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This is a timeline of Premier Sports , which includes the period when the channel broadcast as Viaplay Sports, and of its former free-to-air channel FreeSports.

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  41. ↑ BT secures Serie A football
  42. ↑ Premier Sports bags Nations League Coverage until 2024
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  50. ↑ "Viaplay adds PDC Darts coverage". 10 November 2022.
  51. ↑ Premier Sports buys out Viably UK
  52. ↑ Viaplay closing Sky/Virgin channel ahead of return to Premier Sports
  53. ↑ Premier Sports returns to Sky and Virgin next week
  54. ↑ Premier Sports picks to SPFL rights
  55. ↑ Premier Sports to launch 24/7 rugby channel with EPCR rights
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