- For the channels in New Zealand, see SKY Network Television. SKY Network Television Limited () often trading as SKY is a New Zealand pay Television service
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| Launched | 25 March 1990 |
| Owned by | BSkyB |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the 576i is a standard-definition video mode used in (former PAL and SECAM countries The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition 8% (Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 & Xtra) (February 2008, [1]) |
| Formerly called | The Sports Channel |
| Website | www.skysports.com |
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| Freeview | Channel 83 (Sky Sports News) |
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| Sky Digital | Channels 401-405, 408-409, 450 |
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| Virgin Media | Channels 511-513, 516 |
| UPC Ireland (ex NTL Ireland) |
Channels 402-405 and 408 |
| UPC Ireland (ex Chorus Digital) |
Channels 60-62 |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Tiscali TV | Channels 551-554 |
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels. Freeview is an operator of free Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting 's digital Satellite television service transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28 Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc UPC Communications Ireland Limited, which trades primarily under the brand name Chorus NTL, is Liberty Global Europe 's operation in Ireland NTL Communications (Ireland Limited is a Cable television and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS company in the Republic of Ireland. UPC Communications Ireland Limited, which trades primarily under the brand name Chorus NTL, is Liberty Global Europe 's operation in Ireland Chorus Communications is a Communications provider in Ireland, it offers Internet, Television and Telephone services IPTV ( Internet Protocol Television) is a system where a Digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure which Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper Telephone Tiscali TV may refer to Tiscali TV (Italy, IPTV service in Italy Tiscali TV (UK, IPTV service in the United Kingdom Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1990, sometimes playing a large role in inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the FA Premier League to break away from the Football League in 1992. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, and Xtra are available as a premium package on top of the basic Sky package. These channels are also available as premium on nearly every satellite, cable and IPTV broadcasting system in the UK and Ireland. IPTV ( Internet Protocol Television) is a system where a Digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure which Unlike the other channels, Sky Sports News is provided as part of basic packages and also broadcasts on Freeview. Freeview is an operator of free Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard Sky Sports is perhaps best known for its football coverage, due to this it suffers a loss of viewers in the summer when no football is played.
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History
The early years (1990-1998)
Sky Sports originally began broadcasting of sports events as The Sports Channel in March 1990, as part of the British Satellite Broadcasting service on cable, becoming available on the Marcopolo satellite the following month. The broadcasting of sports events is the coverage of Sports on Television, Radio and other Broadcasting mediums The Sports Channel was a British Television channel, operated by British Satellite Broadcasting, that broadcast live and recorded sporting action Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) British Satellite Broadcasting ( BSB) (1986-1990 was a company set up in 1986 to provide Direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom Marcopolo or Marco Polo 1 and 2 were two satellites designed launched and tested by Hughes Space and Communications (now part of Boeing Satellite Sky Television did not originally launch with a sports channel of their own - though sports programmes were occasionally broadcast on Sky Channel - but instead chose to invest in Eurosport instead, which was marketed as one of Sky's four channels upon its launch on 5 February 1989. For other uses see Sky Television (disambiguation. Sky Television plc (1989-1990 was a four-channel satellite television service launched by Rupert Sports channels are Television Specialty channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events usually Eurosport is the largest European sports Satellite and cable network available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 20 different languages Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
On 2 November 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television announced that they would be merging. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) At first the Sports Channel gained a "British Sky Broadcasting" suffix on its logo, however from 6 April 1991 - when the channel debuted on the SES Astra 1B satellite - it was rebranded as Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. SES Astra SA, is a corporate Subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra Sky and Eurosport discontinued their partnership upon the launch of Sky Sports, even though Eurosport continued to be available on the Astra platform.
The channel was sold as one of the major draws of the Sky system. Sky Sports was sold as a subscription channel and encrypted using the VideoCrypt system. VideoCrypt is a Cryptographic, Smartcard -based Conditional access Television encryption system that Scrambles analogue Pay-TV It was the second Sky channel to be encrypted (following Sky Movies in 1990). SKY Movies is one of SKY 's movie channels in New Zealand. This channel is available on both the SKY UHF and Digital services Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) It initially aired sports such as rugby and golf in 1990, before acquiring rights to German and Italian league football in 1990. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
However, it was following formation of the FA Premier League for the 1992/1993 football season, believed to have been assisted by the promise of higher TV payments, that Sky Sports became well known. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs By bidding £305m, BSkyB beat the BBC and ITV to acquire the live and exclusive FA Premier League football broadcasting rights for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland for a five-year period. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. In doing so, they had taken live top-flight English league football from terrestrial and free-to-air television for the first time in its history.
