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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.
These include two channels dedicated to football, a cricket channel and a golf channel. Other sports are moved to two new channels – Action and Arena – and a showcase channel called Sky Sports Main Event is launched which features simulcasts of the top events being shown on Sky Sports that day. Also, Sky Sports News drops the HQ label.
1930s. 1936. 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service, from Alexandra Palace. 1937. 21 June – The BBC broadcasts television coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. 1938. 2 April – The BBC covers The Boat Race for the first time. 30 April – The BBC broadcasts ...
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.
C. Timeline of sport on Channel 4. Timeline of sport on Channel 5. Timeline of cricket on UK television.
No events. 1983. 6 January – The Channel 9 broadcast of the fifth cricket Test from Sydney is shown on the BBC. This is the first time cricket from abroad is shown live in England. [13] 9–25 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
However Channel 4's coverage does not include the one-day and T20 international matches as these are shown on Sky Sports. July – Channel 4 broadcasts highlights of the three test matches of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa and airs live action from England's rugby union matches against the USA and Canada.
1983. 7–14 August – The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 show the first World Athletics Championships. 1984. 13 May – The BBC broadcasts full live coverage of the London Marathon for the first time although it had shown some live coverage of the 1982 and 1983 events. 1985. ITV takes over as broadcaster of UK athletics meetings.