Stöð 2 Sport 2 is an Icelandic sports channel that shows over 300

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games from the

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each season. It is the only channel in

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that has the right to show English League games. Stöð 2 Sport 2 was created ahead of the 2007/08 Football season as the Second purely

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station in Iceland, the competitor Skjarinn had already created such channel when they had the right to the English football for the 2005/6 season. Because many games in the English League start at the same time, Stöð 2 Sport 2 also shows games on Stöð 2 Sport extra 1, Stöð 2 Sport extra 2, Stöð 2 Sport extra 3, and Stöð 2 Sport extra 4. In the games shown in these extra stations commentary is in English.

External links

Official Website
Television channels in Iceland Television channels and stations established in 2005 Companies based in Reykjavík {{Iceland-media-stub