In 1995, the channel launched Soccer AM, a slapstick morning chat show, talking mostly about football events around the world, along with many gags in the world of soccer and the media. Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football show presented by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden. This show has proved highly successful, and is still airing as of today. The current presenters are Andy Goldstein and Helen Chamberlain. Andy Goldstein is a British TV presenter on Sky Sports. He formerly presented Soccer AM on Saturday mornings succeeding Tim Lovejoy Helen Marie Chamberlain (born April 2, 1967 in Street, Somerset) is an English Television presenter. (Goldstein replacing former presenter Tim Lovejoy just before the start of the 2007-08 season. Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March, 1968) is a British Television presenter, most famous for hosting Saturday morning Football ) It became a media phenomenon for a short period of time in the early 2000s when they lead a campaign to save a man from his non-football tolerating wife. The Save Chip! campaign was mentioned on non-Sky news channels, and even made its way into the title sequences of a number of football simulation computer games. Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football show presented by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden. A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather It was also given notable fame for the word bouncebackability which was entered into the Collins Dictionary, and for the Easy Chant which has been used at football matches around the country and even the world. HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. Following the success of the show a spin-off show launched in 2002, Soccer AM's All-Sports Show. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Soccer AM's All Sports Show was a Television programme that was a Spin-off of Sky Sports ' popular Saturday-morning show Soccer AM, launched in The show dealt with all sports, and was also presented by Andy Goldstein and Helen Chamberlain . However in 2007 when presenter Tim Lovejoy left Soccer AM to continue his career elsewhere this left the future of the All-Sports Show in doubt as Andy Goldstein took over the vacant Soccer AM position. Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March, 1968) is a British Television presenter, most famous for hosting Saturday morning Football It was then confirmed just before the start of the 2007-08 season that the All-Sports show would not be returning along with its sister brand as neither Andy Goldstien nor Helen Chamberlain agreed to present both shows each week.
More Sports Channels
Sky launched its second sport-dedicated channel, Sky Sports 2 in August of 1994, two years after the original channel. Sky Sports Gold, a channel dedicated to classic sport, in a similar vein to ESPN Classic, launched on 1 November 1995 and ended as a separate channel by 1997 but only really petered out (as a filler slot on the other Sky Sports channels) by 2001. The British version of ESPN Classic launched on March 14, 2006 on Sky Digital Channel 442 the first channel in the UK under the ESPN Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Prior to the start of the 1996-97 season Sky Sports 3 was launched. The launch promotion involved many top sporting figures such as Dennis Bergkamp and Ryan Giggs to help the launch of the channel. Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch Professional footballer At club level Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE (born Ryan Joseph Wilson on 29 November 1973 in Ely, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Sky Sports had also acquired the rights to Scottish football and the Coca-Cola Cup. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition
Sky Digital (1998 - present)
October 1998 saw BSkyB launch Sky Digital. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting 's digital Satellite television service transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28 The move to Sky Digital saw the launch of two new sports channels in quick succession. First Sky Sports News, a 24-hour rolling sports news channel launched. Sky Sports News (SSN is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. This was followed by Sky Sports Xtra, in March 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The channel was initially available exclusively on Sky Digital. However, by summer 2003, the channel had launched on Virgin Media. Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc
On 22 August 1999, Sky utilised a feature of, the then new, Sky Digital system to allow an interactive football match to be shown. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Viewers were given the ability to choose the things such as which camera they viewed during the Arsenal vs. Manchester United. The concept proved popular[1] and soon Sky used the new interactive service, known as Sky Sports Active, for other sports. Sky Sports Active is a term used by British TV channel Sky Sports to describe their interactive sports service
Around 2001, a cross-branding deal ensured that a quiz version of Championship Manager would be produced with the Sky Sports name on it. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Championship Manager series is a series of British Computer games the first of which was released in 1992 Kirsty Gallacher was the host of the PlayStation 2 quiz. Kirsty Jane Gallacher (born January 20 1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a Scottish Television
In 2004, Sky signed an exclusive deal to broadcast live English cricket matches for four seasons from 2006 to 2009 for a fee of £55 million a year. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. [2] As with other of their exclusive deals this has caused some controversy, as the matches would no longer be available on terrestrial TV. Sky also signed an exclusive deal with the BCCI to televise the tour of India, worth around £352m. World Cup 2011 India Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be jointly hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Following its earlier collapse, Sky purchased the majority of Channel 4's stake in horse racing channel, At the Races (the remainder of the stake went to Arena Leisure, the other partner in the channel and owner of Ascot Racecourse). Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began At The Races is a British Television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting Ascot Racecourse is an English racecourse located in the village of Ascot, Berkshire used for Thoroughbred horse racing. At The Races was insolvent, and despite being promoted as part of the Sky Sports line up, had failed to turn a profit. It remains a provider of live coverage to betting shops, however.
