ITV4 is a

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television channel which was launched on 1 November 2005. It is owned by

ITV Digital Channels ITV Digital Channels Limited (formerly known as Granada Sky Broadcasting) is a wholly owned subsidiary of British broadcaster ITV plc. It manages all of the company's television channels with the exception of ITV, which is part of the enti ...

, a division of

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, and is part of the ITV network. The channel has a line-up that consists of sports, cult classic films such as

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, US dramas, and classic ITV action series of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

History

It was expected that ITV4 would replace the existing Men & Motors channel (which was replaced by

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) in the same way Granada Plus was rebranded into ITV3, until ITV plc stated that the two channels would run alongside each other, forcing the ITV News Channel on Freeview to timeshare with ITV4. ITV replaced the failing News Channel with CITV. Both channels were on Freeview until ITV plc took Men & Motors off Freeview (although it remained on other platforms for some time until April 2010) and replaced it with the live quiz channel

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. Some programming from Men & Motors was transferred to ITV4. ITV4

ITV4 was the first channel to use the new on-screen look that was rolled out across the rest of ITV plc's channels on 16 January 2006. Red Bee Media designed the new logos and presentation for the entire corporation that saw the end of the yellow and blue squared look designed for ITV, ITV2 and the cube look for ITV3. An ITV 2005 interim results presentation revealed that an old style logo was designed for the channel but was never used on air. The channel initially broadcast early in the evenings, but had its hours extended to cover daytime programming in February 2008, following previous trials where CITV handed over to ITV4 early in the weekends, closing at 12.30pm instead of the usual 6pm handover. ITV4 was launched on

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in Ireland on 4 January 2010, marking the first time the channel has been officially available in the country. The channel had already been (and remains) available to Irish viewers on

satellite for some time, but it has not been listed in the Sky

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since its removal on 25 January 2006. On 1 April 2011, ITV4 was removed from UPC Ireland along with ITV2 and ITV3 due to the expiry of a carriage agreement between UPC and ITV. UPC Ireland claim that ITV is not in a position to renegotiate the deal because ITV had struck a deal with another channel provider to provide it with exclusive rights to air certain content from the channels. Conversely, UPC Ireland also claims to have been in discussions right up to the last moment in order to continue broadcasting the channels. ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 were restored to the UPC Ireland line-up on 20 December 2011.

Virgin Media One Virgin Media One, also called Virgin One, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Ireland (part of Liberty Global), operated through its subsidiary Virgin Media Television. The channel was known until 30 August 20 ...

and its sister channel

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already hold carriage agreement to air certain ITV content within the Republic of Ireland, alternatively UTV is available within the Republic. ITV2 is available along with ITV3 and ITV4 within Switzerland, all three channels are available on SwisscomTV and

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. ITV4 is registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg. On 7 October 2022, the ITV4 Twitter account was deleted in order to streamline the ITV channels for a rebrand in November.

Launch

ITV4's launch night was on Freeview channel 30. Although it was broadcast on the

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satellite used by Sky, so users could manually tune it in. It was launched on Sky channel 120, after ITV2 and ITV3 in the listings, on 1 November. Prior to this date, some sporting content was simulcast on Men & Motors in an ''ITV4 on M&M'' strand. It officially launched with

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

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in the

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(

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v Anderlecht was on ITV1 at the same time), the UKTV premiere of

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, and the film Carlito's Way.

Subsidiary channels

ITV4 +1

In late October 2008, it was announced that a timeshifted (+1) version of ITV4 would be launched by the end of the year. ITV4 +1 was launched on Sky on 1 December 2008, on Freesat on 9 December 2008 and on Virgin Media on 25 March 2010. It was delisted from Sky on 11 January 2011, due to the launch of ITV1 +1 (now known as ITV +1) taking up space on the EPG; the channel is still available on Freesat and Virgin. The channel was restored on 1 June 2012.

ITV4 HD

A high-definition

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simulta ...

of ITV4, ITV4 HD, was launched on 15 November 2010 alongside the sister channel, ITV3 HD on Sky. The channel was initially available through Sky's pay subscription service in a non-exclusive deal, before being added to

Virgin Media Virgin Media is a British telecommunications company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are at Green Park in Reading, England. It is owned by Virgin Media O2, a 50:50 joint ventu ...

