query: when do the new sky sports channels launch

pos: Sky Sports Liga and the Eredivisie. On 24 August 2016, Sky launched Sky Sports Mix, a new channel designed to offer a sampling of content from the full range of Sky Sports networks to those who are not subscribers. On Sky, the channel is included as a basic channel with all plans, and was also available on certain Virgin Media packages on-launch. On 18 July 2017, Sky re-aligned its sports channels, dropping the numbered services in favour of dedicated channels devoted to their core sports properties, including cricket, Formula One, golf, and two football channels (with one specifically dedicated to the Premier

pos: Sky Sports News a new studio including brand new features, overhauled graphics and a new theme. On 18 July 2017, Sky Sports News HQ reverted to Sky Sports News and moved to Channel 409 in line with the expansion and rebranding of all Sky Sports Channels. Sky Sports News HD launched on 23 August 2010 on Sky channel 455, transferring to channel 405 several months later. The HD channel offered enhancements such as widescreen viewing and sharper graphics. A range of new programmes, such as "First Fast Now" and "Sky Sports News at Seven" were launched plus new presenters, as well as the

neg: Sky Sport (New Zealand) Sport 1 or 2. Sky Sport 4 is the fourth Sky Television sports channel in New Zealand, introduced on April 29, 2013 and is available on Sky channel 54. The line up includes live coverage of events as well as highlights and replays of sports screened on Sky Sport 1, 2 and 3. Sky Sport 4 also carries sports news with Fox Sports News, Sky Sports News in the UK, and Prime's The Crowd Goes Wild. More Sky Sport channels are launched in order to broadcast additional live sport. They launch at the start of the events and close shortly

neg: Sky Multichannels the edge, including some English channels which were not part of the package. The channel was replaced by Sky Sports 2 on 19 August 1994. During sports programming on Sky One, prior to the launch of Sky Sports 2, channels which were part of the Sky Multichannels package were made available free-to-view, to allow sports subscribers who did not take up the Multichannels package to watch sports coverage, but it was also used to promote the package to viewers who had not signed up to the Multichannels package. Sky Multichannels utilized space on the Astra 1A, Astra 1B, Astra 1C

neg: Sky Television (New Zealand) read in New Zealand, and the largest monthly magazine. The magazine provides monthly listings for Sky channels, as well as highlights and features. In January 2007, Sky launched "Sky Sport: The Magazine", as the published extension of the Sky Sport television package. The magazine featured articles by local and international sports writers, as well as sports photography. Sky TV Rugby commentator Scotty Stevenson was the editor. Publication ceased in June 2015. On 24 November 2011 Sky announced they had formed a partnership with Television New Zealand to launch a new low-cost pay television service during the first half of 2012.

neg: Freeview (UK) 4 became equal shareholders. Since then, the Freeview model has been copied in Australia and New Zealand. Although all pay channels had been closed down on ITV Digital, many free-to-air channels continued broadcasting, including the five analogue channels and digital channels such as ITV2, ITN News Channel, S4C2, TV Travel Shop and QVC. With the launch of Freeview other channels were broadcast free-to-air, such as: Sky Travel, UK History, Sky News, Sky Sports News, The Hits (now 4Music) and TMF (now Viva) were available from the start. BBC Four and the interactive BBC streams were moved to multiplex B. Under

neg: Sky Sports News extension of existing offerings, such as Ed Chamberlin presenting a regular live Sunday afternoon sports update. Sky backed the launch of the channel with an extensive advertising campaign, including an advert featuring its current presenters, stressing that the new channel would make it the first sports broadcaster to have five high definition channels. From 2002, Sky Sports News was available free to view on digital terrestrial TV. On Sky's digital satellite service, the channel was made available to the Sports Pack from 1 September 2009, in addition to being available in the News & Events Pack. Sky Sports News was

neg: Sky Sports News 12 August 2014. The new studio is twice the size of the old one and includes an 18 square-metre video wall. As part of the change the channel moved to Sky channel 401. New graphics were also introduced, as part of the launch. Following the rebrand of the Sky Sports channels in July 2017, the channel was once again renamed Sky Sports News. A new look for the channel was introduced at 07:00 on 5 August 2007, in time for the 2007–08 football season. The main presentation structure was retained, including the right-hand information box displaying transfers and league table.

neg: Sky Sports if taken with Sky's movie channels. On 19 August 1994, a secondary channel called Sky Sports 2 was launched. Likewise, the original service was renamed Sky Sports 1. On 1 November 1995, Sky launched a classic sports channel called Sky Sports Gold. However, the channel ceased broadcasting after only a year on the air. On 16 August 1996, Sky launched Sky Sports 3. Sky Sports also acquired the rights to Scottish football and the League Cup. With the launch of the Sky Digital satellite platform in October 1998, Sky Sports launched Sky Sports News—a channel carrying rolling sports news coverage,

neg: ITV Digital Television Commission (ITC) awarded the sole broadcast licence for DTT to them. Then on 20 December 1997, the ITC awarded three pay-TV digital multiplex licences to BDB. That same year, however, the ITC forced BSkyB out of the consortium on competition grounds; this effectively placed Sky in direct competition with the new service (Sky would also launch its digital satellite service in 1998), although Sky was still required to provide key channels such as Sky Movies and Sky Sports to ONdigital. With Sky part of the consortium, ONdigital would have paid discounted rates to carry Sky's television channels. Instead, with

neg: Sky Sports News between Espanyol and Barcelona in December 2007. Sky Sports News launched on 1 October 1998, the launch date of BSkyB's Digital Satellite service, and was BSkyB's first digital only channel. On 10 April 2000, SSN relaunched as Sky Sports.com TV, to tie with the launch of the SkySports.com website. The channel scrapped its ".com TV" look, and on 1 July 2001, Sky Sports News launched another graphics change. A major part of this was the standardisation, i.e. a more corporate look across the Sky channels. The channel also scrapped its slogan and just paid attention to the fact of the

neg: Sky+ HD As of October 2014 Sky 3D is on channel 170. From 9 June 2015 customers wanting to access Sky's 3D content will only be able to do so via its on-demand channels. To this end, there will be a new 3D segment in the Sky Box Sets, Movies, Store and TV Guide sections. Sky+ HD Sky+ HD is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by Sky plc on 22 May 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland to enable high definition channels on Sky to be viewed. For the first 2 years after launch, the service was branded

neg: Sky Arts June 2015, at 06:00 UTC+1 (05:00 UTC), Sky Arts 2 closed after showing its final classical music programme followed by promos for the new merged channel. Artsworld HD was one of the launch channels on Sky HD in 2006. It was a high-definition simulcast of Artsworld, and later Sky Arts, showing HD programmes when available, and upscaling standard-definition programmes. Following the launch of Sky Arts 2, Sky Arts HD showed a mix of programmes in high definition from both channels – generally Sky Arts 1 all day on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays and Sky Arts 2 until 7pm on Tuesdays,

