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From 2012, the event is shown on Channel 4. 2009. 29 March – Grand Prix returns to the BBC after twelve seasons on ITV. Live coverage of the Football League returns to British terrestrial television when the BBC secures ten live Championship (second tier) games per season, as well as Football League highlights after Match of the Day. This is ...
Timeline of other British sports channels. This is a timeline of sports channels in the UK other than Sky Sports, BT Sport and Premier Sports / FreeSports. The timeline also includes sports events which were shown on non-sports non-terrestrial channels. The timeline also includes sports coverage broadcast on streaming services.
These include two channels dedicated to football, a cricket channel and a golf channel. Other sports are moved to two new channels – Action and Arena – and a showcase channel called Sky Sports Main Event is launched which features simulcasts of the top events being shown on Sky Sports that day. Also, Sky Sports News drops the HQ label.
No events. 1983. 6 January – The Channel 9 broadcast of the fifth cricket Test from Sydney is shown on the BBC. This is the first time cricket from abroad is shown live in England. [13] 9–25 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
30 December and 6 January 1996 – ITV broadcasts live coverage of semi-finals and final of the inaugural Heineken Cup. [5] 1996. November – Sky Sports begins showing live coverage of England national rugby union team ’s autumn internationals, replacing the BBC which held the right for many decades. 1997.
C. Timeline of sport on Channel 4. Timeline of sport on Channel 5. Timeline of cricket on UK television.
1993. Sky begins providing live coverage of the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour. 24–26 September – The BBC shows live coverage of the Ryder Cup for the final time. 1994. 6–9 July – Sky Sports covers the Scottish Open for the first time. The event had previously been shown live on the BBC. 1995.
1983. 7–14 August – The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 show the first World Athletics Championships. 1984. 13 May – The BBC broadcasts full live coverage of the London Marathon for the first time although it had shown some live coverage of the 1982 and 1983 events. 1985. ITV takes over as broadcaster of UK athletics meetings.