Prior to the start of the 2004-05 season, Football First, an interactive football programme was launched. Football First is an interactive Television programme which offers Sky Sports viewers extended highlights of every Premiership match played on The show typically airs at 8. 25pm and replays full coverage of the day's featured Premier League match, followed through the night by highlights from every Premier League match played on the day, which gives the viewer a choice to see a match of their choice. Sky Sports won the rights to air 'near-live' coverage of the Barclays Premier League, permitting Football First to air for another three years.
Sky Sports also snapped up the rights for the A1 Grand Prix and has won the rights to Speedway, for the next five years. History The nation-based A1GP concept was founded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai, initially in 2004 Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a Motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise The channel also has the rights to American sports, including NFL and WWE. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet,
In 2007 a rival pay television operator, the Irish network Setanta Sports, acquired a share in the British rights to live Premier League matches, breaking Sky's long-standing monopoly. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries Setanta is expanding its range of high profile live events, for example offering PGA Tour golf and some top boxing matches, giving Sky a significant rival in the pay television sports market for the first time, but Sky remains the market leader by a wide margin. The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States.
In 2007 Sky secured a licence for 'Sky Sports 4' from TV regulator Ofcom which is planned to launch in 2008 to cater for the demand of live sporting rights Sky have. The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Sky Sports Channels
Sky Sports Xtra
Sky Sports Xtra was the fourth Sports Channel launched by Sky Sports. It airs repeats and live events of many Sky Sports programmes, such as La Liga. The Primera División of the es Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League) commonly known as La Liga or The channel launched in April 1999, and is a free bonus channel for those who subscribed to both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2.
The channel was originally launched as Sky Sports Extra but later rebranded to Sky Sports Xtra. The name Extra rather than Sky Sports 4 was chosen as the original intention of the channel was to simulcast sporting events showing on the main channels with the addition to interactive services. Simulcast is a Portmanteau of " simul taneous broad' cast' " and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one
More recently the channel has stopped simulcasting, and the interactive services have moved to the main Sky Sports channels. Sky Sports Xtra now shows live and recorded sports events, and is in an effect a fourth main Sky Sports channel.
Sky Sports HD Channels
Sky Sports HD launched on February 13, 2006, and currently airs live cricket, Premier League and Football League, and Guinness Premiership Rugby. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby Sky has also announced that this year's Ryder Cup will be televised in HD. The Ryder Cup is a Golf trophy donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded Biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from In July 2006 Sky Sports HD 2 launched on Sky Digital channel 409, at the same time Sky Sports HD 1 moved to channel 408, with Sky Sports News switching to channel 405. Sky Sports News (SSN is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. There was also an HD version of PremPlus, called Prem Plus HD, which broadcast on Sky channel 483 until the football session ended. It was briefly branded Sky Sports HD X and used to broadcast other Sky Sports content in HD, before it ceased broadcasting.
It has been announced that the new season of the rugby Super League will be broadcast in HD from the start of the season in February. The NFL Super Bowl XLI was the first American event to be broadcast in HD in the UK. Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played on February 4 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of
Sky Sports HD 3 launched on March 17th, to conside with World Wrestling Entertainment's first UK HD broadcast. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, The new channel will broadcast European Tour Golf in HD.
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel operated by Sky Sports. Sky Sports News (SSN is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. Sky Sports News launched on the 1 October 1998, with Sky Digital becoming BSkyB's first digital only channel. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) On 10 April 2000, Sky Sports News relaunched as Sky Sports. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. com TV, a move to bring it tie in to the launch of the skysports. com website. However, the name was soon reverted back to Sky Sports News.
The channel replaced Sky Sports Centre, a news show at 6pm, devoted to the key events in the sporting world. The show famously broke the news that Kevin Keegan would resign as Newcastle United boss, with immediate effect.
Presenters on the channel include Ian Payne, Simon Thomas and Georgie Thompson. Ian Payne (born December 1962 in Germany) is a British television broadcaster who currently appears on Sky Sports News. Simon Thomas may refer to Simon Thomas (politician (born 1963 Welsh politician Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion 2000-05 Simon Thomas (television Georgina Jane 'Georgie' Thompson is a broadcast Journalist and Television presenter for Sky Sports and Sky Sports News.