neg: Sky Multichannels and Astra 1D satellites. The original subscription charge was £6.99 a month at launch, although those who signed up before 1 September 1993 could get the channels for the discounted price of £3.99 a month until the start of 1994. Additional packages including the multiple channels alongside one or more of Sky's premium channels were available from £11.99 to £19.99. The channels were encrypted using NDS Group's VideoCrypt system, and required a monthly subscription payment, VideoCrypt decoder and valid viewing card to receive the channels. In 1995 the number of Sky customers exceeded 5 million. Sky Sports 2, Sky Soap,

neg: British Satellite Broadcasting 2014. Following the merger, BSkyB moved quickly to rationalise the combined channels it now owned: Technically, two BSB channels still exist, but cannot be rationalised. The Movie Channel kept its name until 1997, being briefly rebranded as "Sky Movies Screen 2", Sky Premier and then Sky Movies 2. The channel is now Sky Movies Showcase. The Sports Channel retained its name for a while, then was rebranded to Sky Sports in April 1991, and rebranded to Sky Sports 1 in 1996, when Sky Sports 3 was launched. A new TV transmission system, Multiplexed Analogue Components (MAC), was originally developed for

neg: Disney XD (Australia and New Zealand) Disney XD (Australia and New Zealand) Disney XD is a children's subscription television channel, which is aimed at boys and girls aged 6–15, and feature live-action, sports and animation programming. The channel was launched 10 April 2014 on Foxtel. On 3 February 2014, Australian subscription television provider Foxtel announced it would launch two new family-genre channels over Easter 2014. In late February, it was announced Disney XD would be one of these family channels, scheduled to launch on 10 April 2014. On 24 December 2014, the channel launched in New Zealand on Sky Television. On 27 February 2017, Disney XD

neg: Sky Sports League), and three channels dedicated to general sports coverage. In addition, Sky announced that it would revise the pricing structure of the channels to make them more attractive to viewers; Sky customers can purchase up to three of the channels on an "a la carte" basis, or the entire bundle. On Sky's Now TV service, the entire Sky Sports service continues to be available through the timed pass system. The availability and packaging of the new service varies on other providers. Ten main channels comprise the Sky Sports service: In addition to Sky Sports Main Event, BT TV customers receive

neg: Sky Sport (Germany) 1993, which also used to include lots of sports. On 1 October 1999, DF1 was turned into Premiere World and the sports channels Premiere Sport 1 and 2 were launched on the platform. When more than two simultaneous events were available, the service could be increased to up to thirteen parallel channels. On 26 October 2002, a special service for Austria, Premiere Austria, was launched. Sky Sport (Germany) Sky Sport is a group of sports satellite TV channels in the German language produced and broadcast by Sky Deutschland. When Premiere became Sky Deutschland on 4 July 2009, the channels were

neg: History of Freeview UK August 2002 the licenses were granted to members of the Freeview consortium, with BBC getting multiplex B and Crown Castle getting multiplexes C and D. Although all pay channels had been closed down on ITV Digital, many free-to-air channels continued broadcasting, including the five analogue channels, the digital BBC channels, ITV2, the ITN News Channel, S4C2, TV Travel Shop and QVC. Freeview launched on 30 October 2002 at 5am. Sky Travel, UK History, Sky News, Sky Sports News, The Hits and TMF were available on the launch, however many channels originally available have since been removed. BBC Four and the

neg: Sky Sports F1 coverage at least in part to pay television, as the BBC brought Sky into the discussions a few days before the deal was announced, despite reported interest from Channel 4. However, since its launch, similar channels have launched in Germany and Italy (to name but two) and had seen further moves towards a pay TV/free-to-air coverage mix by FOM (the Formula 1 rights holder). In November 2011, Sky announced the new dedicated F1 channel would launch in March 2012, and will air all F1 races with coverage of practice sessions, qualifying and the race, live and commercial free. On 13

neg: Sky Ireland would not accept new applications to launch channel on their EPG, citing "very significant memory constraints" on many of its older digiboxes. In June 2012, Sky Ireland launched a new EPG for Sky+ HD boxes. The update boasts a new modernised look and improved functionality. The Sky EPG lists all channels carried on the Sky platform. Many channels are free, others are available only with a subscription. Channels on this list are owned by Sky and broadcast adverstising specifically for the Irish market. Some other channels available on the Sky platform also carry Irish advertising, such as the channels provided

neg: Sky Two the launch of Sky Three (now Pick), Sky Mix was relaunched as Sky Two and began using Kaktus Films' animated idents in line with those introduced on Sky One the prior year. On 31 August 2008, the channel adopted a revised branding of Sky 2, when Sky's entertainment channels relaunched with numeric names and shared branding elements, utilising blue solids (Sky 1), green liquids (Sky 2) and pink particles (Sky 3). On 1 February 2011, Sky refreshed the presentation on many of its channels. Sky Two's new idents would follow along the same themes as Sky One's, but the action

neg: Foxtel present the channels available are: Sky News National, Your Money, CNN, Fox Sports News, Fox8, The Comedy Channel, MTV, E! Entertainment, Fashion TV, Discovery Mobile, Disney Channel, Eurosport, Union Extreme Sports, Cartoon Network, TV1, National Geographic, ABC, SBS One and Eurosportnews. With the exception of CNN, Fashion TV, Eurosportsnews, Eurosport, Fox News, BBC World News and Fox Sports News, which are direct simulcasts of the actual channel and Sky News channels which are taken from the Sky News Active service, all channels are pre-produced loops that do not directly correlate to the full scale satellite/cable channel. At present, a limit

neg: Sky Sport (Germany) Sky Sport (Germany) Sky Sport is a group of sports satellite TV channels in the German language produced and broadcast by Sky Deutschland. When Premiere became Sky Deutschland on 4 July 2009, the channels were renamed. Premiere Sport 1 and 2 became Sky Sport 1 and 2, while Premiere Austria became Sky Sport Austria and Premiere HD was divided into Sky Sports HD and Sky Cinema HD. Sky Sport News HD, a sports news channel, started broadcasting on 1 December 2011 in basic package ("Sky Welt"). The channels that make up the Sky package broadcast from the Astra 19.2°E satellite

neg: Sky (company) continued to make losses of £10 million per week. The defunct BSB's HQ, Marco Polo House were sold, 39% of the new company's employees were made redundant to leave just under 1000 employees, many of the new senior BSkyB executive roles were given to Sky personnel with many BSB leaving the company. In April the nine Sky/BSB channels had been condensed into five, with EuroSport being dropped soon after the Sky Sports launch. Chisholm also renegotiated the merged company's expensive deals with the Hollywood studios, slashing the minimum guaranteed payments. The defunct "Marcopolo I" satellite was sold in December 1993

