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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 ]
Talk Radio made its first foray into the world of sports radio rights bidding by purchasing from BBC Radio 5 Live the rights to broadcast Football League matches for the 1997–98 season. In addition, the station broadcast its first FIFA World Cup from France in 1998, bringing in the Sky Sports commentary team of Alan Parry and Andy Gray to commentate on the major matches.
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 1080i/25 and 1080p /25 when broadcast via Freeview HD.
TNT Sports went live on Tuesday across the U.K. and Ireland, replacing BT Sport. The rebrand was revealed earlier this year as part of the Warner Bros. Discovery joint venture. TNT Sports is ...
For television viewers, BT Sport has become TNT Sports, with no new channel to tune in to. For those who watched regularly via the BT Sport app, discovery+ will be the new live streaming home of ...
News of BT's first foray into sports broadcasting first came about on 12 June 2012, when it was announced that it had won the rights to 38 live Premier League matches for three seasons from the 2013–14 season, beating ESPN UK, which had held the shared rights with Sky Sports the previous season.
Times Radio is a British digital radio station owned by News UK, part of the Murdoch media empire. It is jointly operated by News Broadcasting (which News UK acquired in 2016, when it was known as Wireless Group), The Times and The Sunday Times. [1] [2] As of June 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 478,000, according to RAJAR. [3]
11 April – BT Sport secures the rights to show live coverage of the Canadian Premier League. [37] 1 August – BT Sport ESPN is renamed BT Sport 4. 2023. 28 May – BT Sport Score is broadcast for the final time. The rolling scores and results programme ends as part of a review into non-live sports programming ahead of BT Sport becoming TNT ...