On 5 August 2007 the channel was "refreshed" in line with the Sky Sports new look. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
At the Races
At The Races was originally founded by the Go Racing consortium, a partnership of Channel 4, British Sky Broadcasting, and Arena Leisure plc (owner of Ascot Racecourse, and acting on behalf of a further 27 out of the 59 UK racecourses) in July 2004. At The Races is a British Television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Following its high profile collapse (and Channel 4 removing itself from the consortium) the station - now purely a joint venture between BSkyB and Arena Leisure - focuses on horse racing from the UK, Ireland, North America and Germany, showing many live races and related shows. This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. The station is "affiliated" with various betting companies, since gamblers are generally the sports main audience, and its pictures, provided by satellite link provider SIS, are also commercially distributed to betting shops across the country We have just received a email from Raqeeb Butt (15) announcing that his cousin Umar yasin (15) is Theo James Walcotts biggest fan and would love to meet him one day.
PremPlus
PremPlus was a pay-per-view channel dedicated to airing live Premiership Football. PremPlus or Premiership Plus was Sky Sports ' first and only Pay-per-view channel which was dedicated to airing live and interactive Premiership Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event PremPlus launched on 18 August 2001, showing 40 pay-per-view matches from the English Premier League. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The main presenter on PremPlus was Marcus Buckland with former Arsenal manager George Graham, providing punditry. George Graham (born November 30, 1944 in Bargeddie, Glasgow) is a Scottish former football player and Manager
The channel was called Premiership Plus from 2001 to 2004, before being shortened to the current PremPlus for the beginning of the 2004-05 season.
PremPlus closed down after the last match of the 2006-07 season, because the Premiership's 2007-10 rights offer did not include a pay per view package.
Sky Sports programming
Sky own exclusive UK and Ireland, or UK-only exclusivity rights to a number of sports, most notably the ones listed below. They also transmit a large range of other sports.
Football
Sky Sports signed an exclusive deal with Ford in 2001[3]
Premier League
Live Premier League coverage has been a critical factor of the success of Sky Sports. The foundations of Sky Sports have been built on the coverage and allowed a dramatic growth in the number of subscribers in homes as well as pubs.
Sky has had rights to the Premier League since 1992 when the Division One clubs broke off from the Football League to form the Premier League. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The first live Premier League game televised was Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Liverpool in August 1992. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and The millions and then billions of pounds which Sky has brought into the game has changed English football almost beyond recognition [4]. Sky Sports have introduced many new features into coverage of the game since 1992 including the initially-controversial permanent digital on-screen graphic scoreboard, an idea that was subsequently copied by American sports (now known as a score bug) and by other British sport producers. A digital on-screen graphic (known in the UK and New Zealand by the acronym DOG; in the US and Canada as a bug; and in A digital on-screen graphic (known in the UK and New Zealand by the acronym DOG; in the US and Canada as a bug; and in [5]
BSkyB's relationship with the FA Premier League had caused a stir with the EU, which eventually intervened and ended Sky's 13-year monopoly of live broadcasting rights. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in BSkyB's current deal allowed the company to win four of the six tiered live rights packages and left the BBC with the two highlights packages. These events left the European Commission 'unhappy' and representatives of the Commission expressed views that the league had a lot of 'serious questions' to answer.
The deal was reviewed by the Commission, who came to the conclusion that they would threaten to take legal action against the Premier League if it failed to agree new arrangements giving other broadcasters a share of live TV coverage of matches. The EU believed that it would give 'better choice and value' for viewers.
