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ESPN Player, previously branded ESPN360, is ESPN’s digital streaming platform in the UK and Europe for live and on-demand sports. The service is available across Europe, Middle East & Africa and, predominantly, broadcasts U.S sports content. [3] Main content includes NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, College Sports, IndyCar Series, World Series ...
30 December and 6 January 1996 – ITV broadcasts live coverage of semi-finals and final of the inaugural Heineken Cup. [5] 1996. November – Sky Sports begins showing live coverage of England national rugby union team ’s autumn internationals, replacing the BBC which held the right for many decades. 1997.
18 June – Amazon Prime shows its first live sport in the UK when it broadcasts live coverage of the Queen's Club tennis tournament. August – Eleven Sports UK and Ireland launches following deals with European football leagues, including Serie A and La Liga. The platform is a streaming service rather than a television channel.
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.
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.
4 December – The standard definition feeds of BT Sport stop broadcasting on Virgin Media. 2019. 2 August – BT Sport 4K is rebranded as BT Sport Ultimate. 3 November – BT Sport ends its coverage of the WTA, having broadcast women's tennis since 2014. The rights pass to Amazon Prime for the 2020 season.
Sky Sports increases its coverage of motorsport when it starts to broadcast FIA Formula 2 Championship (previously known as GP2) and FIA Formula 3 Championship on Sky Sports F1. 2014. January – BT Sport acquires the rights to broadcast the World Rally Championship for the 2014 season. BT Sport begins showing MotoGP. Coverage is more extensive ...
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.