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  2. Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, sporting events are broadcast on several national television networks, as well as radio. Many of the sporting events are listed online or in different kind of apps. These apps are mainly designed by sport fans who want to have an easy way to find when a certain game or match is played, as well as when a race starts or ...

  3. Timeline of basketball on UK television - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Broadcasting of sports events - Wikipedia

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    The broadcasting of sports events (also known as a sportscast) is the live coverage of sports as a television program, on radio, and other broadcasting media. It usually involves one or more sports commentators describing events as they happen. Sportscaster's environment is usually in booth, sets, and radio and television studios.

  5. Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events

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    On 30 July 2009, the BBC proposed that the list be expanded and reorganised to include a new "A1" category above the existing category A (renamed A3), designating that the event must be aired live in their entirety on free-to-air channels (such as the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro, and the Olympics), and "A2" for events seen as only important to ...

  6. Timeline of BBC Sport - Wikipedia

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    Copa America 2021: Every match live on BBC Sport This is the first time that the tournament has been shown on free-to-air television. 2022. 9 January – 6 February – The BBC shares coverage of the African Cup of Nations with Sky Sports. The BBC shows two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final live.

  7. BBC Sport - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Timeline of other British sports channels - Wikipedia

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    It is produced by BBC Sport. 1998. 10 September – MUTV launches, becoming the first football club channel to start broadcasting in the UK. 1999. 1 May – Extreme Sports Channel launches. September – Champions on 28 and Champions on 99 launch to provide live and recorded coverage of the UEFA Champions League.

  9. Olympics on television - Wikipedia

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    1960 Summer Olympics. CBS paid $394,000 ($3.11 million in 2023) for the exclusive rights to broadcast the Games in the United States. This was the first Summer Olympic games to be telecast in North America. In addition to CBS in the United States, the Olympics were telecast for the first time in Canada (on CBC Television) and in Mexico (through ...