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Find out which TV channels and platforms have the rights to broadcast various sports events in the UK, such as football, rugby, cricket and more. See the details of the contracts, the free-to-air rules and the online options for different sports and competitions.
TNT Sports is a group of pay television sports channels in the UK and Ireland, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group. It was formerly known as BT Sport and launched in 2013, covering various sports events such as Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UFC and MotoGP.
Spurs would also feature in the BBC's first live league match at Manchester United on a Friday night a few weeks later. By the late 1980s the value of live TV coverage had rocketed; while a two-year contract for rights in 1983 had cost just £5.2m, the four-year contract exclusively landed by ITV in 1988 cost £44m, a fourfold increase per year.
Find out which TV channels show the Premier League, English football's top-level competition, in the UK, Ireland and around the world. See the history of the broadcast rights sales, the number of live games per season and the blocked hours rule.
22 November - A friendly between Chelsea and Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge is the first pay-per-view live football match on UK television. The Pay-TV service offered its subscribers in Westminster and Sheffield coverage of the game for the price of ten shillings (50p). [73] 7 December - The fifth round tie between Sheffield United and ...
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.
This includes a weekly 3pm Saturday afternoon match, shown on TV in the UK for the first time with BT showing three of the additional fixtures, including one on Saturday at 3pm. [ 30 ] 9 October – The Premier League announces that October's games not scheduled for TV broadcast will be shown on a pay-per-view basis on either Sky Sports Box Office or BT Sport Box Office .
A comprehensive list of media commentators and writers in the United Kingdom on the sport of Association football. Includes former players, current broadcasters, publications and their playing and broadcasting careers.