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  2. Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of television channels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 ...

  4. Channel One (British and Irish TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    Channel One was a British free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Living TV Group. The channel was launched on 1 October 2007 at 21:00 on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky as Virgin1, replacing Ftn. The channel broadcast 24 hours on cable, satellite and Freeview; a one-hour time-shift, Channel One +1, broadcast on cable and satellite.

  5. Alison Mitchell - Wikipedia

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    She spent many years as a sports news presenter for 5 Live, and has also presented the sport for Radio 1's Newsbeat, including a stint on The Chris Moyles Show. In January 2015, Mitchell took on the role of lead presenter of Stumped , the weekly cricket show on the BBC World Service [ 3 ] which is also broadcast on and produced in partnership with All India Radio and ABC Radio Grandstand .

  6. Viaplay Xtra - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Matt Smith (broadcaster) - Wikipedia

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    He gained his first sport–presenting role on Chris Evans' Radio 1 Breakfast Show. [1] Smith presented BBC Radio Four's final children's programme, Go 4 It. [2] Until May 2008, he presented Weekend Breakfast on Radio 5 Live with Rachel Burden, [3] along with occasional cover on the Drive 4pm–7pm weekday show.

  8. TNT Sports (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Watch live (Ireland only) TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group, they first launched as BT Sport on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been ...

  9. British Forces Broadcasting Service - Wikipedia

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    The British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces themselves. [3] It was established by the British War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943.