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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 ]
Sky Sports (1989–2007) Setanta Sports (2007–2009) ESPN (UK) (2009–2013) BT Sport (2013–present) Talksport: Peter Drury: None BBC Radio (1993–1997) ITV (1997–2013) ESPN (2012–2013) BBC (2012) BT Sport (2013–present) BBC Radio 5 Live (2013–present) John Dykes: None Fox Sports (Asia) Robbie Earle: Port Vale (1982–1991 ...
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.
The Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed & Designated Events is a series of regulations issued originally by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) then by Ofcom when the latter assumed most of the ITC's responsibilities in 2003, which is designed to protect the availability of coverage of major sporting occasions on free-to-air terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.
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.
[4] [5] [6] Sparks has also guested on the BBC Radio 5 Live show Fighting Talk. [7] In July 2023, she was announced to be commentating for the BBC at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [8] In November 2023, she was nominated in the Commentator of the Year category at the Football Supporters' Association awards. [9]
Watch live (Ireland only) TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group, they first launched as BT Sport on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been ...
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.