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Country | United Kingdom, Ireland |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
Slogan | Take them all on. |
Headquarters | Here East, Hackney Wick, London |
Programming | |
Picture format | 2160p UHDTV (downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BT Group |
Sister channels | AMC from BT BoxNation BT Sport Box Office BT Sport ESPN BT Sport Extra |
History | |
Launched | 1 August 2013 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Cable | |
Virgin Media (UK) | Channels 527–531 (HD) |
Satellite | |
Sky | Channels 413–414, 417, 423 (SD) Channels 490, 494, 867–869, 872 (HD) |
IPTV | |
BT | Channels 408–411, 450–455 (SD) Channels 430–434, 456, 458–463, 494–495 (HD) |
Plusnet | Channels 408–411, 450–455 (SD) Channels 430–432, 434 (HD) |
TalkTalk TV | Channels 408–411, 450–455 |
Eir Vision | Channels 407–410 (SD/HD) |
Vodafone Ireland | BT Sport 1, 2, 3 and ESPN |
Streaming media | |
BT Sport Player | Watch live (1, UK only) Watch live (2, UK only) |
Virgin TV Go | Watch live |
Now TV | Watch live (Ireland only) |
BT Sport is a group of pay television sports channels provided by BT Consumer; a division of BT Group in the United Kingdom and Ireland that was launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at the former International Broadcast Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.[1] BT Sport is available on the BT TV, Sky and Virgin Media television platforms in the UK and Sky, Eir TV and Vodafone TV in the Republic of Ireland.
BT Sport holds exclusive live UK and Republic of Ireland TV rights to 52 Premier League matches per season, all Australia's home cricket matches, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UFC, National League, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga, the FA Community Shield, the FA Trophy and the European Rugby Challenge Cup, the Premiership Rugby Cup, MotoGP, the FIH Hockey World League and WWE. They are also the official broadcast partner of the European Rugby Champions Cup and Premiership Rugby. BT Sport also holds shared rights to the FA Cup with the BBC until 2020–21, the Scottish Professional Football League with Sky Sports and BBC Alba. In 2015, BT Sport launched their showcase service in SD and in HD in 2017. The SD service closed on 9 May 2017 and the HD service in 2018.