neg: Sky+ HD News HD, which was on channel 517, switched to channel 501. The same happened for other non-regional HD channels, including Syfy, Comedy Central, Sky Sports, E4 and Sky1. Following demonstrations in December 2008, Sky announced on 30 July 2009 its intention to launch a 3D channel during 2010, featuring a broad selection of 3D programming, which is expected to include movies, entertainment and sport. Existing Sky+ HD receivers will automatically be compatible with the new 3D service, although customers will require a new 3D compatible HDTV set to view in 3D. A 3D trailer has been in circulation in UK

neg: Digibox or WapTV applications provided as "interactive" or "teletext" content on channels, parental controls, the ability to order PPV events and some basic control over lists of favourite channels and show reminders. Early decoders seemingly support only 700 channels approximately in their channel listing, as Sky has announced it is halting SD channels' launch applications, with over 100 awaiting launch, over 600 existing channels, and an average closure rate of 1 per week. The Digibox remote control comes in four physical designs - blue with new Sky logo, blue with old Sky logo (this version was being issued from around the

neg: Sky Sports premium package on top of the basic Sky package. These channels are also available as premium channels on nearly every satellite, cable and IPTV broadcasting system in the UK and Ireland. Sky Sports News and Sky Sports Mix are both provided as part of basic packages. The Sky Sports network is managed by Barney Francis. British Satellite Broadcasting, operated The Sports Channel, which launched in April 1990. In the BSB years, it shared the same frequency with its underpromoted sister channel, the Computer Channel, which broadcast in the mornings when the Sports Channel was off-air. BSB merged with Sky Television

neg: Sky UK of content from the Sky portfolio including sport (including English Premier League Football), films, entertainment and news. The announcement came a day after Setanta Sports confirmed that it would launch in March as a subscription service on the digital terrestrial platform, and on the same day that NTL's services re-branded as Virgin Media. However, industry sources believe Sky will be forced to shelve plans to withdraw its channels from Freeview and replace them with subscription channels, due to possible lost advertising revenue. Sky initially faced increased competition from telecommunications providers to deliver pay television services over existing telephone lines using

neg: Sky Ireland (now Eutelsat 28A) at 28.5°E), enabled the company to launch a new all-digital service, Sky, with the potential to carry hundreds of television and radio channels. The old position was shared with broadcasters from several European countries, while the new position at 28.5°E came to be used almost exclusively for channels that broadcast to the United Kingdom and Ireland. New Astra satellites joined the position in 2000 and 2001, and the number of channels available to customers increased accordingly. This trend continued with the launch of Eurobird 1 (now Eutelsat 28A) in 2001. Additionally, some channels occasionally received new numbering

neg: Sky UK of converting the company business strategy to an entirely fee-based concept. The new package included four channels formerly available free-to-air, broadcasting on Astra's satellites, as well as introducing new channels. The service continued until the closure of BSkyB's analogue service on 27 September 2001, due to the expansion of the Sky Digital platform after its launch three years ago. Some of the channels did broadcast either in the clear or soft encrypted (whereby a Videocrypt decoder was required to decode, without a subscription card) prior to their addition to the Sky Multichannels package. Within two months of the launch, BSkyB

neg: Premier Sports on 25 September 2009 and relabelled Premier Sports and Premier Sports Extra on 29 July 2010. On 13 June 2013, Premier Sports Extra closed with its Sky EPG slot believed to have been sold to the Muslim World Network, which launched on the same day. Premier Sports Extra only operated for a limited number of hours during midweek, when Premier Sports closed as they used a single satellite stream. The channels were free-to-air from launch to both domestic and commercial customers but became a pay subscription channel on 5 August 2010. However the channel is sold independently by Premier Sports,

neg: ITV Sport shared it with Sky Sports since 2003. From 1997, ITV began the habit of broadcasting additional matches from the competition, at first showing one extra match per week on either the Granada Plus or Carlton Select cable channels before, following the launch of On Digital, it showed every key match through special bespoke channels Champions on 28 and Champions on 99, later ONsport 1 and ONsport 2, as well as on ITV2. This practice continued until 2009, when ITV reduced its output to just one live match per set in the competition. Live coverage ended in 2015 when BT Sport

neg: Sky Multichannels and Sky Travel which launched on 3 October 1994, joined the package. The launch of Astra 1D allowed Sky to expand the multichannels package further, with Sci Fi Channel, History Channel, and Paramount Channel, by November 1995. QVC however, which launched as part of the Multichannels package, switched to free-to-view broadcasting in 1995. In 1996, Sky reached 6 million subscribers. Launch of a further six channels including Sky Sports 3 and extended its Premier league rights Further details can be seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/19961114121936/http://www.satcodx.com/astra.html and http://www.reocities.com/heartland/4407/uksw.htm During 1997: Same as above but: The Subscription Costs, July 1997 Due to the growth

neg: Disney Channel (UK and Ireland) if they also subscribed to the full Sky Movies package (a.k.a. Sky Movies World, with contained 4 Sky Premier channels, 5 Sky MovieMax channels and 2 Sky Cinema channels). Despite the launch of Playhouse Disney, Disney Channel continued to air a block of Playhouse Disney-branded preschool programmes during school mornings, although in later years was greatly reduced. On 15 March 2003, a new logo and graphics were introduced. In early 2006, Sky and Disney were locked in ongoing negotiations over a new contract for carriage on the former's digital satellite television service. The previous, ten-year deal, which was inked while

neg: On Demand (Sky) Anytime was added to Virgin Media with content from Sky Living, following on from Sky's purchase of Virgin Media Television. Additional content began rolling out on 11 October 2011 ahead of a full launch the following day. Programming is available in both standard and high definition from Sky1, Sky Arts, Sky Living, Sky Movies, Sky News and Sky Sports. However HD content from premium channels is limited to TiVo subscribers. Sky Anytime content also became available through Virgin Media Player online on 28 October 2011 but not on mobile devices. On 6 September 2012, Sky announced that Sky Anytime and

neg: Sky Sports News Final between Exeter City and Morecambe. This was the first live match to be shown on the channel since certain European games involving British teams were shown to provide exclusivity when competing with the then operational "OnSports" (owned by ITV) as Sky Sports News was not available at that time via digital terrestrial platforms. This was due to all other Sky Sports channels being occupied by live sport. This enabled Freeview viewers to watch a live match on Sky Sports. The station also had live coverage of Wales v New Zealand on 26 May 2007 and the La Liga tie