Following the agreement, rival bids were launched. NTL and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin, ITV and Channel 4 were some of the big names that launched their own bids. Virgin Group Ltd is a branded Venture capital conglomerate of separately run companies that each use the Virgin brand of British business tycoon Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports also declared that it would make a bid, depending on the overall concepts in the 'bidding wars'. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries
Sky Sports won the rights to four out of the six available live rights packages for the 2007/08 season and beyond, with another Pay TV company, Setanta Sports winning the remaining two. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries Despite losing two of the packages, the broadcaster will show even more live matches from the 2007/08 season, making better use of the matches available to it. Sky Sports' flagship football show, Super Sunday is not affected by the loss of packages, but Sky Sports closed its PPV channel Prem Plus at the end of the 2006-07 season. Ford Super Sunday is Sky Sports ' flagship live football programme televised most Sundays throughout the Barclays Premier League season on Sky Sports 1 PremPlus or Premiership Plus was Sky Sports ' first and only Pay-per-view channel which was dedicated to airing live and interactive Premiership
Football League
Following the collapse of ITV Digital in 2002, the Football League reformed a connection with Sky to show live coverage of its divisions and the League Cup. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition The contract, worth around £250 million, ran until 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. From 2007, ITV Sport have rights to show highlights from the Football League and the League Cup. ITV Sport is a Sport producer and brand name owned by ITV plc. [6]
Conference National
Sky has also screened live matches from the Nationwide Conference, the top tier of Non League Football, in some seasons. From 2007/08 season however Setanta Sports has won comprehensive live broadcast rights for the Conference. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries
UEFA Champions League
In 2003, BSkyB won joint rights to coverage of the UEFA Champions League with ITV, who had previously held exclusive rights with all matches shown on their channels only. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent ITV got first choice of 2 matches on Tuesdays, with Sky taking the remaining six (with coverage of any Scottish teams' games being shared with STV) and all eight matches on a Wednesday. STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland formerly known as Grampian TV (now legally STV North Ltd Matches that are not shown on one of the Sky Sports channels are usually available through the interactive service. Sky Sports Active is a term used by British TV channel Sky Sports to describe their interactive sports service In 2005, Sky Sports and ITV renewed their Champions League contract up until 2009. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Currently, any one British club match being played on a Wednesday is shown on non-premium channels Sky One and Sky One HD. Sky Sports recently extended their Champions League contract till 2012. 2012 ( MMXII) will be a Leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [2].
FA Cup
Sky Sports initially broadcast matches from the FA Cup and also international matches involving the England national football team. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Today it continues to show both, now sharing live coverage with the BBC.
In a joint deal with the BBC, Sky Sports had secured the rights to the FA Cup in June 2000. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after June 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September [7] Under the three-year deal, Sky had been given live and interactive coverage to the competition, which previously was occupied by ITV. ITV Sport is a Sport producer and brand name owned by ITV plc. The channel on the other hand, did not have the choice of first pick of games. Sky Sports had also had rights to every home Live England International, until the BBC picked up the coverage in 2001. It currently broadcasts England away internationals exclusively, though loses this right when the new deal with ITV and Setanta Sports kicks in after Euro 2008 in the 2008-9 season. ITV Sport is a Sport producer and brand name owned by ITV plc. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football
Internationals
Currently, Sky Sports holds the rights to every home Live Scotland and Wales Internationals, whilst sharing coverage of away ties with the respective BBC Nations, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Sky Sports also show some of Englands away Internationals Live and delayed coverage of home games. Republic of Ireland matches are also shown and coverage is shared with RTÉ.
Spanish La Liga
Sky Sports also show live matches from the Spanish La Liga on Saturday and Sunday nights. The Primera División of the es Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League) commonly known as La Liga or They also show a review show called "Revista de La Liga" on Tuesdays. The Spanish Football is fronted by Mark Bolton.
Rugby league
The power of television over sport can perhaps be best portrayed by the change of rugby league from a winter sport to one played during the summer months under the banner of the Super League. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games These changes caused great controversy when they were introduced in 1996, yet they have been seen by many as positive and as having an impact even greater than the broadcaster has had with football. The sport is now seen as being in a healthy state with two or three live matches from the Super League every week fronted by 'Eddie and Stevo' - Eddie Hemmings and former Great Britain World Cup winner Mike Stephenson - who are a rare example of a dual studio-presentation and commentary-box partnership in sports broadcasting. Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league. The Rugby League World Cup is an international competition contested by the men's national rugby league teams of the member nations of the Rugby League International for the rugby union footballer see Michael Stephenson (rugby player Mike "Stevo" Stephenson (born 27 January, 1947 They are joined by Phil Clarke in both the studio and on commentary, Bill Arthur, the pitch-side reporter, and a guest (generally a coach or a former player). Phil Clarke is a former English Rugby league player Phil Clarke played for Wigan in the Rugby League Premiership. Sir William Tevlin Arthur ( 16 April 1918 &ndash 21 May 1997) was an Australian politician Barrie McDermott, Terry O'Connor or Shaun McRae often occupy the guest position. Barrie McDermott (born 22 July 1972) was an English former Rugby league footballer Terry O'Connor (born 13 October 1972) is an English former Rugby league footballer Shaun McRae is the head coach of the Salford City Reds. Shaun McRae nicknamed 'Bomber' was born in 1959 and began his Rugby league Coaching career Live Super League broadcasts routinely rank amongst the top 10 most watched programmes in a week on Sky Sports regularly. Sky has sold rights to a highlights package of the Super League to BBC Sport.
