Sky Sport (Italy)
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Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy Vatican City San Marino Switzerland |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 2160p (UHDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Skyalia (Sky) |
Sister channels | Sky Calcio |
History | |
Launched | July 31, 2003 |
Links | |
Website | sport.sky.it |
Sky Sport is a group of nine sports satellite TV channels in the Italian language produced and broadcast by Sky Italia.
Channels
[edit]EPG | Logo | Channel name | Launch | |
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Sky Box |
DTT | |||
200, 238, 250, 503 | 481 | Sky Sport 24 | August 30, 2008 | |
Sky Sport 24 HD | September 24, 2011 | |||
201, 239 | 482 | Sky Sport Uno | July 31, 2003 | |
472 | Sky Sport Uno HD | July 10, 2006 | ||
202, 240, 249 | 483 | Sky Sport Calcio | July 2, 2018 | |
473 | Sky Sport Calcio HD | |||
203, 241 | Sky Sport Football | July 31, 2003 | ||
Sky Sport Football HD | July 10, 2006 | |||
204, 242 | Sky Sport Arena | July 31, 2003 | ||
Sky Sport Arena HD | July 10, 2006 | |||
205, 243 | Sky Sport Tennis | July 2, 2018 | ||
Sky Sport Tennis HD | ||||
206, 244 | Sky Sport Action | July 1, 2021 | ||
Sky Sport Action HD | ||||
207, 245 | Sky Sport F1 | February 18, 2013 | ||
Sky Sport F1 HD | ||||
208, 246 | Sky Sport MotoGP | March 10, 2014 | ||
Sky Sport MotoGP HD | ||||
209, 247 | Sky Sport NBA | July 2, 2018 | ||
Sky Sport NBA HD |
The channel "Roma TV" is also included in the Sky Sport package.
Sky Sport 24
[edit]Sky Sport 24 is a sports all-news channel. With 24 hour cycle, of which 14 & 1/2 hours of live content (10:00–00:30) and 9 & 1/2 hours of reruns (00:30–10:00), it broadcasts current event updates, press conferences and breaking news all related to sport. British equivalent is Sky Sports News. Beginning September 24, 2011, the channel was broadcast in high definition.[1]
Sky Sport Uno
[edit]Sky Sport Uno (until July 1, 2018, Sky Sport 1) is the flagship channel of Sky Sport, dedicated to major sporting events. The British equivalent was Sky Sports 1, however it is now Sky Sports Main Event after it was renamed.
Sky Sport Calcio
[edit]Sky Sport Calcio (Sky Sport Serie A until July 1, 2021, available only with the Sky Calcio pack) is a TV channel created for Serie A and Serie B matches rights. This channel is similar to the British, Sky Sports Premier League, equivalent.
Sky Sport Football
[edit]Sky Sport Football is the channel dedicated to non-Italian football.
These are Sky Sport's Footballing rights used by this channel:
- UEFA Competitions
- UEFA Champions League (121 matches per season live until 2024)
- UEFA Europa League (until 2024)
- UEFA Europa Conference League (until 2024)
- Country Leagues
- Premier League (until 2025)
- Bundesliga (until 2025)
- 2.Bundesliga (until 2025)
- Ligue 1 (until 2024)
- J1 League (with OneFootball via Bushiroad)
This channel has other equivalents in other countries Sky operates.
Sky Sport Arena
[edit]As with other equivalents in other countries, Sky Sport Arena is a multi-sport channel for other rights not covered or clashes by other Sky Sport channels.
These are some Sky Sport's rights used by this channel:
- Basketball
- EuroBasket (2021)
- AfroBasket (2021)
- FIBA AmeriCup (2021)
- FIBA Asia Cup (2021)
- Tennis
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (until 2023)
- ATP Finals (until 2023)
- Wimbledon (until 2022)
- Rugby union
- Wrestling
- Sailing
- Handball
- Athletics
- Diamond League (except for the Golden Gala)
- Continental Tour Gold
- Waterpolo
- Volleyball
Sky Sport Tennis
[edit]Sky Sport Tennis (known as Sky Sport Golf until July 21, 2019 and as Sky Sport Collection until June 28, 2021) is a channel dedicated to tennis, which airs Wimbledon tournament and other ATP tournaments, including Next Gen ATP Finals and Nitto ATP Finals, all Masters 1000 tournaments, 5 ATP 500 tournaments and 7 ATP 250 tournaments. From 13 January 2021 until 24 March of the same year, the channel is renamed as Sky Sport America's Cup, with 24 hours a day dedicated the 2021 America's Cup.[2]
Sky Sport Action
[edit]Sky Sport Action, available since July 1, 2021 is a channel dedicated to motorsports, e.g. DTM and Porsche Carrera Cup but also other sports aired by Sky Italy, as rugby and wrestling.
Sky Sport NBA
[edit]Sky Sport NBA is the channel dedicated to the American basketball competitions.
These are Sky Sport's basketballing rights used by this channel:
Sky Sport F1
[edit]This channel, for motor-car racing, uses rights given by the FIA including these events:
- Classes (Formulas)
- Cups
- Porsche Supercup (until 2022)
- Porsche Carrera Cup (until 2021)
Sky Sport MotoGP
[edit]This channel, for motorcycle racing, uses rights given by the FIM including these events:
- Moto
- Other
References
[edit]- ^ Digital-News.it, Simone Rossi-Redazione (24 September 2011). "Sky Sport24 HD: l'all news sportiva, da oggi è anche in Alta Definizione". www.digital-news.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "America's Cup, al via la Prada Cup: come seguire lo spettacolo della vela su Sky Sport" (in Italian). Sky Italia. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.