neg: Sky Cinema in October 2008, they would launch six new high-definition simulcast channels called Sky Movies Action/Thriller HD, Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror HD, Sky Movies Drama HD, Sky Movies Modern Greats HD, Sky Movies Family HD and Sky Movies Comedy HD. This means that almost all Sky Movies channels are broadcast in both standard- and high-definition, except for Sky Movies Premiere +1, Sky Movies Classics and Sky Movies Indie which remained standard-definition only until Sky Movies Indie HD launched on 26 October 2009. On 26 March 2010, a new Sky Movies Showcase channel replaced Sky Movies Screen 1, carrying box sets, collections and

neg: Ultra-high-definition television Sports channel in the World. The channel features selected live sport events especially produced in Ultra HD and launch in the autumn via the SES-5 satellite at 5°E. Viasat is also launching an Ultra HD set-top box from Samsung and a TV-module that enables existing UHD TVs to display the channel. Satellite operator, SES said that the launch of Viasat Ultra HD brings the number of UHD channels (including test channels and regional versions) carried on SES satellites to 24, or 46% of all UHD channels broadcast via satellite worldwide. In August 2016, Sky announced that 4K broadcasts would begin

neg: Sky Multichannels analogue service on 27 September 2001, due to the expansion of the Sky Digital platform after its launch three years ago on 1 October 1998. Some of the channels did broadcast either in the clear or soft encrypted (whereby a Videocrypt decoder was required to decode, but without a subscription card) prior to their addition to the Sky Multichannels package. Within two months of the launch, Sky gained 400,000 new subscribers, with the majority taking at least one premium channel, which helped BSkyB reach 3.5 million households by mid-1994. Some channels were not launched on 1 September 1993, but were

neg: Sky Multichannels channel (Sky News utilized a variant with the signature of Gari's pre-existing "Great News" package, which had been used since launch and received a slight update with the new look). The full package was used in promotional spots for what was termed "the brand-new Sky" and during periods where Sky channels were off the air. To promote the Sky Multichannels package on the Astra satellites, a selection of channels was placed on Sky's preview channel on transponder 47 of Astra 1C in the clear. The preview channel comprised promotional material in the centre of the screen and 12 channels around

neg: Sky UK a new all-digital service, Sky, with the potential to carry hundreds of television and radio channels. The old position was shared with broadcasters from several European countries, while the new position at 28.5°E came to be used almost exclusively for channels that broadcast to the United Kingdom. New Astra satellites joined the position in 2000 and 2001, and the number of channels available to customers increased accordingly. This trend continued with the launch of Eurobird 1 (now Eutelsat 33C) in 2001. Additionally, some channels occasionally received new numbering — However, in early 2006, the majority of channels received new numbering,

neg: Sky UK division. The present service can trace its heritage back to 1989, when BSkyB's predecessors Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting encrypted their respective film channels – Sky Movies and The Movie Channel which required viewers to get decoding equipment and a subscription to watch the channels. After the two companies merged, subscribers could get access to both channels, and later the sports channel Sky Sports also became encrypted. In the autumn of 1991, talks were held for the broadcast rights for Premier League for a five-year period, from the 1992 season. ITV were the current rights holders, and fought

neg: Digital on-screen graphic Sports, History, and More4 are almost transparent, whereas others like those on Comedy Central, Disney Junior, some UKTV channels, CITV, CBBC, CBeebies, the Discovery channels, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, Boomerang and Nickelodeon are bright and noticeable. Sky Movies and Film4 do not use DOGs, but Channel 4 (starting in July 2017), Channel 4 HD and the timeshift channel Channel 4+1 all do. Some stations display their on-screen graphics permanently. The UKTV are an example that remove them during commercials and trailers, with some Sky channels removing them altogether at certain times into a programme. In addition to a fixed (sometimes animated)

neg: Sky Television (New Zealand) Sky used a portion of the freed up UHF and radio spectrum to launch its joint venture, "Igloo", in December 2012. The remaining unused spectrum was relinquished back to the Government and will be recycled to support new broadcasting ventures. In April 1997, Sky introduced a nationwide analogue direct broadcasting via satellite (DBS) service over the Optus B1 satellite. This allowed it to offer more channels and interactive options, as well as nationwide coverage. It upgraded it to a digital service in December 1998. While some channels on the UHF platform were shared with other channels, Sky Digital screened the

neg: BT Group MyDonate with the support of Cancer Research UK, Changing Faces, KidsOut, NSPCC and Women's Aid. In March 2013, BT was allocated 4G spectrum in the UK following an auction and assignment by Ofcom, after paying £201.5m. On 1 August 2013, BT launched its first television channels, BT Sport, to compete with rival broadcaster Sky Sports. Plans for the channels' launch came about when it was announced in June 2012 that BT had been awarded a package of broadcast rights for the Premier League from the 2013–14 to 2015–16 season, broadcasting 38 matches from each season. In February 2013, BT acquired

neg: Sky Sports News Sky Sports 1 stopped altogether in August 2010 but returned to Sky Sports 1 for the 2013–14 season as part of Sky Sports 1 devoting all of Saturdays to football. The simulcast ran between 15:00 and 16:55. For the 2014–15 season the simulcasts switched to the newly launched Sky Sports 5. Following the rebranding of the Sky Sports channels in July 2017, Sky Sports News is shown on Sky Sports Main Event when that channel is not broadcasting a live event. Until 1 July 2013, two hours of live feed (daily at 07:00 BST, weekdays at 17:00 BST) and one

neg: Sky Cinema and WWF wrestling. This was because at this time all of Sky's other channels, including Sky Sports, were shown free-to-air and during this period the channel was often referred to as Sky Movies Plus. When Sky Sports first became a pay channel on 1 September 1992, Sky Movies stopped showing non-films related programming. On 1 October 1992, The Comedy Channel was replaced with Sky Movies Gold, a "classic movies" channel. It was added as a 3-channel Sky Movies package. "Rocky" was the first film shown on the network. The two main channels were rebranded under a common brand on 1

neg: TalkTalk TV on TalkTalk early 2015. TalkTalk announces the axe of six Discovery network channels from the Entertainment boosts on 30 June 2016. TalkTalk strikes a deal to offer original series and content from Maker Studios, a company owned by the Walt Disney Company. From 18th July, TalkTalk users with the Sky Sports boost will automatically gain access to two new channels as part of the Sky Sports reshuffle with new titles such as 'Sky Sports Football'. TalkTalk Plus TV is delivered by IPTV signals using a YouView set-top box. These boxes also allow access to digital terrestrial television (DTT) signals using

