List of TV and Radio channels in Great Britain

TV providers

 * 1) BT TV (Box and Remote, EPG) – IPTV pay service run and owned by BT
 * 2) EE TV (Box and Remote, EPG) – IPTV pay service run and owned by EE
 * 3) eir Vision (Box and Remote, EPG) – IPTV pay service run and owned by Eircom (eir)
 * 4) Freeview – Digital terrestrial television platform owned by Digital TV Group and transmitter operator Arqiva. Shows all free-to-air channels, requires an ariel. In Ireland instead of Freeview it's Saorview, owned by RTÉ.
 * 5) ITV Digital (Box, Remote, EPG) – Satellite TV service owned by ITV plc
 * 6) Sky Q (Sky Q Box and Remote, Now TV box & remote, Sky Q homepage, Sky Q EPG, Now TV EPG, Now TV homepage) – Satellite pay service run by Sky plc.
 * 7) TalkTalk TV (Box and Remote, EPG) – IPTV pay service owned by TalkTalk Group
 * 8) YouView (Box and Remote, EPG) – FTA channels and catch-up TV services by a 'hybrid' set-top box purchased by users, connected with both a broadband internet connection and a normal television aerial. No contract is required, and there is no subscription charge. Catch-up and on-demand content is delivered over the internet, which may be chargeable by the Internet service provider (ISP), or subject to limits and fair usage clauses.
 * 9) Vodafone TV (Box and Remote, EPG) – Cable pay service owned by the Vodafone Group plc
 * 10) Virgin Media (Box and Remote, EPG) – Cable pay service run by Virgin Media Limited (owned by Virgin Group)
 * 11) UPC Broadband (Box, Remote, EPG) - Cable pay service (as well as broadband and phone) run by Liberty Global

Television content rating system
British ratings are issued and certified by the British Board of Film and Television Classification (BBFTC), a non-governmental organisation

Anti-siphoning laws
Anti-siphoning laws and regulations are designed to prevent pay television broadcasters from buying monopoly rights to televise important and culturally significant events before free-to-air television has a chance to bid on them. When the country experienced growth in paid-subscription media, the British Parliament enacted the Broadcasting Act 2016 that gave free-to-air broadcasters essentially first refusal to certain sporting event broadcasting rights. The anti-siphoning list is a list of events, the televising of which should, be available free to the general public.

Currently, only sporting events are listed, even though the Broadcasting Act 2016 does not limit the types of events that can be listed. There are currently ten sport types (e.g. Football, Rugby and Cricket) on the anti-siphoning list plus the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. If free-to-air broadcasters decide not to purchase the broadcast rights for a particular event, any rights to listed sporting events that are not acquired by free-to-air broadcasters are available to pay TV.

Listed Events
Multi-sport events: Association football: Rugby: Cricket: Other sports:
 * Olympic Games
 * Winter Olympics
 * Commonwealth Games
 * Highlights of the Premier League
 * FA Cup final
 * FIFA World Cup
 * UEFA Euros
 * Wales rugby matches (in Wales)
 * England rugby matches (in England)
 * Scotland rugby matches (in Scotland)
 * Challenge Cup final
 * Rugby World Cup final
 * Wales rugby matches (in Wales)
 * England rugby matches (in England)
 * Scotland rugby matches (in Scotland)
 * 6 Nations Championship
 * Super Rugby League
 * Highlights of British Isles tours
 * England home Test matches
 * Cricket World Cup
 * ICC World Twenty20
 * Wimbledon Championship tennis
 * The Open golf
 * Highlights of Ryder Cup

TV Commercials
All TV commercials (except for live football) limited to a maximum of 5 minutes, with 3 minutes and 30 seconds of commercial + 1 minute and 30 seconds of promotional material (programme trailers). During live football (or soccer) commercial breaks last for 7 minutes and 30 seconds, usual showing sponsorship of the competition.


