BBC Wimbledon Red Button streams activated The BBC has activated extra red button streams to provide coverage from Wimbledon. We reported earlier ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/2018/06/13/bbc-red-button-streams-summer-2018/ ) that the service was testin…
Continue reading →Motorsport TV returns to Sky boxes Motorsport TV has announced its return to Sky after a “technical issue” kept it off the platform for more than a week. As we reported last week ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/2018/06/20/motorsport-tv-remove…
Continue reading →Wimbledon in UHD on SkyQ The BBC has confirmed that Sky Q users will be able to access UHD/4K coverage from this year’s Wimbledon tournament, although there will be no support for HDR. Sky Q users will be able to access UHD coverage of the men…
Continue reading →Motorsport.tv removed from Skys EPG Motorsport.tv has been removed from Sky channel 429. It is thought that this is only temporary. A message from Motorsport.tv says “Apologies, we are currently experiencing technical difficulties on Sky, but sho…
Continue reading →BeIN Sports (MENA) bows to pressure by opening up some World Cup coverage Qatar’s beIN Media Group has made 22 matches from the 2018 Fifa World Cup available via its free-to-air channels in the Middle East and North Africa following pressure over acces…
Continue reading →BBC Red Button Streams for Summer 2018 As usual, the BBC has launched some extra “Red Button” streams. These “pop up” channels allow the BBC to show a but more Sport over the summer months, including multiple Wimbledon courts. We are expecting these BB…
Continue reading →Football World Cup 2018 Coverage The Fifa Football World Cup 2018 will be the 21th World Cup. It took place between 14 June to 15 July 2018 in Russia. UK TV Coverage will be split between the BBC and ITV (Coverage details here : https://www.satandpcguy.com/2017/12/05/bbc-and-itv-confirm-world-cup-2018-coverage/ ) Spanish TV coverage will be provided by “Mediaset”, who […]
Continue reading →Paramount Network to launch on Sky soon Viacom Intl. Media Networks U.K. announced Friday that it will launch Paramount Network, a free-to-air channel offering a mix of drama, comedy and movies, in Britain on July 4. Paramount Network will be the British home of various free-to-air premieres, including the seventh season of “Suits,” the drama […]
Continue reading →Sky Living to be renamed Sky Witness Sky is to rebrand the Sky Living (again!) channel as “Sky Witness”. The change will take place on 6th August 2018. The channel first launched under the name UK Living in 1993, later becoming “Living TV” and then just plain “Living”, became part of Sky’s channel portfolio in […]
Continue reading →French Open Tennis to remain free and on ITV for next three years The French Open will continue to be shown free-to-air on UK television, after current rights holder ITV extended its rights deal to live tennis from Roland Garros in a new three year dea…
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