Timeline of sport on Channel 5

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This is a timeline of sports broadcasting on Channel 5.

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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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