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Find out which TV channels and platforms have the rights to broadcast various sports events in the UK, such as football, rugby, cricket and more. See the details of the contracts, the free-to-air rules and the online options for different sports and competitions.
4 August – BT Sport Europe is rebranded as BT Sport 3 so that it can show the full range of coverage from BT Sport. 13 August – BT Sport launches its football scores programme BT Sport Score. 19 August – Live Premier League football is shown on Friday evenings on a semi-regular basis for the first time as part of the new broadcasting deal.
TNT Sports is a group of pay television sports channels in the UK and Ireland, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group. It was formerly known as BT Sport and launched in 2013, covering various sports events such as Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UFC and MotoGP.
The demand for live televised football grew in the wake of England’s World Cup success, though the authorities remained reluctant. In April 1967, the Football League Management Committee rejected a £1m offer from BBC Television to show live League football on Thursday nights. They did, however, experiment with pay-per-view broadcasting.
25 February – BT agrees to acquire ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels business, consisting of ESPN and ESPN America. BT will continue to broadcast at least one ESPN branded channel as part of its BT Sport package of services. [86] March – British Eurosport begins to show FIM World Speedway. [87]
Find out which TV channels show the Premier League, English football's top-level competition, in the UK, Ireland and around the world. See the history of the broadcast rights sales, the number of live games per season and the blocked hours rule.
Soccer Saturday is a weekly TV show on Sky Sports that updates viewers on the football matches in the UK on Saturday afternoons. It is hosted by Simon Thomas and features pundits such as Paul Merson, Alan McInally and Tim Sherwood.
1 August – BT Sport launches a fourth channel - BT Sport Europe. The channel will be used to show its coverage of European football and European rugby union. [15] 2 August – BT Sport broadcasts the FA Community Shield for the first time. 23 August – BT Sport announces that it has won the rights for Australia's home matches for five years ...