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As good as it gets
Sky Sports is the umbrella term for the most comprehensive package of sports broadcasting in the UK. Billed as the ‘Home of live sport’, the channel has an enviable reputation as its coverage cuts deep into the sporting fabric of the country, Europe and the world.
Key amongst the Sky Sports collection is the coverage of the FA Premier League. Indeed the catalyst for many wishing to invest in digital television is the comprehensive coverage of Premiership matches, many of them broadcast live. Football coverage is augmented with all major European competitions, South American and African footballing events being broadcast. All this is peppered with the biannual ‘major’ tournament, either the FIFA World Cup or the European Championships.
The growing popularity of cricket as a sport is also a lynchpin of the Sky Sports timetable. 20-20 competitions, one day internationals and test match series are shown in full. Tennis, Formula One, golf, basketball, Nascar, boxing, rugby league, rugby union and world rallying also take prominence in the schedule which at last count included more than 100 different sports.
The Sky Sports channels include: Sky Sports One, Two, Three, Xtra, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports at the Races for horseracing enthusiasts. Many of these channels are available in high-definition, designed to further enhance the viewing pleasure.
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“Upgrade to ESPN to enjoy 46 additional live Barclays Premier League games, 30 additional SPL games and live games from some of the top European leagues. Plus, enjoy a wide range of live sports from North America including baseball, basketball and ice hockey.” – £9/m with Sky Sports, £12/m without.
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Football funnies
Humour can appear in many different forms, ranging from razor sharp wit to slapstick comedy, but there is little that is more guaranteed to get a laugh than the sight of someone unintentionally looking very silly indeed. From businessmen walking into lampposts or drunkards falling over, as a nation we Brits usually enjoy a little chuckle from afar – and in this video you can enjoy some of the silliest mistakes to have been committed on a football field. Here, Carlsberg have pulled together disastrous goalkeeping, spooned shots, awkward collisions and hopelessly spurned opportunities in front of goal. Each of these share a wonderful, humorous quality.
Moments like these are the scourge of a professional footballer’s life. They may enjoy worldwide celebrity and inflated wages, but when things go wrong – they often do so in front of an audience of thousands.
This video is taken from the Carling ‘Part of the Game’ series, which aims to look at football from a number of different perspectives. Football is a sport which encompasses passion, skill, elegance, style – and in this case – humour. One player that is well worth looking out for during this video is the mop-headed Columbian midfielder Carlos Valderrama, who gets a little more than he is expecting whilst waiting for a corner to be taken.
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The Eurosport tradition
Aside from the two main players, a plethora of interesting sports channels have collected on the digital network during the past two years. Prominent amongst these is Eurosport, which has carved a reputation for itself as being one of the best sports broadcasters on the continent.
Far wider ranging in its scope than either Setanta Sports or Sky Sports, Eurosport is the largest sports satellite and cable network and is available in 54 different countries and broadcasts in 20 different languages. Eurosport also enjoy a long tradition in comparison to some other channels in the rather young field of digital broadcasting – having started its programming in 1989.
Follow your club
Much more recent arrivals in the sector include a host of football club specific television channels. Designed to satisfy the needs of the passionate football fan, the list of these specialised channels is growing longer each year. Have a look at the following list to see if your team has a designated channel on the digital network:
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Everyone's a winner!
The Premier League, the Ashes and the Six Nations Rugby Tournament, these are just some of the fixtures that I have on my list for the next year or so. The coverage of the events from Sky is almost as good as their range of sports too. There’s more cameras, more opinion, better pundits and more advanced technology than almost anywhere else. Fantastic!
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