 * 4 minutes pre-match managers interview (2 minutes for each manager)
 * 9 minute and 30 seconds build up talking about the game, manager and players
 * 2 minutes talking about the fixtures and table
 * 7 minutes & 30 seconds commercial break
 * 7 minute pre-match = Teams come out of the tunnel, coin toss, manager greeting and shaking hands
 * (30 minutes before kick-off)
 * 7 minutes & 30 seconds commercial break
 * 6 minutes and 30 seconds analysis of the 1st half
 * 1 minute of teams returning to the pitch
 * (15 minute half-time break)
 * 7 minutes & 30 seconds commercial break
 * 4 minutes post-match managers interview (2 minutes for each manager)
 * 4 minutes Interview with the Man of the Match and his captain
 * 4 minutes Interview with losing captain

UEFA Cup:


 * 1) FedEx
 * 2) Kia Motors
 * 3) Enterprise Rent-A-Car
 * 4) Continental
 * 5) M&M's
 * 6) Molten is a secondary sponsor and supplies the official match ball
 * 7) Macron supplies the referee uniform
 * 8) Hublot is official fourth official board of the competition
 * 9) UEFA No Room for Racism must be shown on every commercial break

Super Rugby League


 * 1) Stobart Group - Official title sponsor
 * 2) Land Rover - Programme sponsor
 * 3) Dacia
 * 4) Gillette
 * 5) Batchelors
 * 6) Specsavers
 * 7) Shell Energy
 * 8) Official rugby ball supplier is Steeden

Entertainment
The Jewellery Channel began simulcasting live broadcasts on More4 between 12am–3am, shutting the channel down

Ideal World simulcast live broadcasts on ITV between 3am–6am, replacing Jackpot247 (formerly Challenge Jackpot). Ideal World plans to be the first UK shopping channel to broadcast in full high definition. New cameras are now in operation working in full HD. The channel is shut down.

Movies and Music
Movie channels cannot show any films from The Walt Disney Company (due to exclusive distribution of their movies on their OTT platform Disney+)

News and Documentaries

 * The Great British Breakfast presented by Kirsty Gallagher and ?
 * The Andrew Neil Show
 * Neil Oliver Live a weekly current affairs and interview programme presented by Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver
 * Tonight Live with Mark Dolan presented by Mark Dolan
 * Alastair Stewart & Friends
 * Free Speech Nation, a current affairs show hosted by Andrew Doyle
 * The Pledge a panel discussion programme. There are currently 10 panellists, 5 of whom appear on the show each week. They discuss a variety of topics - there is no presenter, so each panellist champions a topic which is then debated (Sky News never aired it)
 * Julia Hartley-Brewer
 * Nick Ferrari
 * Peter Hitchens
 * Paul Joseph Watson
 * The Millennial Millie Show
 * The Tommy Robinson Show is a talk show and current affairs program includes political commentary, monologues, interviews, and analysis broadcasts at 8pm-9pm and presented by Tommy Robinson
 * Tonight Live with Dan Wootton
 * Lily Hewitson, Welsh reporter
 * Liam Halligan, economics and business editor
 * Anna Riley, Yorkshire reporter
 * Morgan Zegres, USA reporter

Sports
The Darts Show - Sky Sports Darts

Sky changes 2011

Internet services
Germany


 * 1) Sky Eins (One)
 * 2) Sky Zwei (Two)
 * 3) Sky Krimi (crime)
 * 4) Sky Cinema Premieren (Premier)
 * 5) Sky Cinema Klassiker (Classics)

Rest like in real life

Italy


 * 1) Sky Arte (arts)
 * 2) Sky Crimine (crime)
 * 3) Sky Cinema Famiglia (family)
 * 4) Sky Cinema Commedia (comedy)
 * 5) Sky Cinema Passione (passion)
 * 6) Sky Cinema Culto (cult)
 * 7) Sky Cinema Classico (classic)
 * 8) Sky Cinema Collezione (collections)

Rest like in real life

New Zealand


 * 1) Sky Pick - free to air (irl Prime)
 * 2) Sky Living (irl Vibe)
 * 3) Sky One (irl Sky5)
 * 4) Sky Two (irl Jones!)
 * 5) Sky Three (irl Jones! too)
 * 6) Sky Atlantic (irl SoHo)
 * 7) Sky Arts
 * 8) Sky News
 * 9) Sky Cinema Premiere
 * 10) Sky Cinema Action
 * 11) Sky Cinema Greats
 * 12) Sky Cinema Family
 * 13) Sky Cinema Comedy
 * 14) Sky Cinema Thriller
 * 15) Sky Cinema Drama
 * 16) Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror
 * 17) Sky Sports Main Event
 * 18) Sky Sports News
 * 19) Sky Sports Arena
 * 20) Sky Sports Action
 * 21) Sky Sports Cricket
 * 22) Sky Sports Netball
 * 23) Sky Sports Motors
 * 24) Sky Sports Golf
 * 25) Sky Sports Football

