Sports Tonight Live, branded simply as Sports Tonight, was a British television show and channel, owned by VISION247 based in Central London. It was launched online on 29 August 2011.[1]

On 15 October 2011, Sports Tonight Live began to broadcast on Freeview,[2] where it is listed as Sports.[3] The channel requires an internet connected Freeview HD set-top box or television, although the service may not be compatible with early Freeview HD equipment.[4] Sports Tonight Live was the first English language channel to use VisionIPTV's studio production and internet broadcast playout services.[5] It was also the first over-the-top delivered channel on the Freeview platform.[6]

Sports Tonight Live has also previously broadcast free-to-air on BEN Television and free-to-view on Primetime.[7][8]

Every show is broadcast live for four hours every week night and during the afternoon at the weekend.[4] At other times, the latest programme is shown on a loop and branded as Sports Tonight Replay. From 17 August 2012, Sports Tonight Live began to air live Polish football from the Ekstraklasa three times a week.[9]

In October 2014, Vision247 moved Sportstonightlive to FreeviewHD244 & currently broadcasts live five nights a week. BetRacingNation part of SportstonightLive also broadcasts live on SKY 212 every Saturday morning from 10am.

References

  1. ^ "Tonight, the..." Facebook. 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Boxing incentive to connect Freeview set-tops". Broadband TV News. 14 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Sports". Ofcom. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Info". Sports Tonight Live. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. ^ "MacKenzie signs Sports Tonight Live to VisionIPTV". SourceWire. 28 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first". Digital TV Europe. 30 September 2011.
  7. ^ "A reminder that we are liv ..." Twitter. 12 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Great excitement in the of". Twitter. 1 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Polish Football is Coming to Sports Tonight". YouTube. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

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