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On 21 February 2023, it was announced that BT Sport would rebrand as TNT Sports on 18 July 2023, ahead of the 2023–24 football season; the branding is derived from WBD's U.S. general entertainment channel TNT (which has historically carried sports coverage, such as the NBA; the brand had also previously operated in the UK), [40] and has also been used by WarnerMedia sports networks in Latin ...
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 ]
The first match shown live was a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier between the Netherlands and England on 1 September 2017. [16] The channel also initially showed live coverage of the Primeira Liga (two games a week) & Segunda División (one game a week) [17] as well as numerous club TV shows, including Dortmund TV and AC Milan TV. [17]
What was BT Sport and what sports did the channel show? Launched in August 2013, BT Sport is a group of paid television sports channels available in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
The launch of TNT Sports in July 2023 saw the channel renamed as TNT Sports 4 and because the deal to carry ESPN programming was not part of the transition from BT Sport to TNT Sports, the channel's association with American sports coverage ended, and with it coverage of the NCAA, which was later picked up by Sky Sports in November 2023, albeit with vastly reduced levels of coverage.
7 May – BT Sport acquires the rights to air Ultimate Fighting Championship events and taped programming in the UK and Ireland for three years, from 1 August. [ 7 ] 9 May – It is announced that BT Sport had acquired an exclusive five-year deal to broadcast MotoGP races from the 2014 season, including free practices and qualifying as well as full coverage of Moto2 and Moto3. [ 8 ]
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He presented the station's midweek sports programme, Sport on Five, from 2003 until 2005 and became a commentator for BBC television on Match of the Day in 2004. He also lent his voice to Sensible Soccer, the Ubisoft football game Action Soccer, and UEFA Striker. Away from football, he was also the commentator on Robot Wars and Hole in the Wall.