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Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK. Presently, free-to-air means a TV channel which is free and covers 98% of the population. [1]
On 21 February 2023, it was announced that BT Sport would rebrand as TNT Sports on 18 July 2023, ahead of the 2023–24 football season; the branding is derived from WBD's U.S. general entertainment channel TNT (which has historically carried sports coverage, such as the NBA; the brand had also previously operated in the UK), [40] and has also been used by WarnerMedia sports networks in Latin ...
Viaplay Xtra was a British sports television channel owned by Viaplay Group that launched in 2017 and closed in 2024. It broadcast various sports, including football, ice hockey, tennis, rugby and basketball, and was a sister channel of Viaplay Sports.
18 June – Amazon Prime shows its first live sport in the UK when it broadcasts live coverage of the Queen's Club tennis tournament. [103] August – Eleven Sports UK and Ireland launches following deals with European football leagues, including Serie A [104] and La Liga. [105] The platform is a streaming service rather than a television channel.
On 21 July 2014, Quest announced that they would be broadcasting live football in the form of the 2014 Schalke 04 Cup - a pre-season tournament featuring the likes of Newcastle United F.C. and West Ham United F.C. [9] Five months later the channel broadcast live coverage of the Dubai Challenge Cup. [10] Speedway highlights are also shown on Quest.
Alrabiaa Network Television is an Iraqi satellite channel launched in 2021 by Qi Card & Ghazwan Jassem. It broadcasts sports, movies, Quran and other programs, and has exclusive rights to AFC Championships and beIN Media Group tournaments.
The demand for live televised football grew in the wake of England’s World Cup success, though the authorities remained reluctant. In April 1967, the Football League Management Committee rejected a £1m offer from BBC Television to show live League football on Thursday nights. They did, however, experiment with pay-per-view broadcasting.
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