neg: RTÉ Ireland living abroad, along with other new digital RTÉ channels. The channel was initially to launch in Spring 2009 under the branding RTÉ International. The channel was expected to launch in the United Kingdom in March 2009. (RTÉ's domestic channels are already available on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media in Northern Ireland, but not to Great Britain, owing to rights restrictions.) There are also plans to launch the channel in North America and Central Europe. A similar service aired from 1996 until 2002 operated by a now-defunct cable and satellite channel, Tara Television. This channel was carried on Sky in the

neg: Sky Cinema widescreen. On 1 November 2003, the Sky Movies Premier and Sky Movies Max channels were all brought under one banner as Sky Movies 1 to 9 inclusive. At the same time, Sky Movies Cinema 1 and 2 became Sky Cinema 1 and 2. From 30 January 2006, Sky Movies 9 and the new Sky Movies 10 started broadcasting from 5 pm to 3 am. They were PIN-protected, meaning that for the first time 15 rated films were able to be shown as early as 5 pm. With the launch of Sky HD, the two channels were also available in a

neg: QVC (UK) QVC had planned to begin broadcasting in high-definition from September 2012, to be followed by the launch of two new 24-hour channels on Sky. On 11 February 2013 Sparkle TV and Twinkle TV launched on Sky; however, QVC HD has yet to launch. On 1 July 2013, Twinkle TV was renamed QVC Style. Sparkle TV became QVC Extra on 12 August 2013, with both channels added to Freesat. The following day saw the channels relaunch with availability expanded to Freeview via the connected red button on QVC Beauty. In July 2014, QVC Extra launched on Freeview channel 57, but closed

neg: Sky Sports broadcast rights have since moved to Premier Sports. Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of subscription-television sports channels operated by the satellite pay-TV company Sky, a division of Comcast. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991, sometimes playing a large role in inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the Premier League to break away from the Football League in 1992. Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf,

neg: Sky Multichannels added later; including QVC which launched on 1 October 1993, and VH1 which launched on 1 October 1994. When VH1 Germany launched in 1995, VideoCrypt decoders would blank out the channel to UK viewers and prevent them from watching the German channel free. Nick at Nite, although part of the original Multichannels plan, did not launch. Sky Soap and Sky Travel also launched on 3 October 1994 as part of the package. The launch of Astra 1D allowed Sky to expand the multichannels package further, including the launch of Sky's pay-per-view Box Office channels in January 1997. Sky News and

neg: Sky Sports Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of subscription-television sports channels operated by the satellite pay-TV company Sky, a division of Comcast. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991, sometimes playing a large role in inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the Premier League to break away from the Football League in 1992. Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf, F1, Action and Arena are available as a

neg: Sky UK In June 2012, Sky launched a new EPG for Sky+ HD boxes. The update boasts a new modernised look and improved functionality. The EPG numbering is altered frequently when new channels launch or receive new numbers. A few times, the EPG has been substantially altered. For example: On 12 July 2011, former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown claimed that Sky's largest shareholder - News Corporation - attempted to affect government policy with regards to the BBC in pursuit of its own commercial interests. He went further, in a speech in Parliament on 13 July 2011, stating: "Mr James Murdoch, which included

neg: Sky Sports the FIA (in 2012 & 2013). Sky Sports F1 currently broadcast the entire 2018 season in 4K Ultra-HD, on the Sky Q Silver Ultra-HD package. Presentation team at Grands Prix: Sky Sports' additional F1 programming includes: Sky also has broadcast rights the ATP World Tour and the ATP World Tour Finals until 2018. Sky Sports dropped coverage of their only Grand Slam the US Open after a 25-year association in 2016 when they decided not to sublet the coverage from Eurosport. Commentators: Golf is one of the most broadcast sports across the Sky Sports channels, with at least one tournament

neg: Sky Two an animated sting featuring the new channel logo. Whereas Sky One has been available in HD since the launch of Sky HD in 2006, Sky Two is currently available in standard-definition only. Sky Two is in many ways a catch-up service for Sky's main entertainment channels, Sky One and Sky Living, broadcasting their popular shows a few days after their original airing. Doing so, Sky Two is described as a "time shuffle" channel, so called to distinguish it from timeshift channels, which rebroadcast their principal channel, delayed by one hour. Following the closure of the original Sky Real Lives in

neg: Digital television in the United Kingdom a full service across all platforms. Sky offers five HD sports channels, along with a HD sports news channel, ten HD movie channels, and several other subscription HD channels, such as Discovery HD. With Sky, there are BBC HD, Channel 4 HD, Sky1 HD, FX HD, Sky Arts HD, Luxe.tv HD, Sky Premiere HD, Sky Movies HD1 & 2, Sky Sports HD1,2 & 3, Discovery HD, National Geographic Channel HD, History Channel HD & Sky Box Office HD1 & 2 and Sci-Fi HD. Public consultation on the Trust's provisional conclusions on the proposed BBC HD service] ended on 23 October

neg: Living TV Group line-up, including Sky1 and Sky Arts, and the VMtv channels, on Virgin Media's cable TV service. For an incremental wholesale fee, Virgin Media, for the first time, had the option of carrying any of Sky's basic HD channels, Sky Sports HD 1 and Sky Sports HD 2, and all Sky Movies HD channels. Virgin Media will make available through its on-demand TV service a range of content from Sky's basic and premium channels, including the VMtv channels. Virgin Media also gained access to red button interactive sports coverage and the opportunity to deliver selected standard definition programming over the internet.

neg: Sky Sports F1 season. Sky Sports F1 HD on the Sky platform was available to new and existing customers before 1 April 2013 providing they subscribed to the HD pack. Existing subscribers to all of the Sky Sports channels without the HD pack receive a standard definition version. Virgin Media and Smallworld Cable offer the standard definition version of the channel to Sky Sports subscribers, it is not available separately. The HD version of the channel was made available to Virgin Media customers subscribing to the Sky Sports Collection with the additional Sky Sports HD pack on 15 July 2014. A standard definition

neg: Sky One However, all TV commercials were broadcast in 4:3 until November 2005, because they were played off the same servers for all Sky channels, many of which were not broadcast in widescreen. On 21 September 2004, Sky One Mix was subsequently renamed Sky Mix. On 31 October 2005, Sky Mix was renamed as Sky Two with the launch of a second sister channel Sky Three. On 25 August 2012, it was announced by Stuart Murphy, director of Sky entertainment channels, that a one-hour timeshift of Sky One and Sky Atlantic would launch in the Autumn of 2012, with the former launching

neg: Sky+ HD Source Software developments that provide capabilities that benefit the software used in the Sky+ HD box. Below is a list of boxes that have been manufactured for use with Sky+ HD. All boxes are now discontinued and no newer models are expected, since the launch of Sky Q. Sky also manufactured a standard Sky HD box without a hard drive, aimed primarily at customers subscribing to Sky Multiroom, as a cheaper alternative to receive HD channels if record and playback were not required. In over three years since launch, the number of HD channels available has increased significantly, thus Sky+