Sky also hold the rights to show the Rugby League Tri-Nations live, whilst highlights are shown on BBC Sport. The Rugby League Tri-Nations (also known as the Gillette Tri-Nations for sponsorship reasons is a Rugby league tournament involving the top three nations in the sport Sky also announced in 2007 that they had bought the rights to televise National League matches midweek. Australia and NZ's National Rugby League (NRL) competition was shown until 2005-06 season when Setanta Sports outbid Sky for the rights, despite the NRL being half owned by News Corp. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries
Sky Sports will show the 2008 World Cup exclusively live. Teams See also 2008 Rugby League World Cup squads Format Draw The draw after being confirmed by the RLIF on April [8]
Sky Sports' shows a weekly rugby league magazine show, Boots 'N' All, during the season. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games
Rugby union
Sky began its live coverage of what is now known as the Guinness Premiership on the 10 September 1994 with the match between Bath Rugby and Bristol Rugby and continues to do so by showing one live match, usually on a Saturday, every week. The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby Bath Rugby (also known as just Bath) is an English professional Rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. Bristol Rugby is a Guinness Premiership rugby club in Bristol, England.
In 2003, it began its coverage of the Heineken Cup, outbidding previous rights holder BBC Sport with its offer of £20 million for 3 years. The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading , showing usually 6 matches each pool weekend as well as all knockout matches. [9] For the first time in 2006, Sky Sports will hold exclusive rights to live Heineken Cup rugby in the UK and ROI, with RTÉ only able to show tape-delayed coverage and S4C able to show only highlights. S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru meaning Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales Sky Sports will start to broadcast games from the European Challenge Cup from the season 2007/08, with one game every week.
Sky Sports has also had exclusive UK rights for live coverage of the last three British and Irish Lions tours. The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or "British Lions" Rugby union side comprises a pick of the best players from This is partly because of Sky's links with News Corporation television channels in the southern hemisphere. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation Sky's links with News Corporation, also allows them to show live matches from the Super 14 competition. The Super 14 is the largest Rugby union football club championship in the Southern hemisphere, consisting of four state teams from Australia (Queensland/Reds
Sky Sports rugby coverage is presented by Simon Lazenby and Dewi Morris, with commentary for internationals and Guinness Premiership from Miles Harrison and Stuart Barnes. Stuart Barnes (born 22 November 1962 in Grays, Thurrock in the county of Essex) is a former English Rugby union Sky will often take the host broadcasters commentary for Super 14 and Tri-Nations, with commentators including Hugh Bladen, Murray Mexted and Tony Johnson (Sky in NZ). The feed from Fox Sports in Australia usually involves Phil Kearns, Greg Martin and Greg Clark. Philip Nicholas Kearns ( 27 June 1967 -) is a former Australian Rugby Union player and national captain
Darts
Since the creating of the Professional Darts Corporation by 16 dart players,Like Phil Taylor, Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Jocky Wilson, Dennis Priestley and 11 more players in 1992,Sky Sports broadcasted live these PDC Darts Tournaments:
- PDC World Darts Championship
- Premier League Darts
- UK Open (darts)
- World Matchplay (darts)
- World Grand Prix (darts)
- Las Vegas Desert Classic
Cricket
Sky was the first broadcaster to show live coverage of an overseas tour involving the England cricket team on the tour to the West Indies in 1990. The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC is a Professional Darts organisation established in the United Kingdom during 1992 which split from Philip Douglas Taylor (born August 13 1960 is a 13 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. Eric Bristow MBE ( "The Crafty Cockney ") (born Hackney, London, 25 April 1957)is a British John Lowe (born in New Tupton, Derbyshire on 21 July 1945) was one of the main competitors who made Darts such a huge spectator John Thomas Wilson, (born 22 March 1950) better known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish Darts champion Dennis Priestley (born July 16, 1950 in Mexborough, South Yorkshire) is a two-time World Darts Champion and the first player to win both The PDC World Darts Championship is one version of the World Darts Championship and was introduced following a dispute with the British Darts Organisation in 1994. The Whyte & Mackay Premier League is a darts tournament which launched on January 20, 2005, on Sky Sports. The Blue Square UK Open is an innovative PDC darts tournament where following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain 128 players compete in a single elimination The Stan James World Matchplay is a darts tournament, played in a legs format, and is run by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October The Las Vegas Desert Classic is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC and held each year in July since 2002 The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting It has maintained this coverage with commentators and statisticians such as David Lloyd, Ian Botham, Nasser Hussain, Benedict Bermange and Richard Isaacs. David Lloyd (born March 18, 1947 in Accrington, Lancashire, England) is a former English Cricketer who played county Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test Cricketer and Test team captain and current Nasser Hussain OBE (born March 28 1968, Madras, India) is a former Essex and England Cricketer He Benedict Bermange (born March 19, 1975) is a Sky Sports statistician With this line-up Sky has acquired most of the cricket rights which are available, both in England and abroad. Sky has the live rights to all English domestic cricket and, following the controversial agreement made in December 2004 with the England and Wales Cricket Board it has the rights to live coverage of all England internationals, which it took from Channel 4. The England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB) ( Bwrdd Criced Cymru a Lloegr) is the governing body of Cricket in England and Wales.
