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With the launch of the Sky Digital satellite platform on 1 October 1998, Sky Sports launched Sky Sports News, a channel carrying rolling sports news coverage, followed by Sky Sports Xtra (later branded as Sky Sports 4 since 2010, then Sky Sports Golf since 2017) in August 1999.
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]
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.
Sky Sports and the BBC had been the previous broadcasters - the BBC had shown the tournament since its inception in 2001. November – Premier Sports announces a six-year deal with the SFA starting in 2019 to show the Scottish Cup. Its live rights include the first 2 picks from rounds 4, last 16 and quarter-finals and first pick of a semi-final.
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 ...
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.
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Sky Sport Football television channel established in 2003 that specializes in European football matches and the owner company is Sky Italia under the name Sky Sport 3, coinciding with the debut of the Sky satellite platform.