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Timeline of other British sports channels. This is a timeline of sports channels in the UK other than Sky Sports, BT Sport and Premier Sports / FreeSports. The timeline also includes sports events which were shown on non-sports non-terrestrial channels. The timeline also includes sports coverage broadcast on streaming services.
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.
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.
What was BT Sport and what sports did the channel show? Launched in August 2013, BT Sport is a group of paid television sports channels available in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It shows sports ...
ITV shows full live coverage, mainly on ITV4, as opposed to the partial coverage shown by the previous rights holder, the BBC. This is the first time since 1968 that ITV has shown coverage of one of the sport's big four tournaments. 2013. No events. 2014. January – BT Sport replaces Sky Sports as broadcaster of the Women's Tennis Association.
June – BT Sport shows the NBA for the final time ahead of the rights transferring to Sky Sports. October – The NBA returns to Sky Sports after around a decade with ESPN and BT Sport. 2019. No events. 2020s. 2020. 3 December – The British Basketball League returns to Sky Sports. The broadcaster shows 30 games per season.
Fans wanting to subscribe to TNT Sports directly through discovery+ will have to pay £29.99 per month, the same as was previously charged for the BT Sport Monthly Pass - this will include access ...
27 April – Sunday Cricket begins broadcasting a match each week from the new Sunday League. [8] 1972. A new one-day competition, the Benson & Hedges Cup, begins and the BBC provides live coverage of a match from each round. 1975. 7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first Cricket World Cup.