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History. Viaplay Xtra launched as FreeSports on 31 August 2017 and was closed down on 25 January 2024 with the aim to provide free-to-air sports coverage and become a top three dedicated sports channel in the UK. [1] It was available on all major platforms, available in 18 million UK homes. The channel held a partnership with rights holders IMG ...
BT will continue to broadcast at least one ESPN branded channel as part of its BT Sport package of services. 2 May – BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 2 are added to the BT TV EPG with an on-screen message saying that the channels are coming soon. 3 May – The channels are added to Sky and are called Sailing 1 and Sailing 2.
On 2 August 2019, BT Sport relaunched its 4K channel as BT Sport Ultimate, and began to offer Dolby Atmos sound and high dynamic range (HDR) on supported devices. [24] On 20 June 2019, BT Sport announced an agreement to carry the programming and pay-per-views of U.S. professional wrestling promotion WWE , ending a relationship with Sky Sports that dated back to the network's launch in 1989.
Sky Sports increases its coverage of motorsport when it starts to broadcast FIA Formula 2 Championship (previously known as GP2) and FIA Formula 3 Championship on Sky Sports F1. 2014. January – BT Sport acquires the rights to broadcast the World Rally Championship for the 2014 season. BT Sport begins showing MotoGP. Coverage is more extensive ...
Sky Sports News Radio was a British online radio station broadcasting sports news, results and information 24 hours a day. It was a sister service to the television channel Sky Sports News HQ. The station was launched in June 2010 and broadcasts online and via digital platforms from the Teamtalk studios in Leeds.
On 28 June 2010, BT and Sky signed an agreement where Sky Sports 1 and 2 will be available for BT Vision customers. This came a year after BT stopped offering Setanta Sports 1 & 2 on Vision after Setanta lost the rights to broadcast Premier League football.
Paul Andrew Francis Dempsey (born 16 March 1960) is a British TV and radio sports presenter and commentator now chiefly employed by TNT Sports where he covers football and boxing coverage, as well as TV host and commentary on Indonesian Djarum 's multiplatform Mola TV. After 18 years working for Sky Sports and 7 with the Dublin-based channels ...
Mark Chapman (broadcaster) Andrew Mark Chapman (nicknamed Chappers) (born 11 October 1973) is a British television and radio sports presenter. He is BBC Sports ' chief rugby league presenter, fronting BBC's coverage of the Rugby League World Cup and RFL Challenge Cup matches. [1] He also does significant football coverage, presenting Match of ...