's service on 14 March 2013. ITV4 HD's high definition content includes films, and sports events which currently include ''

British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as ...

'',

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

, horse racing, snooker, darts (including the

UK Open The Cazoo UK Open is a ranking major darts tournament held annually at the Butlins Minehead Resort by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in England. Often referred to as the "FA Cup of darts", the UK Open replicates the abolition of seedin ...

and the Players Championship Finals) and French Open tennis as well as highlights of other sporting events and content from the

ITV Sport ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV. It was formed following the merger between Granada Sport and Central Sport.Freesat Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...

data had been added to ITV4 HD, indicating that the channel will be made available on Freesat soon. On 8 November 2022 the HD version replaced the SD version on Freesat channel 117.

Branding

2013 rebranding

In line with the corporate rebranding of ITV, ITV4 received a new look on 14 January 2013. The channel received a "slate-grey" logo and became the "home of sport and cult classics". Channel promotion includes pub factoids and idents featuring viewer nominated "dreams come true".

2022 rebranding

ITV4 received its first revamp in nine years in November 2022 as part of a redesign of all of ITV's main channels, being carried out in tandem with the launch of the streaming service

ITVX ITVX (formerly ITV Hub) is a British online video-on-demand service operated by ITV. The service offers predominantly features content from ITV1, as well as ITV Digital channels and some licensed content. The service was known as ITV Player fr ...

. The idents launched on 15 November 2022. The logo is coloured green and uses idents that were cross-used across ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, and ITVBe with different elements added into the same scene.

Programming

Current programming

* '' AEW Dynamite'' (also shown on

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) * ''

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'' (also shown on ITV1) * ''Auto Mundial'' * '' The Avengers'' * ''

Ax Men ''Ax Men'' is an American reality television series that premiered on March 9, 2008 on History. The program follows the work of several logging crews in the second-growth forests of Northwestern Oregon, Washington and Montana and the rivers of ...

'' * '' Bear's Mission with...'' * '' Beat The Chasers * '' Benidorm'' (also shown on ITV2) * ''The Big Fish Off'' * ''The Big Match Revisited'' * ''Britain's Busiest Motorway'' * ''

'' * ''

Cadfael Brother Cadfael is the main fictional character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedic ...

'' * '' The Car Chasers'' * ''Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera'' * ''The Car Years'' * '' Cash Cowboys'' * ''

The Champions ''The Champions'' is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast in the UK on IT ...

'' * '' The Chase Celebrity Special'' (also shown on

and Challenge) * '' Columbo'' (also shown on ITV3 and

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) * '' Dempsey and Makepeace'' * '' Duck Dynasty'' * ''Extreme Salvage Squad'' * ''

Goodwood Revival The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit since 1998 for the types of racing cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit's original period—1948–1966. History The first Revival t ...

'' (depending on the episode's subject matter also shown on ITV, as some episodes are mainly sports coverage, while others are motoring programmes) * ''Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip'' (also shown on ITV1) * '' Hornblower'' * '' Ironside'' * ''ITV Sport Stories'' * '' Junk & Disorderly'' (also repeated late night on ITV1) * ''Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers'' * ''

'' * ''Lovecars: On the Road'' * ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'' * ''

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'' (the ITV1 series) * '' The Motorbike Show'' (also repeated late night on ITV1) * ''Monster Carp'' * ''

Mr. Bean ''Mr. Bean'' is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect and starring Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consists of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and R ...

'' * '' Only When I Laugh'' * ''

Pawn Stars ''Pawn Stars'' is an American reality television series shown on History and produced by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24 ...

'' (also shown on

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, Lifetime and Blaze) * '' The Professionals'' * ''

The Protectors ''The Protectors'' is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series to exclusively use live actors as opposed to marionettes (following ''UFO''), and his second to be firmly set in ...

'' * ''

River Monsters ''River Monsters'' is a British and United States, American wildlife Documentary film, documentary Television show, television programme produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. It is hosted by extreme Angling, ang ...