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) never leaves New Zealand so Sky Movies Vintage does not exist

Spain


 * Sky Uno (One)
 * Sky Dos (Two)
 * Sky Cinema Estrenos (Premiere)
 * Sky Cinema Acción (Action)
 * Sky Cinema Familia (family)
 * Sky Cinema Clásicos (Classics)
 * Sky Noticias (News)
 * Sky Deportes Uno (one)
 * Sky Deportes Dos (two)
 * Sky Deportes Más (more)
 * Sky Deportes La Liga

Changes

 * Rupert Murdoch and his family are Scottish-Australian with no connections to America, Rupert was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia but his parents were born in Cruden, Scotland (his grandfather was born in Aberdeenshire). Rupert married Anna Murdoch Mann, a Scottish journalist and novelist (who has Scottish parents also). Rupert and his family are part of the Free Church of Scotland. His sons Lachlan Murdoch and James Murdoch were both born in Scotland as daughter Elisabeth Murdoch were born in Melbourne, Victoria
 * (Fox News UK & Ireland, ITVBe and ITV Encore were never aired)
 * On June 2011, Comcast complete a 100% takeover of the Sky Group (BSkyB, Sky Italy, Sky Mexico, Sky New Zealand and Sky Germany). Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky Comedy, Sky Investigation, Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature, Sky History, Sky History 2, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nick Jr. 2


 * On 15 August 2011, Virgin Media agreed to sell its 50% stake UKTV to Discovery (the other 50% was owned by BBC Worldwide). BBC UKTV (Gold), BBC Entertainment (Watch), BBC Lifestyle (Eden).
 * In January 2017, Kiss TV and Magic was removed and shut down
 * In November 2018, BSkyB announced exclusive HD distribution, removing all SD channels, the HD channels will now be provided at no extra cost. On Sky receivers, the HD channels will automatically appear in the channel list. If you have a 4k TV with a 4k box (e.g. Sky Q) you can pay for Ultra HD channels. BSkyB announced they will drop the ‘HD’ suffix from the names of all of its channels. BSkyB said: “We are removing HD because we now regard ‘HD’ as standard and no longer want to carry it in the names".
 * Star's UK channels all closed down on 4 January 2018
 * 5Viva was shut down 31 January 2018
 * Capital TV and Heart TV were both shut down on 11 October 2018
 * Following Disney brought all of 21st Century Fox's assets, Sky Group Ltd was sold to News Corporation. On November 6, 2018, the European Commission ruled that Disney must sell their stake at A&E Networks (joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company), A&E Networks was sold to the Sky Group; History and H2 was rebranded as Sky History and Sky History 2. Lifetime and Blaze were shut down on 24 January 2019.
 * In an agreement between Discovery and BBC Worldwide, Dave, BBC UKTV, Watch and Eden will 100% BBC Worldwide the rest will be 100% Discovery Communication on the 30 March 2019.
 * Alibi was shut down with programs moved to Drama. Yesterday was shut down with programs moved to Discovery History. Home was shut down with programs moved to Discovery Home and Health. Good Food was merged into Food Network (shutting down in the process). All of this occurred on the 1 April 2019.
 * Quest was shut down with programming moved to Dave was closed on 12 September 2019
 * All foreign language channels and pornographic & adult entertainment channels were removed in 2020 due to the passing of the Television Act 2020 which ordered the removing of them, porn & adult entertainment channels were banned on TV. Non-Christian religious channels were removed also.
 * AMC was shut down on 7 January 2020
 * VH1 was shut down on 9 January 2020
 * Box Upfront was shut down on the 21 January 2020
 * Really was shut down on 24 January 2020
 * Discovery Channel, Home & Health, History, Food Network, TLC and ID were superseded by the streaming platform Discovery+, which effectively carries all of its content, and it was discontinued with immediate effect on 25 March 2020
 * DMAX were shut down was closed on 1 June 2020 with programming moved to Sky Bravo.
 * Sony Entertainment Television Asia, Sony Max and Sony SAB were all shut down on 9 June 2020
 * Sky Challenge (rebranded in 2010) shut down with programs moved to Sky Three on 20 July 2020. Sky Arts was shut down with programming moved to Sky One, Sky Two and Sky Documentaries also on the 20 July 2020
 * Flava (on 1 November 2017), Scuzz (on 15 November 2018) and Starz TV (on 20 July 2020) were all shut down
 * Horse & Country TV was shut down on the 5 October 2020
 * Disney Channel, Disney XD, Fox, Playhouse Disney and Disney Cinemagic were all shut down and removed on the 1 October 2020 due all of its channel's content was transferred exclusively to Disney+, Disney+ was available through all TV providers as a OTT service.
 * MTV and MTV Music 24 are merged to create MTV Live on the 13 January 2021 closing down both channels in the process. MTV non-music programming was moved to other ViacomCBS's branded channels.
 * 1 February 2021
 * On 1 September 2021 all Sky Channels will be shut down, Sky Pick made into a free-to-air channel.
 * BBC announced BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, CBBC, BBC Kids, BBC UKTV, BBC Entertainment and BBC Lifestyle will be shut down in January 2022 and moved to online digital video subscription service / over-the-top content platform, at £5.99 per month after a 7 day trial after the UK Government announces the scrapping of the BBC's TV Licence fee. BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament were kept as and BBC Sport Channel is created to comply with Ofcom's Code on Sporting Events. Dave is quiz shows, high-brow comedy, factual, lifestyle, entertainment programmes and other imported material as well as sports.
 * Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Two, Cartoonito, Boomerang and TCM will be shut down and removed in 2nd quarter of 2022 due all of its channel's content will be transferred exclusively to streaming service HBO Max.

