TNT Sports Box Office (formerly BT Sport Box Office) is a
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
channel from
TNT Sports. The channel is available in
HD on
BT TV and
Sky.
History
In April 2018, BT Sport revealed its intention to launch a pay-per-view channel to show live boxing and it launched on 15 September 2018 when it showed the rematch between
Gennady Golovkin
Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin (Cyrillic: ; also spelled Gennady; born 8 April 1982), often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. He has held multiple middleweight world championships, and is a two-time ...
and
Saul Alvarez. Further boxing events, including both
Tyson Fury bouts versus
Deontay Wilder
Deontay Leshun Wilder (; born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, making 10 successful defenses. By winning the title, Wilder became the first American world heavyweight ch ...
, along with Fury versus Wallin and Schwarz, in addition to Amir Khan v Terrence Crawford,have also been shown on BT Sport Box Office.
Since
UFC 239
''UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on July 6, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area.
Background
A UFC Light Heav ...
, selected
UFC pay-per-view events have been carried on Box Office, including
UFC 242,
UFC 246,
UFC 254,
UFC 257,
UFC 264,
UFC 280
''UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 22, 2022, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Background
A UFC Lightweight Champion ...
and
UFC 286.
From January 2020,
WWE pay-per-views are sold via BT Sport Box Office.
Amazon Premier League Pass
In November 2019 to early January 2020, BT Sport Box Office 2 was launched on Sky in the UK and Ireland on channel 494. BT Sport Box Office on channel 490 was temporarily removed from residential set-top boxes to facilitate the
2019–20 Premier League
The 2019–20 Premier League was the 28th season of the Premier League, the top English professional football league, since its establishment in 1992, and the 121st season of top-flight English football overall. The season started on 9 August 2 ...
being broadcast to licensed premises only. On the
EPG, BT Sport Box Office was renamed Amazon Premier League Pass during this time. These channels were provided by
Amazon. 6 channels were broadcast via the red button on selected dates. It is assumed that BT Sport Box Office 2 was launched so Sky would suffice their contract with BT. It returned in July 2020 for the final month of the premier league 2019–20 season.
Premier League
In October 2020, amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic forbidding spectators to attend football matches, select Premier League matches were allowed to be broadcast on a PPV basis which would have typically been affected by the
Saturday 3pm blackout. The first game available to the general public on the channel was
Chelsea versus
Southampton on 17 October.
See also
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Sky Box Office
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ITV Box Office
References
External links
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TNT Sports (United Kingdom)
Sports television in the United Kingdom
Sports television channels in the United Kingdom
Pay-per-view television channels in the United Kingdom
Television channels and stations established in 2018
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