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History. Viaplay Xtra launched as FreeSports on 31 August 2017 and was closed down on 25 January 2024 with the aim to provide free-to-air sports coverage and become a top three dedicated sports channel in the UK. [1] It was available on all major platforms, available in 18 million UK homes. The channel held a partnership with rights holders IMG ...
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]
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 ...
TNT Sports 4. TNT Sports 4 is a British sports television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and the BT Group. It is part of the TNT Sports group of channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is predominantly focused on sports from North America . The channel was established by ESPN Inc. on August 3, 2009 as ESPN (or ESPN UK ...
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its TNT Sports International unit, it operates two main channels— Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 —across most of its territories, and streams on Max and Discovery+ . Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting ...
Sky Digi Online. 1 June 2002. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. ^ "Bright Blue ceases broadcast on Sky Digital". Sky Digi Online. 15 June 2002. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. ^ "Einstein.TV ceases broadcast". Sky Digi Online. 24 July 2002. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011.
Sky Sports 1 Continues on Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk TV. BT Sport 1 1 July 2013 42 Sky Sports 2 BT Sport 2 34 ESPN: Continues on Sky, Virgin Media and BT TV. BT Sport Preview 1 August 2013 712 Smash Hits Radio: Removed to release a slot for Kiss Fresh. Also ceased online and on digital radio on the same day. Kiss Fresh: 5 August 2013 235 God TV
Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view ...