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2008. 27 June – Five decides to end its coverage of Serie A after just a single season. 29 October – MLB on Five is broadcast for the final time to co-inside with Channel 5 deciding to end its coverage of Major League Baseball due to the Global recession of 2008-09. 11–21 December – Five shows live coverage of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
Channel 5 begins showing live coverage of MotoGP. It shows the event for the next three seasons. 2001. March – Motorsports channel Motors TV launches in the UK. 30 September – Murray Walker commentates on his final televised Formula One race at the 2001 United States Grand Prix.
1930s to 1970s. 1938. On 24 June, the BBC broadcasts cricket - England vs Australia at Lord’s - on television for the first time. 1956. 28 April - ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the Australian touring team 's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI ...
Coverage had been shown since the late 1970s and continues throughout the decade. 1982. 8 November – The newly launched Channel 4 shows live sport for the first time when it broadcasts coverage of a match from Division One of the National Basketball League. It shows highlights of the first half of the game and live coverage of the second half.
March – The first in-vision Ceefax transmissions are broadcast. 1981. 29 July – The Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer is produced by BBC Television & Radio with an audience of 750 million viewers and listeners in over 60 countries. 4 September – The final edition of Midday News is broadcast.
1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. [2] 1984. 29 March – Screensport launches [3] and coverage of American Football is a significant part of its output throughout its time on air. 1985.
December – Sky Sports Darts appears for the first time to broadcast 24/7 coverage of the PDC World Darts Championship. 2014. 4–9 February – Eurosport shows the first edition of the BDO World Trophy. It also shows the 2015 event. 7–9 March – ITV takes over as broadcaster of the UK Open.
1 January – An updated set of idents are launched. 19 January – Channel 4 begins airing highlights from the World Rally Championship, after securing the rights from the BBC. March – Mark Thompson succeeds Michael Jackson as chief executive of Channel 4. 29 March – The final edition of The Big Breakfast is broadcast.