'' (also shown on

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and DMAX) * '' Robin of Sherwood'' * '' The Saint'' * '' Sherlock Holmes'' * '' The Sweeney'' * '' Tenable'' * ''When English Football Ruled Europe'' * ''

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...

'' * '' World of Sport'' ('Best of..' compilations)

Former programming

* ''Fierce'' * ''

Fifth Gear ''Fifth Gear'' is a British motoring television magazine series on Discovery+. It is a continuation of the ''Fifth Gear'' format originally broadcast on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011, afterwards moving to Discovery Channel in 2012, and then in ...

'' (moved to Discovery+) * ''

Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels was the itinerant collection of flimsily assembled gambling houses, dance halls, saloons, and brothels that followed the army of Union Pacific railroad workers westward as they constructed the First transcontinental railroad in 186 ...

'' * '' Grandma Jane's Garden Adventures'' * ''Take the Tower'' (2018) * ''Football Genius'' (2018) * '' The New Avengers'' * ''

Nitro Circus ''Nitro Circus'' is an "action sport collective" led by Travis Pastrana, featuring his friends and him traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, BASE jumping, and performing stunts. Co-founded in 2003 by Pastrana, Nitro Circus has become a m ...

'' * ''

Quincy, M.E. ''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that aired on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles County med ...

'' * ''Speed Freaks'' (2019) * '' Space Precinct'' * '' Storage Wars'' * '' Storage Wars: New York'' * '' Storage Wars: Texas''

Sports coverage

Before ITV4's launch in 2005, ITV's digital sports coverage was on ITV2, but after its launch all sports coverage moved to ITV4. In its first week, it had coverage of the aforementioned

game in the

, and also had coverage of

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v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the

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on the Thursday, and Amir Khan's fight against Steve Gethin from the

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on the Saturday.

Current coverage

Football * FA Cup Live & Replays (2008–2014 & 2022–present) * England Women's Team Qualifiers & Friendlies (2021–present) * Arnold Clark Cup (2022–present) * FIFA World Cup (2006–present: Extra group games) * UEFA European Championship (2008–present: Extra group games) * EFL Championship, League One, League Two & EFL Cup Highlights (2022–present: highlights on itv4 and repeated on itv) Cycling *

(from 2002 until at least 2019, shared with Eurosport) *

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire is a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour. ...

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

(2011–present) * Critérium du Dauphiné *

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professional ...

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the ' Monuments' or classics of th ...

* Tour Series cycling * Tour of Britain * Revolution Series Rugby union *

Women's Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held in 1991, but it was not until the 1998 tournament that the tournament received official backing ...

* Under 20s Rugby World Cup *

Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb E ...

* Aviva Premiership Highlights (2008–2017 & 2022–present: highlights on itv4 and repeated on itv) * Aviva Premiership Live Coverage including Premiership Final (2022–present) Horse racing * Weekly Saturday Afternoon Horse Racing, 40 days of big meetings such as Grand National on ITV with 60 days of horse racing on ITV4 (2017–present) Motorsport *

Isle of Man TT The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world ...

(from 2009–present) *

(from 2005–present, live until 2026 with highlights on ITV) * British Superbikes (live from 2005 to 2007 and highlights from 2009–present, live on British Eurosport) *

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

(highlights from 2016–present, live on British Eurosport) * MotoGP (Live in 2021 from the French Round and highlights from 2014 to 2016, 2021–present) *

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

(highlights from 2006–2008, 2013–2015, 2020-present) * Motorsport UK (highlights from 2005–present) * Goodwood Festival of Speed (highlights on ITV, shared with Sky Sports F1) * BRDC Formula 3 Highlights Darts * European Championship (2008, 2011, 2013–present) * Players Championship Finals (2009–2010, 2011–present) *

The Masters The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first ma ...