Outside UK notes


 * Tata Sky is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Sky Group (Walt Disney does not own a 30% stake like it does in real life).
 * Hulu is shut down with programming moved to Star+ on Disney+. Disney acquires Hearst's 20% stake in ESPN to take full ownership of the sport channel and streaming service ESPN+
 * Because Disney already owns the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the acquisition of the Fox network by Disney would have been illegal under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s rules prohibiting a merger between any of the 4 major broadcast networks (Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC) [source] thus sold Fox Broadcasting Company to News Corp
 * Fox Sports Latin America was sold to News Corp, except for Brazil which merged into ESPN Brasil. Fox in Australia is owned by Foxtel (65% News Corp and 35% Telstra). FoxNext is owned by News Corp. Fox Sports Rugby in Australia is used instead of Fox Sports League.
 * Disney will close all TV channels from Fox Network Groups everywhere (except in Portugal and Poland, Star Networks in India are also kept) to transition onto Disney+: Fox Crime (already closed in India in 2015), Fox Comedy, Channel V, Fox Life and FX; movie channels Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Fox Movies, and Star Chinese Movies; sports channel Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 3, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3; kids channels Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior; non-scripted channels 24Kitchen, Star Chinese Channel and Star Movies China.
 * The Fox channel was kept in most countries (shut down in W.E.I.S., Asia and Latin America) but renamed to Star Channel (does not exist in Latin America), Fox Comedy renamed Star Comedy, Fox Life renamed Star Life, Fox Movies renamed Star Cinema. Fox India renamed FX
 * Disney sold all their stake into all Nat Geo assets to National Geographic Partners.
 * 20th Century Fox Television was renamed 20th Television, Fox Star Studios is renamed Touchstone Television and Fox Studios Australia renamed 20th Century Studios Australia
 * In Australia; Fox dropped the '8' in Fox8, Fox Funny is shut down with programming moved to Fox Comedy, Fox Sleuth is renamed to Fox Crime, Lifestyle is renamed Fox Life, Lifestyle Food is replaced with 24Kitchen, Lifestyle drop the 'Home' from Lifestyle Home. Foxtel Movies is renamed Fox Movies. Crime + Investigation and A&E sold to A+E Networks, History sold to Hearts Communications and Nat Geo Channel was sold to National Geographic Partners (Foxtel do not have a stake in Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and Nick Music, also Fox One is never introduced in November 7, 2019, Binge still exist
 * Discovery Communications acquires AMC Networks (before the merger with AT&T); of course, if Discovery bought out AMC, this would result in the dominant independent owner of cable television networks, given the amount of networks Discovery owns globally, even before its 2018 merger with Scripps Networks Interactive. An AMC-Discovery merger would also open the doors for Discovery to boost scripted programming, as most of Discovery's channels (like the namesake Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and more) are mostly factual-oriented.
 * AT&T (who also own TimeWarner), and Discovery agreed to a $43 billion deal to merge the 2 companies. WarnerMedia will be spinoff then merged into Discovery. The new company’s Board of Directors will consist of 13 members, 7 appointed by AT&T, including the chairperson of the board; Discovery will appoint 6 members, including Zaslav. AT&T shareholders will control 71% of the new company, while Discovery shareholders will own 29%. The new company will be called Warner Bros. Discovery. Discovery+ will be merged into HBO Max (shutting down Discovery+), moving all Discovery+ content to HBO Max.
 * DirecTV (including AT&T U-verse and AT&T TV) will be sold to Dish Network (merging the 2; AT&T TV is closed with subscription moved to Sling TV), Xandr was sold to Walmart, Crunchyroll and Rooster Teeth were sold to Sony Pictures' Funimation.
 * Discovery will sell their stake of Motor Trend Group (TV channel as well) to Source Interlink, HGTV and Cooking Channel will be sold to Nexstar Media Group in USA (Corus Entertainment in Canada and CSC Media Group in UK), Great American Country will be sold to GAC Media, an investment group led by Tom Hicks & former Crown Media Holdings CEO Bill Abbott (the network's format was already duplicated by Discovery's Destination America, making it a surplus asset) and Oprah Winfrey Network will be sold to Oprah's Harpo Productions. Note: Destination America is Discovery Civilization dedicated to civilisation-themed programming
 * Eurosport was sold 100% to DAZN Group which is now part of DAZN streaming service (except in Britain and Ireland). Great American Country will be sold to GAC Media
