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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.
1995. January – ITV loses rights to Frank Warren's Sports Network fights to Sky Sports. [2] October – ITV resumes its coverage of boxing, albeit for lower profile fights. 1996. 16 March – The fight between Frank Bruno and Mike Tyson is the UK's first television pay-per-view event. 1997.
BT will broadcast 38 Premier League games a season for three years from August 2013, including 18 "first pick" games, whereby the company will have the option of the weekend's biggest games.
BT will broadcast 38 Premier League games a season for three years from August 2013, including 18 "first pick" games, whereby the company will have the option of the weekend's biggest games.
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.
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.
Sky Sport Uno. Sky Sports. Sky Sports News. Sky Sports Racing. Sky Sports Tennis. Soccer Saturday. Special 1 TV. Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom. Star Soccer.
In May 2018, Eleven Sports secured a three-year deal to broadcast La Liga football matches in the UK and Ireland. Two months later, they secured UK three-year deals to screen Serie A matches, the Eredivisie and the Chinese Super League and Sweden's Allsvenskan. Eleven Sports launched in the UK & Ireland with rights to the 2018 U.S. PGA.