(2013–present: PDC tournament, not to be confused with the BDO Winmau World Masters with ITV covered from 1974 to 1988) *

(2014–present, previously on Sky Sports) * World Series of Darts Finals (2015–present) * World Series of Darts (6 tournaments with live or delayed coverage on ITV4 from 2015–present) Snooker * Champion of Champions (

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–present) * World Grand Prix (2015–present) * Players Championship Grand Finals (2016–present) Boxing * The Big Fight Live (2005–2010 & 2017–present, selected fights on ITV4 with others on ITV Box Office) *

Premier Boxing Champions ''Premier Boxing Champions'' (PBC) is an ongoing series of televised boxing events connected to manager Al Haymon. PBC was initially promoted as an effort to return boxing to mainstream broadcast and cable television, as opposed to premium chann ...

(2019–present, selected fights on ITV4 and more fights on ITV Box Office) Wrestling * AEW Dynamite (2019–present, full broadcast on ITV4 on Friday nights, and highlights on ITV) *

(2021–present, full broadcast on ITV4 on Tuesday nights, and highlights on ITV)

Former coverage

Football * International Friendlies, Qualifiers and Play-Offs (2010–2018, from 2014 to 2018 at least one qualifier live per matchday not involving a UK Home Nation, shared with Sky Sports) * Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland National Team Highlights (2014–2018, live on Sky Sports and highlights on BBC NI, BBC Scotland & BBC Wales) * England National Team Highlights and Re-runs (2008–present, Nations League and in-season friendlies live, plus highlights also on Sky Sports) *

(2nd exclusive match on ITV4 from 2005 to 2008 and delayed matches and highlights from 2008 to 2018, now on BT Sport) *

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...

(highlights from 2015 to 2018, live on BT Sport) *UEFA Super Cup Highlights (2008–2014, on ITV4 if a British club is involved & highlights from 2015 to 2018) *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

Replays (2009–2010, now on BBC Sport) * FA Community Shield Highlights (2008–2014, now on BT Sport & BBC Sport) * FA Trophy Final (2009, now on

BT Sport BT Sport is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at the former International Bro ...

) *

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

(live and highlights) *

Euro 2008 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of Europea ...

(live and highlights) *

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(live and highlights) * Euro 2012 (live and highlights) * World Cup (Brazil 2014) (live and highlights, all major tournaments alongside BBC Sport) * European Championships (France 2016) (live on BBC Sport & ITV Sport, selected games & highlights on ITV4) * African Cup of Nations (2012–2015, live coverage & highlights. Now on Eurosport) *

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

(weekly highlights from 2012 to 2017) *

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

(2019) Boat race *

The Boat Race The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. There are separate men's ...

(highlights from 2006 to 2009, now on BBC Sport) Boxing * Frank Warren fights (2006–2008, now on

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and

) * Hennessey fights (2008–2010) * Undercard of main fight (usually shown on ITV4 with main event on ITV with all fights from 2008 to 2010 on ITV4) * Carl Frampton Live: Undercard live on ITV4, Frampton Live on ITV & highlights on ITV4 Cricket * Ashes Cricket (highlights from 2010 to 2011) * IPL Cricket (2010–2014, now on BT Sport) * Cricket World Cup Highlights (2015, live on Sky Sports with highlights on ITV & ITV4) Snooker * Power Snooker (2010–2011) * World Open (

) * Snooker Shoot Out (2016–2018, now on Eurosport) Darts *

Grand Slam of Darts The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invited the best performing players from its rival, the British Dart ...

(2007–2010, now on Sky Sports) Motorsport *

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

(highlights and re-runs from 2006 to 2008, now on Channel 4 and

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) *

GP2 Series The GP2 Series was a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Eccles ...

(live and highlights from 2006 to 2008, now on Sky Sports F1) * DTM (highlights from 2012–) * Formula E (2014–2016, now on Channel 4, Quest, and Eurosport) Cycling *

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...

(2011) Rugby Union * LV Cup Highlights (2010–2017, live on Sky Sports) * Heineken Cup Highlights (2010–2014, live on Sky Sports, which ended when it became European Champions Cup) Tennis * Masters Tennis from the Royal Albert Hall (2010–2014) * French Open (from 2012–2021, lost rights to

Eurosport Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its international sports unit, it operates two main channels— Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, ...

)

References

External links

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