 * Amazon purchased Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and MGM Holdings for $9 billion after the company was put up for sale due to COVID-19.
 * AMC Theatres filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and commenced liquidation of its assets on February 5, 2021 (AMC Theatre subsidiaries are instead owned by Odeon Cinema Group). In 1948 Supreme Court ruling, United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., bars film studios from owning their own theatres in the name of antitrust. However in January 31, 2021 this was removed and there will be a 2-year sunset period
 * On July 16, 2022, 3 months after its acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, CNBC reported that Amazon.com, Inc. was in negotiations to merge with Hasbro for $87.6 billion. The proposed merger was officially announced the next day, subject to regulatory approval. The combined company would be known as Amazon Hasbro, with combined operations in retail, technology, consumer products, film, television and streaming, would be led by Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos serving as executive chairman, while Amazon.com, Inc and Hasbro would retain their separate brands. In addition, all films and television programs based on Hasbro properties would be made exclusively available on the Amazon Prime Video library.
 * In 2022, Comcast purchased Viacom. Paramount will acquire the TV rights for Star Trek from CBS, Universal Kids will close down and be merged into Nickelodeon, Paramount Network (formerly known as Spike from 1983 until 2006) will also be closed down and be merged into USA Network (a channel which Paramount held a stake on from 1982 until 1996), some programs might move to either MTV, Syfy, Bravo, E! or Oxygen as well (e.g. Lip Sync Battle is moved to MTV), Logo TV will closed down and be merged into Bravo. While the 1991-1994 Doug series will be bought, Disney will keep the rights for the 1996-1999 series, including Doug's 1st Movie (Nick@Nite, Comedy Central and Paramount Network will NOT be folded). CBS Sports Network will be closed down due to all of its rights being acquired by Comcast (which they'll broadcast either on streaming service Peacock, USA Network or on NBC). Comcast Divisions
 * Because Comcast already owns the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the acquisition of CBS by Comcast would have been illegal under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s rules prohibiting a merger between any of the 4 major broadcast networks (Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC) [source], thus CBS Corporation was de-merged with Viacom (Viacom and CBS did not demerge in 2006) and they will own CBS Entertainment Group and CBS Networks outside USA, CBS Corporation will gain full control of The CW (due to TimeWarner merging with Discovery).
 * ITV plc purchased Lionsgate for $3.8 billion on April 2021; Remember back in 2016 when eOne, prior to its acquisition by Hasbro, rejected a bid to be acquired by British television broadcaster ITV? That's a unique example of ITV trying to diversify, with very little luck. In the age of streaming, ITV is currently trying to expand its horizon's a bit. So, what better way to do that than buying out a little mini-major film studio? This is where Lionsgate comes in. Lionsgate's future has been in deep question since January 2018. At that point, Amazon, Verizon, Comcast, and even the future ViacomCBS were being looked at as potential suitors. As speculation continues to mount about who could possibly buy it, I imagined recently what would happen if ITV decided to buy Lionsgate in an effort to diversify into film production. Now I know this prediction sounds odd, seeing as ITV is a British company, but ITV Studios - the company's content production/distribution arm, does operate internationally (most notably in the United States, where it's the like the largest unscripted producer in the country) could do with some well-established IP, namely a couple on the cinematic front. I believe that Lionsgate's films and franchises, most notably the Saw, The Hunger Games, and John Wick franchises, as well as Lionsgate's sister studios (like Roadside Attractions, for example) could benefit under the ITVS fold. If that were to happen though, Lionsgate's TV arm would be folded into ITVS's US division, inheriting the existing TV programs currently produced by Lionsgate. Of course, Lionsgate also owns a handful of TV channels, including the U.S. premium network Starz, which brings us to a crossroads of sorts. Starz (as well as Lionsgate's stake in Celestial Tiger Entertainment) will continue to be owned by ITV
