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Timeline of sport on Channel 5

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a timeline of sports broadcasting on Channel 5.

1990s

  • 1997
    • 31 March – On its first night on air, Channel 5 launches its overnight coverage of American sports when it broadcasts the first edition of Live & Dangerous. The programme broadcasts on weekdays through the night and includes live coverage of American sport as well as highlights from American and other global sports events. The first programme features the opening day of the 1997 Major League Baseball season.
    • 31 May – Even though Channel 5 had said that it hadn't been intending to show live sport at peak time, it buys the rights to one of England's qualifying matches for the 1998 World Cup – an away match against Poland. It also shows the first of two international games of England's rugby union tour of Argentina.
    • Autumn – Football on 5 fully launches as football becomes a regular fixture of the channel's output following the purchases of rights to UEFA Cup games and away qualifying matches involving the home nations, showing the latter for the next decade.
  • 1999
    • Channel 5 replaces Channel 4 as the terrestrial broadcaster of the NFL and airs coverage for the next six seasons.

2000s

  • 2000
    • Channel 5 begins showing live coverage of MotoGP. It shows the event for the next three seasons.
    • Channel 5 broadcasts weekly highlights of the English Premiership, and does so for just one season.
  • 2003
    • No events.
  • 2005
    • No events.
  • 2006
    • May – Five becomes the terrestrial home of highlights of England cricket's home matches.[1]
    • September – Five resumes its coverage of the National Hockey League.
  • 2009
    • 12 June – Five’s coverage of the NHL finishes. It also ends its coverage of the NBA at the same time.
    • September – Five becomes the lead broadcaster of the UEFA Europa League meaning it can show the entire tournament, including the final, for the first time. Previously it had only been able to show the early rounds due to the BBC or ITV having the rights from the quarter-finals onwards.
    • 9 September – Five signs a deal to broadcast highlights of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on terrestrial television in the UK.[4]

2010s

  • 2010
    • Five ends its live overnight coverage of American sport, when it decides not to continue its coverage of American Football. This brings to an end its coverage of American sport which had been a mainstay of Channel 5's weeknight overnight programming since the channel’s launch.
  • 2012
    • 9 May – Channel 5’s fifteen years of showing Europe’s second tier football clubs competition ends when it shows live coverage of the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final.
    • 28 July – Football on 5 ends after the channel stops showing live football following the transfer of the rights to show the UEFA Europa League to ITV. The last game to be shown is a pre-season friendly.
  • 2013
    • No events.
  • 2014
    • No events.
  • 2015
    • Channel 5 expands its coverage of Mixed Martial Arts when it begins showing highlights to every BAMMA event.
    • 8 August – Football returns to Channel 5 when it takes over the contract to broadcast highlights of the Football League and the League Cup. It launches two new programmes under the revived Football on 5 banner. They are called The Championship and The Goal Rush. The programmes are broadcast from 9pm on Saturday evening.
  • 2016
    • 4 September – Channel 5 acquires the UK broadcasting rights to Formula E from the 2016–17 season following Formula E's termination of its contract with ITV.[6] It shows all races from round three and then shows all of the following season.
  • 2017
    • Coverage of MotoGP returns to Channel 5 although this time the coverage of restricted to highlights only. Channel 5 covers the event for the next two years.
    • September – Channel 5 takes over from ITV as broadcaster of highlights of the Premiership Rugby . The deal also sees five matches per season broadcast live by the channel. This is the first time that the league has been shown live on terrestrial TV. The also includes highlights of the Premiership Rugby Cup.[7]
  • 2019
    • 15 September – After 14 seasons, Channel 5 shows cricket highlights for the final time. The rights transfer to the BBC from 2020 onwards.[8]

2020s

  • 2020
    • 14 September – Channel 5, now part of the CBS Sports family, resumes its coverage of the NFL when it starts showing the weekly Monday night game plus a weekly highlights show produced by CBS Sports.[9]
  • 2021
    • No events.
  • 2022
    • 2 March – Wasserman Boxing and Channel 5 announce a deal which will see Channel 5 air five fight nights Wasserman Boxing-promoted fight nights during 2022.[10] This is later extended to cover 2023.[11]

References

  1. ^ House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee report "Broadcasting Rights for Cricket", 24 January 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ^ Channel Five snaps up Italian Football Guardian, 12 June 2007
  3. ^ Serie A returns to UK terrestrial TV live on Five Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine SportBusiness.com, 2 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2012
  4. ^ Five agrees deal to show UFC highlights Digital Spy, 9 September 2009
  5. ^ Great Birmingham / South Run 2014 live on Channel 5
  6. ^ "Exclusive: Channel 5 bags UK TV rights to Formula E". September 4, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Meagher, Gerard (2017-05-04). "Channel 5 to show live Premiership match for the first time on terrestrial TV". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Live cricket returns to BBC TV". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 agrees three-year Monday Night Football deal in UK". SportBusiness. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  10. ^ "WASSERMAN BOXING AND CHANNEL 5 ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE MULTI-EVENT DEAL TO REVOLUTIONISE FREE-TO-AIR BOXING IN THE UK - Viacom CBS".
  11. ^ WASSERMAN BOXING 2023 SCHEDULE GETS UNDERWAY WITH WORLD TITLE ACTION FOR ARTHUR AND EUBANK RETURN, LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 5 23 February 2023
  12. ^ Channel 5 partners with Sky for Cricket World Cup highlights
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