neg: Sky Sports News a minor change to on-screen graphics and side graphics. On 22 April 2013, Sky Sports News revamped their onscreen graphics setup, now using more red, blue and white colours on the information displays. Later, this graphic was started using in Sky Sport 24 in Italia (19 August 2016) and Sky Sport News HD in Germany (1/12/2016). Both of these channels also provide rolling sports news coverage. In August 2014, Sky Sports News was rebranded as Sky Sports News HQ and moved to Channel 401 to be at the forefront of Sky Sports channels. Within this introduction the channel moved to

neg: Digital television in the United Kingdom to the digital terrestrial platform with the launch of Top Up TV. This new service is designed to appeal to those who do not want to pay the higher subscription fees that Sky Television and the Cable networks demanded. The service carries some of the UK's most watched channels including the Discovery Channel, UKTV Gold, Discovery Real Time, British Eurosport and Cartoon Network. The 10 channels are split into five different slots and broadcast for only part of the day. In October 2006, Top Up TV became Top Up TV Anytime, taking advantage of the increase in the popularity of

neg: Sky Two alternative slot on Sky Two ("Terry Pratchett's Going Postal" would be shown later in the week), essentially making Sky Two a 4seven-style 'time shuffle' channel during these periods. The timeshift trial concluded on 9 August 2010, with Sky Two reverting to its previous scheduling pattern. A full one-hour timeshift of Sky One, as Sky One +1, was introduced on 12 November 2012. However, Sky do not currently offer a timeshifted version of Sky Two. On Thursday 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

neg: Sky Movies (New Zealand) Definition. All Sky Movies channels are currently broadcast in HD. On 1 November 2013 Sky rebranded their movie channel line-up with new logos. The original Sky Movies channel became Sky Movies Premiere and Sky Movies 2 became Sky Movies Extra, an additional channel Sky Movies Action was also introduced. On 7 May 2015 Sky and the Walt Disney Company announced the launch of Sky Movies Disney, dedicated to Disney family movies launching 1 July 2015. Sky Movies Premiere (formally known as Sky Movies) is Sky's original movie channel in New Zealand. Sky Movies Premiere plays a schedule of movies back

neg: Sky Movies (New Zealand) Sky Movies (New Zealand) Sky Movies is a group of subscription television movie channels in New Zealand operated by Sky Network Television. Sky Movies was started in 1990 as one of the original channels on the Sky UHF Service. Sky Movies has progressed from the original channel (now known as Sky Movies Premiere) in 1990 to six separate movie channels screening special interest movies, today. All Sky Movies channels are simulcasted in high definition. The original Sky Movies channel was started in 1990 when Sky Television first launched originally only playing movies during afternoons and evenings. 24-hour programming did not

neg: Analogue television in the United Kingdom analogue service in June 2001 – just three years after digital satellite was launched. Although some of the channels which had been part of their package, such as CNN and CNBC Europe, have continued broadcasting unaffected by Sky's departure. It was originally planned for the analogue switch-off to occur on 31 December 2002, but this was achieved 15 months earlier. The last three channels, Sky Premier, Sky One and Sky Sports 2, were switched off at 00:01 on 28 September 2001. Sky analogue equipment could still pick up German channels until 30 April 2012 when they were shut down. Cable

neg: Pick (TV channel) in early 2011 and saw Sky 1, 2 and 3 gain similar rectangular logos to Sky News and Sky Sports. The channel was rebranded as Pick TV (and Pick TV +1) on 28 February 2011. Only the name was changed, as the channel retained the look of the most recent rebrand which occurred a few weeks earlier. The launch of Challenge saw quiz and gameshow type programming move off Pick TV. On 20 September 2011 at 14:00, Pick TV +1 was removed from Freeview. This was so that all of the channels owned by BSkyB could be on multiplex C

neg: Sky Two including The Computer Channel and Sky Scottish. Sky 2 broadcast from 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM nightly, timesharing with another new channel, Fox Kids (now Disney XD) in daytime. During the time Sky 2 was operating, Sky One was rebranded as 'Sky 1' (reverting to 'Sky One' again from 1997 until 2008.) Sky used the launch of the new channel and the rebrand of Sky 1 to introduce DOGs, on both channels. On its opening night Sky 2 held an "X-Files" theme night. In addition to programmes shared with its parent, the new channel showed exclusive first-run television shows. Prominent

neg: Sky Entertainment Sky Entertainment Sky Entertainment was a television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting which was broadcast to the Scandinavian countries. The channel was the result of an agreement between Telenor CTV and British Sky Broadcasting made in March 1997, which meant Telenor would be able to broadcast two channels produced by BSkyB to their subscribers in Scandinavia. Sky Entertainment was launched in September 1997 along with Sky News & Documentaries. It carried programming from several British channels, most notably those operated by Granada Sky Broadcasting. At launch, the channels carried were: The channel shared its analogue transponder on Intelsat 707

neg: Sky Sports News Cable platform on 13 November 2008 on channel number 517. A number of programmes are simulcast on other Sky Sports channels, including the 06:00 to 09:00 portion of breakfast sports news programme "Good Morning Sports Fans", "Soccer Saturday" and many of the midweek "Soccer Specials". Soccer Saturday has been simulcast on other Sky Sports channels for many years. Until the 2007/08 season most or all of the programme was broadcast on Sky Sports 1. This was cut back in August 2007 to just the live scores section of the programme i.e. between 15:00 and 17:15. Simulcasting of "Soccer Saturday" on

neg: Price Drop pulled offline, and a technical fault card appeared on the channels. On 23 April 2014, the Bid and Price Drop websites were updated with information regarding the administration, and the channels were pulled from Virgin Media and Sky Broadband. The channels were removed from Freeview and Sky on 25 April 2014. On Freesat & Virgin Media, its EPG was taken by QVC Beauty. On Freeview, its EPG was taken by Quest. Price Drop had to change its Freeview channel number on 1 October 2004, when ITV, owner of multiplex it had broadcast on, wanted the capacity to launch ITV3 a

neg: ITV Digital Network, E4, UKTV channels and many developed in-house by Carlton and Granada such as Carlton World; and premium channels Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, Sky Premier and Sky MovieMax; and the newly-launched FilmFour and MUTV. From the beginning, however, the service was quickly losing money. Supply problems with set-top boxes meant that the company missed Christmas sales. Meanwhile, aggressive marketing by BSkyB for Sky Digital made the ONdigital offer look unattractive. The new digital satellite service provided a dish, digibox, installation and around 200 channels for £159, a lower price than ONdigital at £199. ONdigital's subscription pricing had been set