 * Alphabet Inc (owns Google) acquires Activision Blizzard, now here’s another internet company (through its Google subsidiary) making waves in cloud gaming circles! By that I mean Stadia, which was had a fairly decent run going against PlayStation Now. But where are the original, in-house games? Well, that’s where Activision Blizzard comes in. Stadia would make Activision's vast library of games available to play on its service. At least the wider Alphabet conglomerate could branch out beyond the Google subsidiary at some point in time, though!
 * Banijay acquires A24, Having bought out both Zodiak Media and Endemol Group and amassing a gargantuan library of television programming and unscripted formats, France's Banijay has become the world's largest independent television studio, with notable shows under its roof including Big Brother, Black Mirror, MasterChef, and so much more. So with that in mind, buying an equally renowned indie film studio would make a strong case for Banijay to expand into film, right?
 * Liberty Global acquires ErosSTX, a relative newcomer to the public stock exchange, its film unit (STX Films) has released a modest slate of mid-budgeted films - most recently Hustlers, 21 Bridges and The Gentlemen, with a few flops (eg. Uglydolls) in between. Ripe for immediate takeover? maybe. The suitor most likely? Liberty Global - the largest cable/broadband provider outside the U.S., with its brands containing the likes of UPC and Telenet (in Belgium). The John C. Malone-controlled firm's footprint in content production is relatively small, but with film operations in both the U.S. and India, Liberty, if it bought ErosSTX, could have an unrivalled global outreach in terms of other mini-major studios.
 * Amazon.com, Inc acquires Ubisoft; Amazon, without question, is the world's leading online marketplace, 2nd-largest streaming player (through Prime Video). But did you know it has some gaming assets under its belt, too? That's where Luna, its upcoming cloud gaming service, comes in. It also has a gave development/publishing arm - Amazon Game Studios, which publishes 1st-party titles; but here's the problem: it's not big enough in scale, or IP yet. What game company is it probably most likely to purchase, though? That honour goes to Ubisoft. With Ubisoft's franchises including the Rayman, Raving Rabbids, the Tom Clancy's games (Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, The Division), Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Just Dance and more, Amazon's profile in the gaming market could truly skyrocket, and benefit Luna even more, seeing as they have a gaming channel with Ubisoft. Could Amazon use Ubisoft to break the code to compete with Sony and Microsoft in the gaming market? Well, if an acquisition like this goes through, I'd say it would.
 * Comcast acquires Electronic Arts (EA); EA is one of the leading video game companies in the industry, the most reviled, with many gaming buffs citing its desire to shut down development studios and its overabundance on micro-transactions, all in the name of greed. Comcast, a fellow previous "Worst Company in America" recipient, is defined by the properties owned through its media subsidiary NBCUniversal, which includes the Universal Pictures film studio, the NBC TV network, Universal theme parks, and most recently, the Peacock streaming service. Corporate negativity aside, I personally think that in acquiring EA, Comcast could establish a 2nd pillar in its media holdings alongside NBCUniversal, with several major video game franchises including Need for Speed, The Sims, Battlefield, Medal of Honour, Mass Effect and Plants vs. Zombies, under its umbrella. These gaming IPs would fit pretty well with NBCUniversal's existing IP which includes film franchises such as Jurassic Park, Fast & Furious, Despicable Me, Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, and much more. Comcast isn't the only mass media conglomerate with video game holdings; WarnerMedia, owned by AT&T (now Warner Bros. Discovery), stands as the only leading mass media conglomerate that owns a leading video game publisher/developer (in Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment). Under the Comcast umbrella, I'd expect some serious changes in management, so EA can earn newfound respect, after years of brutal flack from gaming fans.
 * EA Sports assets are moved to London Studios shutting down EA Sports in the process.
 * Verizon acquires Hearts Communication's media assets. With Hearst's publishing and entertainment under its disposal, Verizon Media can benefit significantly. Which brings us to its broadcasting assets. Hearst also owns affiliates to major U.S. broadcasting networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and so on. Hearst may scale down and focus on those stations (similar to the likes of Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting), but keep some companies like Litton Entertainment (which owns some early-morning blocks on ABC and CBS). Verizon acquired Disney's share in A+E, this alone could increase Verizon's international holdings dramatically - and for good reason!

