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Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK. Presently, free-to-air means a TV channel which is free and covers 98% of the population. [1]
The first match shown live was a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier between the Netherlands and England on 1 September 2017. [16] The channel also initially showed live coverage of the Primeira Liga (two games a week) & Segunda División (one game a week) [17] as well as numerous club TV shows, including Dortmund TV and AC Milan TV. [17]
On 21 February 2023, it was announced that BT Sport would rebrand as TNT Sports on 18 July 2023, ahead of the 2023–24 football season; the branding is derived from WBD's U.S. general entertainment channel TNT (which has historically carried sports coverage, such as the NBA; the brand had also previously operated in the UK), [40] and has also been used by WarnerMedia sports networks in Latin ...
This is a list of television stations in the United Kingdom available on digital terrestrial, satellite and cable systems.. Some channels have a "timeshift" service with the same programming (and usually advertisements as well) broadcast one or two hours later to give viewers another chance to catch a favourite programme, and some have an HD simulcast that broadcasts the same programming in ...
Now TV was unveiled by Sky UK in March 2012, and designed for people who have no existing pay TV subscription. [7] [8] Its official launch was on 17 July 2012, [9] initially providing films, putting it in competition with Lovefilm and Netflix. [10] [11] The Now TV service was later extended to other territories covered by the Sky Group.
25 February – BT agrees to acquire ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels business, consisting of ESPN and ESPN America. BT will continue to broadcast at least one ESPN branded channel as part of its BT Sport package of services. [86] March – British Eurosport begins to show FIM World Speedway. [87]
The launch of TNT Sports in July 2023 saw the channel renamed as TNT Sports 4 and because the deal to carry ESPN programming was not part of the transition from BT Sport to TNT Sports, the channel's association with American sports coverage ended, and with it coverage of the NCAA, which was later picked up by Sky Sports in November 2023, albeit with vastly reduced levels of coverage.
In March 2022, ITV announced the launch of ITVX, [3] an integrated advertising and subscription funded platform. The service serves as a replacement for ITV Hub, taking over as the broadcaster's catch-up service, and is positioned as a direct competitor to BBC iPlayer and the Channel 4 VOD service; featuring more exclusive programming, and a selection of FAST channels.