neg: Starz TV to make more room in the Sports section, and on 4 August 2008, moved again to Sky channel 371, to free space for Sky Movies' HD channels. It later moved again to Sky channel 369 on 1 May 2018. The parent company of Channel U and Fizz TV, Video Interactive Television, went into voluntary liquidation at the beginning of February 2009, before being purchased by Mushroom TV. When purchasing the two channels, Mushroom TV agreed that Channel U and Fizz TV should be rebranded. The two channels were rebranded as Channel AKA and Starz TV on 16 March 2009. On

neg: Sky Television (New Zealand) unscramble the picture. The Sky Movies channel was the only channel broadcast in NICAM stereo, all other channels broadcast in mono. The original decoder didn't actually support stereo sound, if a subscriber wanted to watch Sky Movies in stereo the subscriber had to feed the audio from another source such as a NICAM stereo capable VCR. The original channel lineup consisted of just three channels, Sky Movies (later renamed to HBO before reverting to its original name), Sky Sport and Sky News. Sky rapidly won long term rights from US sports network ESPN (which became a 1% shareholder) as well

neg: Sky Italia Sky Italia Sky Italia is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by Sky. It is similar in many ways to Sky in the United Kingdom and Sky Ireland in Ireland, which is owned by Comcast, and like that network it is a major sports broadcaster. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national FTA digital terrestrial channels: Tv8, Cielo and Sky TG24. As of 2018, following an agreement with Mediaset, Sky Italia also operates a series of digital terrestrial pay-tv channels offering sports, entertainment and movies. Pay TV services on Sky Italia satellite platform are encrypted in NDS VideoGuard. The VideoGuard

neg: Sky Television (New Zealand) an extra channel. A beIn Sports channel package is available which includes beIN Sports, beIN Sports 2 and beIN Sports Pop-Up channels. Informational channels are from 70 to 79 which includes targeted scheduling for Discovery Communications' Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, as well as News Corporation's National Geographic, BBC Earth, and Foxtel Networks versions of A+E Networks' Crime + Investigation and History. Public service channels are from 80 to 85 which includes government funded free-to-air Te Reo and the Auckland regional channel Face TV. The rural sponsored Country TV is an available extra channel. News coverage channels are from 85

neg: Sky Cinema November 1997. Sky Movies became Sky Movies Screen 1 and the Movie Channel became Sky Movies Screen 2. After a rebrand on 10 September 1998, Sky Movies Screen 1 became Sky Moviemax, Sky Movies Screen 2 became Sky Premier, and Sky Movies Gold was renamed Sky Cinema. The launch of Sky Digital from the new Astra 28.2°E satellite position in October 1998 was accompanied by a major expansion of channels. Sky Premier 2 to 4 inclusive, Sky Moviemax 2 to 4 inclusive and Sky Cinema 2, along with Sky Premier Widescreen – at the time, the only channel devoted to

neg: Plus (TV channel) deal to encrypt ITV3, and the limitations faced by Sky boxes in exceeding the 500 channel limit. Due to the similarity in both channels' content, many believed that ITV3 would replace Plus, only for this rumour to be frequently debunked by GSB themselves. ITV also looked to either sell or close the GSB channels. However, come 1 November 2004 — ITV3's launch date — it was looking increasingly likely that ITV plc's new channel would not be launched on Sky Digital. However, frantic discussions were going on behind the scenes: ITV wanted the 7 million or so Sky viewers available;

neg: BeIN Sports (Australian TV network) only in SD. For Foxtel customers, all three channels became available at no additional cost as part of the sports pack, where previously the single channel was an add-on at an additional cost. beIN Sports football rights include: beIN Sports Australia rugby rights include: beIN Sports Australia tennis right include: beIN Sports Australia handball right include: beIN Sports Australia Motorsports right include: beIN Sports Australia and New Zealand channels are available on all the major pay-TV home platforms in Australia: Foxtel and Fetch TV and New Zealand Sky. On 31 March 2016 it was announced that beIN Sports would be

neg: Sky Sport (New Zealand) after. Sky Sport (New Zealand) Sky Sport is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by New Zealand's satellite pay-TV company, Sky Network Television. Sky Sport 1 was launched in 1990. A sister channel, Sky Sport 2 was launched in 1997, followed by a third channel, Sky Sport 3 in 2003. Sky Sport 4 launched in 2013. Sky Sport 1 is the original Sky Television sport channel in New Zealand on Sky channel 51. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Sport on the Sky UHF service. It is New Zealand's premium all sport channel offers a full line-up

neg: Sky Sport (New Zealand) Sky Sport (New Zealand) Sky Sport is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by New Zealand's satellite pay-TV company, Sky Network Television. Sky Sport 1 was launched in 1990. A sister channel, Sky Sport 2 was launched in 1997, followed by a third channel, Sky Sport 3 in 2003. Sky Sport 4 launched in 2013. Sky Sport 1 is the original Sky Television sport channel in New Zealand on Sky channel 51. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Sport on the Sky UHF service. It is New Zealand's premium all sport channel offers a full line-up of

neg: Sky UK join ITV Digital's free-to-air replacement, Freeview, in which it holds an equal stake with the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva. Prior to October 2005, three Sky channels were available on this platform: Sky News, Sky Three, and Sky Sports News. Initially, Sky provided Sky Travel to the service. However, this was replaced by Sky Three on 31 October 2005, which was itself later re-branded as 'Pick TV' in 2011. On 8 February 2007, Sky announced its intention to replace its three free-to-air digital terrestrial channels with four subscription channels. It was proposed that these channels would offer a range

neg: Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic. On 5 May 2011, Elaine Pyke, the head of drama at Sky, was promoted to director of Sky Atlantic, reporting to Murphy. Programmes on the channel are also offered to Sky customers via on-demand channels including the On Demand and Sky Go services. Both BT TV and Virgin Media had held talks with Sky over the new channel but have been unable to agree a carriage deal, in Virgin's case due to pricing. It was announced on 25 October 2010 that Sky Atlantic would launch on Sky channel 108, which was previously occupied by Sky 3. Sky

neg: Sky UK court (denied by Sky) were that Sky had unfairly reduced the amount which it paid to VMTV for the carriage of Virgin Media's own channels on satellite. Eventually, on 4 November 2008 it was announced that an agreement had been struck for Sky's basic channels – including Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Sky Real Lives and Sky Real Lives 2 to return to Virgin Media from 13 November 2008 until 12 June 2011. In exchange, Sky would be provided continued carriage of Virgin Media Television's channels – Living,