Currently, Sky have a team of Ian Botham, David Gower, David Lloyd, Paul Allott, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Michael Holding, Bob Willis and Nick Knight covering live England internationals at home and abroad. Bob Willis is the only one of the team to have been there since the start in 1990 with live coverage from the West Indies - along with presenter Charles Colville who presents live matches. Willis has his critics, but many believe he is Sky's greatest asset for cricket coverage, his outspoken commentaries going down well with viewers. Mark Nicholas, former Channel Four presenter, Channel Nine anchorman and Cricket on Five commentator started his TV career with Sky Sports in 1996.
Sky also has contracts with the cricket boards of South Africa, Australia, West Indies and India showing Tests and ODIs in these counties, often exclusively live. Often, these live feeds are taken from broadcasers such as Channel Nine in Australia, and Supersport in South Africa, meaning the likes of Richie Benaud, Mark Nicholas, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig, Robin Jackman, Bill Lawry, Ian Healy, Simon O'Donnel, Mark Taylor and Michael Slater are heard every winter on Sky.
Every World Cup since 1992 has been shown live by Sky - held in Australia/NZ in 1992, India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka in 1996, England in 1999, South Africa in 2003 and the West Indies in 2007. The 2011 tournament in the sub-continent is also live on Sky TV.
Sky have followed England live on every overseas England Test tour since 1990 - here is the full list of England tours shown on Sky:
West Indies - 1990 Australia - 1990/91 New Zealand - 1991/92 India and Sri Lanka - 1992/93 West Indies - 1994 Australia - 1994/95 South Africa - 1995/96 (first England tour to SA post-apartheid) Zimbabwe and New Zealand - 1996/7 West Indies - 1998 Australia - 1998/99 South Africa - 1999/2000 Pakistan and Sri Lanka - 2000/01 India and New Zealand - 2001/02 Australia - 2002/03 Sri Lanka and West Indies - 2003/04 South Africa - 2004/05 Pakistan and India - 2005/06 Australia - 2006/07 Sri Lanka and New Zealand - 2007/08
The network had terrific viewing figures for the 2004 England tour to the West Indies - the peak time viewing and successful England side made for popular viewing.
Boxing
Following the departure of Frank Warren's Sports Network to ITV during 2005, many of the top British boxers no longer fight on Sky. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent However, many top American fights are still broadcast as well as the remainder of Britain's top fighters including Ricky Hatton. Some of the channels top fights are shown on the Pay-Per-View channel Sky Box Office instead of Sky Sports. Sky Box Office is the name of BSkyB 's Pay Per View (PPV system Presenters and commentators for Sky Sports' coverage include Dave Clark, Wayne McCullough and Johnny Nelson. David Clark or Dave Clark may refer to Dave Clark (baseball, baseball player David Clark (cartoonist, illustrator Wayne William McCullough (born 7 July 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional boxer. Johnny Nelson (born 4 January 1967) is a former professional boxer from Sheffield,
World Wrestling Entertainment
In 1989, Sky Sports acquired the rights to WWF Wrestling (now World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE), from America. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sky Sports 3 is considered the home of WWE programming on Sky, as the majority of the programs are shown on it.
Part of the current deal with Sky states that major PPV's such as WrestleMania would be part of the Sky Box Office pay-per-view service, and that SmackDown!'s first broadcast would move from Sky One to Sky Sports. The sky is the part of the Atmosphere or of Outer space visible from the surface of any Astronomical object. This article is about the WrestleMania PPV series in general for the first WrestleMania itself see WrestleMania (1985. WWE Friday Night SmackDown is a Professional wrestling Television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE that is currently airing As part of the deal, RAW is now shown live on Sky Sports 3 early Tuesday morning because of the time difference. This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is SmackDown! is broadcast in Britain before it is aired in America: on Friday nights. Sky Sports 1 shows 6 WWE PPV's live a year.
