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Sky Sports F1 HD launching in March

Paul — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:27:21 +0000

Sky are launching a brand new channel to show their Formula 1 coverage on next year.

Sky Sports F1 HD will launch in March and will air all races live, live practice & qualifying for every race and extra live content. The channel will also be available on Sky Go via a laptop or mobile device.

The channel will be available at no extra cost for people already subscribing to Sky Sports packages 1 & 2 or the HD pack of channels. Sky Sports customers without the HD pack will receive the standard definition version of the channel.

The new channel has only be confirmed for launch on Sky at the moment.

Visit the Sky Sports website for more details.

Sky Sports free weekend 24th-26th September

Paul — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:21:35 +0000

Sky Sports will be free to all Virgin Media TV customers for one weekend this month.

From 6am on the 24th September through to 6th on the 26th September Sky Sports 1-4, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports HD 1 & 2 (only for customers with an HD box) will be free to all TV customers.

For more details see the September issue of the Electric newsletter by clicking here.

Sky Sports red button services now available

Paul — Sat, 07 May 2011 13:36:32 +0000

Sky Sports red button services launched on Virgin Media earlier this month.

The new red button options are available at various times – i.e. when there are additional football matches to show that aren’t on the standard Sky Sports channels.

Tivo customers won’t have the Sky Sports red button services for a while.

Sky Sports red button service coming to Virgin Media

Paul — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:16:55 +0000

The long awaited Sky Sports red button service might be coming to Virgin Media next week.

According to the Virgin Media blog by the very reliable Media Boy we could expect to see the red button video services appearing for Virgin Media TV customers on Thursday 28th April.

The Sky Sports red button service is also expected on Virgin Media’s new Tivo service at some point in July.

The red button service will offer additional Sky Sports sports coverage (including live football), which Sky customers have been able to enjoy for some time.

Sky Sports free today

Paul — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:59:18 +0000

As previously announced, Sky Sports is free to all Sky customers today (Sunday 26th September).

Also, if you are a Sky+ HD subscriber you will get access to the Sky Sports HD channels for the whole day as well.

The Sky Sports channels are also free for all Virgin Media customers.

Free Sky Sports on the 26th September

Paul — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:08:42 +0000

Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports 4 will be free for all Sky customers all day on the 26th September.

Sky Sports HD and Sky Movies HD now available

Paul — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:03:52 +0000

Sky Sports HD and Sky Movies HD channels are now available to Virgin Media customers for the first time. The launch comes after Ofcom told Sky they needed to offer their channels more fairly.

Sky Sports HD 1 is on channel 517 and Sky Sports HD 2 is on channel 518.

Sky Movies HD Premiere is on channel 431, Sky Movies HD Showcase is on channel 433, Sky Movies HD Comedy is on channel 434, Sky Movies HD Action & Adventure is on channel 435, Sky Movies HD Family is on channel 436, Sky Movies HD Crime & Thriller is on channel 437, Sky Movies HD Drama & Romance is on channel 438, Sky Movies HD Sci-Fi & Horror is on channel 439, Sky Movies HD Modern Greats is on channel 440 and Sky Movies HD Indie is on channel 442.

The Sky Premium HD bundle is available which costs £7 a month (per set top box) for all of the above channels.

Click here to see the Virgin Media channel lineup in full.
Click here for more details about Sky Sports & Sky Movies on Virgin Media.

Sky Sports HD 4 now available

Paul — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:07:05 +0000

Sky Sports HD 4 launched on the 29th April. It’s available on Sky channel 454.

Sky Sports HD coming to Virgin

Paul — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:04:21 +0000

Two of the Sky Sports HD channels will be launching on Virgin Media soon, due to the outcome of the Ofcom ruling saying Sky must offer their channels more freely. The two HD channels will be Sky Sports HD 1 and HD 2. In Virgin’s new ad campaign they simply state the Sky Sports HD channels are coming “soon”. It’s not known if red button content will be included in the deal or just Sky Sports HD 1 and HD 2.

Sky Sports coming to terrestrial

Paul — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:28:18 +0000

Sky Sports is coming to digital terrestrial via IPTV service BT Vision and Top Up TV.

The Guardian report BT and Top Up TV “have confirmed they will launch cut-price subscriptions to Sky Sports channels in time for the new football season, making them available on digital terrestrial television for the first time since ITV Digital went bust in 2002… the telecoms company is understood to be planning to offer Sky Sports 1 to its existing broadband/DTT customers for about £15 a month, while Top Up TV is expected to offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 for about £20 a month.”.

It’s now possible to launch Sky Sports on the terrestrial platform after a ruling from Ofcom said they must make their channels more widely available and offer them at a more reasonable price.

Ofcom ruling on Sky Sports & Sky Movies

Paul — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:07:39 +0000

The results of an Ofcom investigation have been released today (reworded from the original statement on the Ofcom website):

- Sky Sports 1 and 2 must be available on all platforms (cable, terrestrial and IPTV) at a wholesale price set by Ofcom.

- Conditional approval to Sky and Arqiva’s request to offer pay TV services on digital terrestrial under the branding header of “Picnic”. This means Sky can replace their current Freeview channels with pay TV alternatives such as Sky Sports and Sky Movies.

- “Picnic” approval is subject to Sky implementing a wholesale deal under the supply obligation for Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2. If Sky decide to offer Sky Movies on digital terrestrial then those channels must also be offered to other digital terrestrial operators.

- The Competition Commission will address the sale and distribution of subscription video-on-demand premium movie rights.

- Sky must offer to wholesale high-definition versions of Sky Sports 1 and 2 – to be offered on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

This news means Sky Sports and Sky Movies could launch on Top Up TV and Sky Sports/Movies HD channels might be coming to Virgin Media.

Sky Sports Xtra rebranded

Paul — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:30:47 +0000

Sky Sports Xtra rebranded to Sky Sports 4 this week. The channel is available on Sky channel 404 and Virgin Media.