subscription or the AIS/3BB bundle.
How much does it cost to watch the Premier League in Thailand?
MONOMAX sports packages run from around THB3,499 per year for Standard to about THB4,499 per year for Premium, both excluding 7% VAT. AIS and 3BB customers can add the season for roughly THB199 per month. JAS has capped the standalone monthly fee at THB400.
Can I watch with English commentary?
The local MONOMAX and MONO29 feeds carry Thai commentary. For English commentary, connect a VPN to a server in your home country and stream through your usual broadcaster, such as NOW or Peacock.
Do I need a VPN to watch the Premier League in Thailand?
No. MONOMAX covers every match locally without one. You only need a VPN if you want English commentary or your home country’s feed, both of which are geo-blocked from Thailand.
What happened to TrueVisions and the Premier League?
TrueVisions held the rights for years but was outbid by JAS for the 2025/26 to 2030/31 cycle. Its Premier League coverage ended after the 2024/25 season.
Can I watch the Premier League on my phone in Thailand?
Yes. MONOMAX and AIS Play both have apps for phones and tablets, as well as smart TVs and TV sticks, so you can watch on whatever screen is nearest.
What’s the cheapest way to watch?
MONO29 is free for the selected matches it carries. Beyond that, the AIS or 3BB bundle at around THB199 a month is the cheapest full-season route, followed by a MONOMAX annual sports package.
Do sports bars show every match?
The bigger venues show most of them across several screens, while smaller bars pick the biggest games. Message the bar ahead of a specific fixture to be sure they’ll have it on.
Sources Cited
- Jasmine International (JAS) corporate announcement: confirms the six-season 2025/26 to 2030/31 rights for Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, the US$559.98 million value, MONOMAX as the primary platform, and the THB400 monthly cap.
- MONOMAX (monomax.me): the Sports Standard and Sports Premium annual package prices and inclusions, and the exclusion of 7% VAT.
- Premier League: the 2025-2028 broadcast partner listings by territory.