Sky also broadcasts WWE's third brand, Extreme Championship Wrestling. Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) is a Professional wrestling brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE based on the independent For a couple of months it replaced WWE Velocity on Sunday mornings. WWE Velocity, also known simply as Velocity, was a Professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that It is now shown two nights after the US broadcast after a viewer complained to Ofcom in August 2006 about an image in the opening credits, and Sky agreed to air the program after the watershed. The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication The Watershed is a term used to describe a time in television schedules which divides the period when it is permissible to show television programmes which have ' Adult content'
The deal of 14 Pay-Per-Views did not account for WWE's extra pay-per-views which have been added subsequently, and therefore WWE Cyber Sunday would not have been picked up by Sky. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, However, a last-minute deal was struck between Sky and WWE, that allowed the PPV to be shown live on Sky Sports 1. [10]
Numerous people dub WWE on Sky Sports as the "uncensored" version of the sport, as many wardrobe malfunctions and mistakes are left uncensored.
The first WWE event to be shown in wide-screen (16:9) format on Sky Sports was No Way Out 2008 on Monday 18th February 2008 at 1am on Sky Sports 1. Although after this, other WWE programming were still in standard (4:3) format however due to complaints all WWE programming will now be airing in Wide-screen from a down-scaled HD feed.
When WWE Heat ended in June 2008 it was replaced with WWE Vintage Collection, a programme which showcases classic archive matches from the extensive WWE Video Library. WWE Heat (formerly known as WWE Sunday Night Heat and capitalized as WWE HEAT) was a Professional wrestling show for WWE Vintage Collection is a Professional wrestling Television program from World Wrestling Entertainment showcasing action from the extensive The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE video library is currently the largest collection of Professional wrestling videos and copyrights in the
Motor Racing
Sky Sports also broadcasts major motorsport events. This includes:
- A1 Grand Prix - In addition, Sky Sports had their logo branded on the A1 Team Great Britain car during the 2005-06 season. History The nation-based A1GP concept was founded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai, initially in 2004 A1 Team Great Britain is the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series
- Indy Racing League (including the Indianapolis 500)
- British Superbikes (Highlights)
- Speedway
- NASCAR Sprint Cup
National Football League
Sky Sports also broadcasts a variety of live NFL games and NFL Network programming. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American The British Superbike Championship ( BSB) is the leading Road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom. Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a Motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise The Elite League is the top division of Speedway league competition in the United Kingdom and is goverened by the Speedway Control Board (SCB in conjunction The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries Event format The format for a Speedway Grand Prix changed for the 2007 season onwards NFL Network is an American television Specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL and is also shown in Canada For the 2007 and 2008 seasons this comprises live coverage of 125 Regular Season games, including Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football and NFL Network's Run to the Playoffs. Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League. Run to the Playoffs is the Brand name used by NFL Network for its schedule of live Regular season telecasts of National Football League As well as pre-season games and the Play-offs and Super Bowl plus the Pro Bowl. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The complementary coverage includes:
Sky will broadcast more NFL games than Premier League games in 2007. NFL Total Access is a Television news program on the NFL Network. America's Game The Super Bowl Champions is an annual 42-part documentary series created by NFL Films (broadcast on the NFL Network and The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The main studio presenter for Sky's live NFL coverage is Kevin Cadle along with Nick Halling. Kevin Cadle is a well known sports presenter and former Basketball coach Nick Halling is a sports broadcaster and journalist He often presents American football and Ice hockey and is widely known for being a presenter alongside Cass Regular guests include former New England Patriots wide receiver Scott McCready, former Chicago Bears safety Shaun Gayle and former New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals Tackle Ian Allen. Scott McCready (born February 1, 1977 in London England) is a British national (citizen who was an American football Wide receiver Shaun Lanard Gayle (born March 8, 1962 in Newport News Virginia) is a former American football Cornerback / safety in the Ian Ramon Allen (born July 22, 1978 in Newark New Jersey) was an American football Offensive lineman in the National Football [11]
Rivals
Sky Sports have a number of rivals such as the BBC's, ITV's and Setanta's sport service. ITV Sport is a Sport producer and brand name owned by ITV plc. Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries
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External links
- Sky Sports at sky. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. com
- Irish tailored version of the Sky Sports website
- Pub Widescreen Campaign encourages and educates British pubs in how to show Sky Sports in true widescreen.
News Articles
- Football rights hat-trick for Sky
- Sky Sports Boost for Speedway
- Sky Sports snub sees three Brits get stripped of titles
- Sky Sports drafts in Flintoff for cricket coverage promotion
- EU tackles Premier League TV deals
- Sky unveils high-definition shows
- ITV and Sky rapped over World Cup
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