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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]
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 was the version of the channel in the News section, broadcasting as a regular free-to-air DTT channel. Al Jazeera's English language news service continues as a streaming channel, on smart TVs with Freeview Play, alongside the Arabic language version of Al Jazeera. [171] Al Jazeera English (Streaming channel) 30 September 2024
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.
18 June – Amazon Prime shows its first live sport in the UK when it broadcasts live coverage of the Queen's Club tennis tournament. [103] August – Eleven Sports UK and Ireland launches following deals with European football leagues, including Serie A [104] and La Liga. [105] The platform is a streaming service rather than a television channel.
Screensport (TV channel) Setanta Golf; Setanta Sports News; Sky Sport Football; Sky Sport Serie A; Sky Sport Tennis; Sky Sport Uno; Sky Sports; Sky Sports F1; Sky Sports News; Sky Sports Racing; Sky Sports Tennis; Sports Tonight Live
Radio 5 became BBC Radio 5 Live in 1994 and the station, which combines live news and sport, provides round-the-clock coverage of sport through both live commentary and sports news and discussion. Live cricket commentary is broadcast on 5 Live's digital sports channel BBC 5 Sports Extra. This includes cricket coverage which is also aired on the ...
Talksport (styled as talkSPORT), owned by News Broadcasting, is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The station was originally launched as Talk Radio UK in 1995. Talksport's content includes live coverage of sporting events, interviews with the leading names in sport and entertainment, phone-ins and discussion.