EA does not purchased Codemasters, it's still owned by Codemasters Group Holdings plc which is publicly traded and owns The Codemasters Software Company Limited

All3Media are owned by the Chrysalis Group

Sports changes over the years

 * Screensport was launched in 1984 with ESPN Inc. 25.5% and WHS TV 74.5%, which aired greyhound racing, British speedway, stock cars, ice speedway, Dutch ice hockey, motor sport, Football League Super Cup, Football League Trophy, US Masters golf from Augusta, and many other PGA Tour events. Grand Slam tennis was also covered in the shape of the US Open. NHL ice hockey, NBA and NASCAR racing, highlights of The Football League and transmitted 34 recorded matches via cable and satellite. On 15 May 1991, Screensport filed with the Commission of the European Communities, alleging that the joint purchasing scheme for sporting events by Eurosport's former owners, Sky Television plc and the European Broadcasting Union, violated the competition antitrust law rules of the Treaty of Rome. After provisions were made for non-member access to the programming, the Commission granted the EBU in a 5-year conditional exemption from the requirements of the competition rules. On 28 February 1992, Screensport forged an alliance with ITV Sport to bid for rights to coverage of the newly formed English Premier League. Sky Sports and the BBC were the eventual winners of the contract. On 14 January 1993, Eurosport and Screensport proposed a merger to provide a single channel, as both channels were operating at a loss. The hope was that a merged channel would become financially profitable. The merger finally took place on 1 March of this year and that same day, Screensport was shut down for good
 * The European Broadcasting Union was acquiring substantial amounts of sports rights, yet its members were only able to broadcast a fraction of them. This provided the impetus for setting up the Eurosport Consortium, made up of several EBU members, to establish an outlet where these rights could be exploited. Sky Television plc was chosen as a commercial partner, and Eurosport was launched at 6pm on 5 February 1989. In 1991 TF1 Group replace BSkyB as joint-owners. On 21 December 2012, Discovery Communications purchased a 20% stake in Eurosport from TF1 Group for €170m, and became the majority shareholder in the Eurosport venture with TF1 in January 2014, taking a 51% share of the company. On 22 July 2015 Discovery agreed to acquire TF1's remaining 49% stake in the venture
 * British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) launches and among the channel line-up is a sports channel called The Sports Channel in 1990. Following the merger between Sky TV and BSB, BSB’s Sport Channel closes and is replaced the next day by Sky Sports in 1991. Initially aired sports such as FA Cup football, rugby and golf before acquiring rights to German and Italian league football and then won rights to Premier League. On 19 August 1994, a secondary channel called Sky Sports 2 was launched often used at weekends. On 1 November 1995, Sky launched a classic sports channel called Sky Sports Gold, however the channel ceased broadcasting after only a year on the air. On 16 August 1996, Sky launched Sky Sports 3, the original channel was renamed to Sky Sports 1. Sky Sports also acquired the rights to Scottish football and the League Cup. On 1 September 1997, Sky Sports 2 became a full-time service. With the launch of the Sky Digital satellite platform on 1 October 1998, Sky Sports launched Sky Sports News, a channel carrying rolling sports news coverage, followed by Sky Sports 4 in August 1999. Sky Sports F1 was launched 9 March 2012 after Sky won exclusive rights to Formula One. On 12 August 2012, Sky launched a new channel called Sky Sports 5, which would be dedicated primarily to European football, including UEFA European Championship qualifiers, La Liga, Eredivisie and others