neg: Freesat from Sky Sky currently include a SkyHD Digibox with new "FsfS" installations. These boxes receive a selection of standard definition and HD channels, but do not record. Those who wish to have Sky+ functionality (recording & time-shifting) must buy their own box, requiring Sky to 'pair' their existing viewing card to the new box. In addition, use of the recording facilities of these PVRs also requires an ongoing monthly fee. "Freesat from Sky" differentiates itself from Freesat not just by its use of Sky equipment but by offering both free-to-air and free-to-view channels. A card is included with installation or can be

neg: Paul Dempsey (presenter) Paul Dempsey (presenter) Paul Andrew Francis Dempsey (born 16 March 1960) is a British TV and radio sports presenter and commentator now chiefly employed by BT Sport where he covers football and boxing. After 18 years working for Sky Sports and 7 with the Dublin-based channels of Setanta Sports, on 23 May 2013 the Daily Mail reported that Dempsey had been signed by BT Sport prior to their UK launch. Dempsey was born in Marylebone, London and lived in Leicester, England between 1966 and 1978. He attended St Joseph’s School and then City of Leicester Boys' School. It had a

neg: Top Up TV sports can still be accessed on a live basis. The Xtraview access control system is still in use today for TelevisionX. On 30 August 2006, Top Up TV announced that it was to launch a new service known as Top Up TV Anytime. The new service required a Top Up TV Anytime DTR, effectively a digital terrestrial television recorder, which allows access to on demand and encrypted channels. The original service, since Anytime's launch, was later mostly phased out, being reduced to two live non-sport channels, Gold and Home. Existing channels of the original service at launch closed down or

neg: Sky One Virgin Media channels was reached and BSkyB's channels were available on Virgin's cable service from 13 November 2008. The Sky basic channels were spread across each tier of Virgin's cable TV service: Sky3 and Sky News were made available in the lowest M tier; Sky Sports News joined the M+ tier; Sky 1 and Sky 2 were made available in the L tier; and Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Sky Real Lives and Sky Real Lives 2 joined the XL tier. The following is a list of the ten most watched shows on Sky One, based on Live +7

neg: Sky Television (New Zealand) as CNN and HBO providing it with a supply of sports, news and movies for the three channels. Sky News screened a mixture of CNN International and BBC news bulletins and a replay of the TV One 6 pm One Network News bulletin. The Sky News channel was later discontinued and became branded as a CNN channel. In 1994, Sky launched two further channels, Discovery Channel and Orange, Orange later became known as "Sky 1" and then "The Box". Discovery Channel broadcast on a channel already used by Trackside. The Trackside service was available free to air to anyone who

neg: Sky+ HD package, yet entails a fee of £10.25/month if a customer does not subscribe to any Sky TV package. Viewers who do not take a subscription Sky TV package or the Sky+ service will still receive all free SD and HD channels, but cannot use the recording facilities. Uptakers of the subscription-free Freesat from Sky service are provided with a recorder-less box branded 'SkyHD' rather than Sky+ HD, given SkyHD boxes provided by Freesat from Sky do not contain hardware for recording. As of November 2016, Sky offered over 50 HD channels, more than any competitor. Numerous FTA HD channels are

neg: Sophie Turner Laing role of acting director of marketing and communications. She ended her time at the BBC as acting director of television. In 2003, she left the BBC for BSkyB. In March of that year she was appointed director of movies. In April 2004, she became deputy managing director of Sky Networks, therefore deputy head of all Sky channels except Sky Sports. In March 2007, she joined the executive of the company as managing director of content. In that role, she is responsible for the companies portfolio of entertainment and news channels. She launched a new channel, Sky Atlantic, in 2011. In

neg: Solar Entertainment Corporation It was also in the same year when Solar Entertainment forged a joint venture with the Bermuda-based communications satellite company Asia Broadcast Satellite to launch the first nationwide free-to-air direct-to-home satellite television services using the C-band, which is set to launch on the 3rd quarter of the year. Solar's channels have ceased airing on Sky Cable, the Philippines' largest cable television provider. An insider claims that these troubles with Sky Cable started when boxer Manny Pacquiao, whose fights Solar Entertainment has the exclusive right to air and distribute to, moved from ABS-CBN, the flagship television network of ABS-CBN Corporation and

neg: Satellite television by region form British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) though the new BSkyB was really Sky. The technologically more advanced BSB D-MAC/EuroCypher system was gradually replaced with Sky's VideoCrypt video encryption system. In 1994 17% of the group was floated on the London Stock Exchange (with ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange), and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation owns a 35% stake. By 1999, following the launch of several more satellites (at 19.2°E by SES), the number of channels had increased to around 60 and BSkyB launched the first subscription-based digital television platform in the UK, offering a range of 300 channels broadcast

neg: Sky+ HD Sky+ HD Sky+ HD is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by Sky plc on 22 May 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland to enable high definition channels on Sky to be viewed. For the first 2 years after launch, the service was branded Sky HD. The service requires the user to have a Sky+ HD Digibox and an HD ready TV. A subscription to the original HD pack carries an extra fee of £10.25 (€15.00 in Ireland) a month in addition to the standard Sky subscription, allowing customers to view HD channels corresponding to the channel

neg: ITV Digital to compare with the older Sky analogue service of 20 channels. In 1999, digital cable services were launched by NTL, Telewest and Cable & Wireless. In February 1999, ITV secured the rights for UEFA Champions League football matches for four years, which would partly be broadcast through ONdigital and two new sports channels on the platform, Champions ON 28 and Champions ON 99 (later renamed ONsport 1 and ONsport 2 when it secured the rights to ATP tennis games), the latter of which timeshared with Carlton Cinema. Throughout 1999, channels including MTV and British Eurosport launched on the platform. The

neg: ITV Digital Channels youth focused entertainment channel. ITV Digital Channels Ltd operates the following ITV plc's Television channels: ITV Digital Channels ITV Digital Channels Limited (ITVDCL) (formerly known as Granada Sky Broadcasting or GSkyB) is a wholly owned subsidiary of British television broadcaster ITV plc. ITV Digital Channels Ltd now solely under control of ITV plc is today a profitable business which runs all ITV plc's television channels with the exception of ITV, which is part of the ITV Network. Granada Sky Broadcasting was set up in 1996 and operated until 2004 as a joint venture between Granada plc and BSkyB to launch

neg: Astra 1A to 28.2° east in autumn 2007. The satellite came into its position on January 7, 1989. FilmNet became the first channel on the satellite when it launched on transponder 11 on February 1. Other channels such as Sky Channel, Eurosport, Sky News and Sky Movies from Sky Television, as well as the Scandinavian TV3 and MTV Europe all launched in February. The Children's Channel/Lifestyle and Screensport followed in March. The Scandinavian pay channel TV1000 launched in August 1989. Sky Television had originally planned to launch The Disney Channel and Sky Arts on the Astra satellite in 1989, but these plans