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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 ...
This is a list of current high definitionchannels that are available in the United Kingdom, together with those coming in the future, and those that have ceased broadcasting. All HD channels in the UK broadcast at 1080i, apart from Sky Sports Main Event UHD channel and the BT Sport Ultimate 4K. [1]HD channels can dynamically switch between ...
Premier Sports was formed in 2009 by the Irish businessman Michael O'Rourke, [1] a joint CEO and part owner of Setanta Sports and former director of Premium Sports. [2] The channel initially focused on broadcasting sporting events that had not been available in Great Britain since the collapse of Setanta Sports GB on 22 June 2009, and were not picked up by rival sports broadcasters ESPN and ...
In the United Kingdom, sporting events are broadcast on several national television networks, as well as radio. Many of the sporting events are listed online or in different kind of apps. These apps are mainly designed by sport fans who want to have an easy way to find when a certain game or match is played, as well as when a race starts or ...
These services (Channel 4, Channel 4 +1, E4, E4 +1, More4, Film4) provided for the Sky platform with commercials directed at the Ireland advertising region are encrypted and require a subscription. Therefore, the frequencies of these services are not included in this list. UltraHD. An ultra HD receiver is required.
June – The National Hockey League is shown on Premier Sports for the final time as the UK TV rights move to Scandinavian streaming service Viaplay as part of its UK launch. [43] 30 June – FreeSports is removed from the Freeview platform. [44] 3 August – Premier Sports begins broadcasting on Virgin Media Ireland.
Viaplay said it expects to close the second quarter with 7.7 million subscribers, with sales between $414 million and $395 million; and a negative EBIT between $23 million and $27 million.
In July 2022, Viaplay Group acquired U.K.-based pay TV channel operator, Premier Sports, and rebranded it under the Viaplay name by 1st November 2022. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On 20 July 2023, it was announced that Viaplay would lay off 25% of staff while pursuing a new strategy to focus on its core Nordic, Netherlands and Viaplay Select operations. [ 12 ]