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Sky Sports News Radio was a British online radio station broadcasting sports news, results and information 24 hours a day. It was a sister service to the television channel Sky Sports News HQ. The station was launched in June 2010 and broadcasts online and via digital platforms from the Teamtalk studios in Leeds.
6 January – Sky Sports Xtra is renamed Sky Sports 4. January – Sky Sports regains the rights to golf's PGA Tour. [15] 3 April – Sky 3D launches, initially as a commercial channel. The first event to be shown is a football match. Residential customers get access to the channel on 1 October. [16] [17] 29 April – Sky Sports 4HD launches. [18]
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 IMG ...
On 1 March 2007, Virgin Media removed Sky's basic channels including Sky One, Sky Two, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Travel and Sky Travel Extra, from their Television Services after a dispute between Virgin Media and BSkyB caused by the expiry of their carriage agreement and their inability to reach a new deal, [4] after attempts were made to reach an agreement.
It is available to all Sky customers, and is designed to offer a sampling of content from the full range of Sky Sports networks to non-Sky Sports customers. [89] [90] 2017. 4 January – Sky Cinema Box Office closes. 18 July – Sky Sports is revamped with the numbered channels being replaced by sports-specific channels. These include two ...
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 ...
Sky Sports F1 is a television channel created exclusively for Sky 's UK and Ireland coverage of Formula One, which has subsequently expanded to become home to all of Sky Sports' motorsport coverage, although Formula One remains as the mainstay of the channel with Sky Sports having the rights to show Formula One until 2029.
Radio 2KY aerial being prepared prior to opening Radio 2KY mast on the way to transmitter site Promo lighter from the '60s. Sky Sports Radio was founded as 2KY by Emil Voigt, under the ownership of the Labor Council of New South Wales, with the aim of broadcasting "musical entertainment, news, weather, market reports, public debates and matters of educational value".