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BT also announced a Freeview HD channel known as BT Sport Showcase, which would carry 12 Champions League matches and 14 Europa League matches per season on a free-to-air basis, including at least one match per-round, each English club featured at least once per-season, and coverage of the Champions League and Europa League finals.
The initial run of seven films was conceived prior to the launch of BT Sport in 2013, with the first film being shown on the channel's third day on air. [3] The commissioning editors for the series have been Jamie Hindhaugh, Barry Andrews, Sally Brown, Simon Green and Grant Best.
On 1 August 2013, BT launched its first television channels, BT Sport, to compete with rival broadcaster Sky Sports. [84] Plans for the channels' launch came about when it was announced in June 2012 that BT had been awarded a package of broadcast rights for the Premier League from the 2013–14 to 2015–16 season, broadcasting 38 matches from each season. [ 85 ]
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.
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. September – BT Sport becomes the official UK broadcast partner of rugby union's European Champions and Challenge Cup competitions. 2017
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: Returned in December 2022 on channel 282. The Angel ...
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1 August – At midnight, and ahead of the launch of BT Sport, ESPN UK, ESPN America and ESPN Classic close - the latter was not part of the BT/ESPN deal. 9 September – Eurosport becomes the new broadcast of the NFL's Monday Night Football. [88] Eurosport broadcasts the weekly American football game for the next two seasons.