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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 ...
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]
A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010.
From 2022, Breach also presents the Saturday evening highlights package show of the English Football League on ITV, and has presented for the Premier League Productions English language team, [4] and Australia’s Optus Sport. [5] Breach has also fronted coverage of the Women's Ashes live cricket on BT Sport in 2022. [6]
On 1 August 2013, BT launched its first television channels, BT Sport, to compete with rival broadcaster Sky Sports. [84] Plans for the channels' launch came about when it was announced in June 2012 that BT had been awarded a package of broadcast rights for the Premier League from the 2013–14 to 2015–16 season, broadcasting 38 matches from each season. [ 85 ]
BT will continue to broadcast at least one ESPN branded channel as part of its BT Sport package of services. [6] 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 9 June 2015, BT rebranded the channel as BT Sport ESPN. On 11 May 2022, BT Group announced that the BT Sport channels would become a joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and merge with Eurosport UK at a later date. [10] [11] [12] On 1 August 2022, the ESPN branding was dropped from the channel, which was renamed BT Sport 4.
BT Sport Films are a series of feature-length sports documentary films airing on the British subscription sports channels BT Sport. While the majority of films are about football, other sports covered include rugby, cricket, boxing, UFC, judo, speedway and MotoGP. In July 2023, TNT Sports replaced BT Sport [1][2] but repeats of BT Sport Films ...