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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]
EE TV (formerly BT Vision and then BT TV until 2023) is a subscription IPTV service offered by EE; a brand of British telecommunications company BT Group. It requires the signing up to and use of the EE Broadband internet and phone service, with connection via EE's official router, the EE Smart Hub .
BT Sport also announced that it would launch BT Sport Ultra HD, the first 4K sports channel in the UK, on 2 August for the 2015 FA Community Shield. The channel would initially be exclusive to BT TV on BT Infinity, with a 4K service package and compatible YouView set-top box. In 2016, BT Sport Europe was renamed BT Sport 3.
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.
18 June – Amazon Prime shows its first live sport in the UK when it broadcasts live coverage of the Queen's Club tennis tournament. August – Eleven Sports UK and Ireland launches following deals with European football leagues, including Serie A and La Liga. The platform is a streaming service rather than a television channel.
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.
JJB Sports TV Sports Shop Ltd. 2009-05-15 JJB Sports went bankrupt — — 248 267 UKTV Gardens: UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media) 2009-05-19 Replaced with Really. [114] — — 920 481 Red Hot Just 18 RHF Productions Ltd (Northern and Shell) 2009-05-21 Replaced with Viewers Wives. — — 0215 — Zee Radio Zee Entertainment Enterprises 2009-06-01
In the UK, most broadcasters provide catch-up TV services which allow viewing of TV for a window after it was broadcast. Online video can be viewed via mobile devices, computers, TVs equipped with a built in Internet connection, or TVs connected to an external set-top-box, streaming stick or games console.