 * ITV Sport Channel was launched on 2001 (by a joint venture between Carlton Communications and Granada plc) and successfully outbid BSkyB for the rights to show live matches from The Football League, the League Cup and Football League Trophy, for a massive £315m over 3 seasons, at least 5x more than any broadcaster had previously bid for it. They also showed 40 live Premier League matches, UEFA Champions League, ATP Masters Series tennis, Snooker, British basketball and boxing from the United States. The channel also acquired secondary rights to the European Rugby Champions Cup. The cost of the Football League deal proved one too many a burden for ITV Digital, and it was placed into administration on 27 March 2002, after the League refused to accept a £130m pay cut in its £315m deal with the ITV Sport Channel. Most subscription channels ceased broadcasting on ITV Digital on 1 May 2002, with the ITV Sport Channel being re-designated as a free-to-air channel. The Football League sued ITV Digital's parent companies, Carlton and Granada, claiming that the firms had breached their contract in failing to deliver the guaranteed income. The League lost the case, with the judge ruling that it had "failed to extract sufficient written guarantees". The League then filed a negligence claim against its lawyers for failing to press for a written guarantee at the time of the deal with ITV Digital. This time it was awarded a paltry £4 in damages of the £150m it was seeking. The channel closed on 11 May 2002 after its coverage of the Division 2 play-off final between Brentford and Stoke
 * Irish sports broadcaster Setanta Sports launch in 2004 winning rights to England's qualifiers for 2010 World Cup, FA Cup, 40 live Premier League matches, Scottish Premier League, Conference, Indian Premier League cricket, PGA Tour golf and secondary rights to Super Rugby League. Their decisions to expand too quickly on sports proved costly as Setanta Sports ceases broadcasting in the UK after going into administration on 22 June 2009. The closure means that sister channels Setanta Golf and Setanta Sports News also stop broadcasting and from this date, football club channels Celtic TV and Rangers TV, which were sold as part of the Setanta package, close although both later relaunch as online only channels. Arsenal TV does continue but closes just over a month later
 * NASN launches to show live and recorded coverage of North American sports in 2002, ESPN buys NASN in 2007. ESPN announced they will take over Setanta Sports rights (except for PGA Tour golf which went back on Sky Sports, IPL cricket which went on ITV4 and SRL went back to Sky). BT agrees to acquire ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels business, consisting of ESPN and ESPN America in 2012. BT continued to broadcast at least 1 ESPN branded channel as part of its BT Sport package of services, rebranding ESPN as BT Sport ESPN. BT launches 3 new channels (BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 3) and takes over ESPN rights but adds many more such as exclusive rights to European club football, Australian cricket, West Indies cricket, WWE, IAAF World Indoor Athletic Championships and shared 3 rugby rights with Sky: European Professional Club Rugby, 8 Nations Championship and Super Rugby League.
 * However by 2017 BT Sport was put up for sale, this was due to a change of structure within BT (British Telecom). Gavin Patterson was the 'brainchild' of BT Sport however his successor Philip Jansen was not a fan of BT Sport, Jansen believes BT should not have got involved with sports broadcasting because BT is not a TV broadcaster and sees it as a 'waste of money', he instead wants BT to focus on delivering broadband, phone lines and BT TV should be kept. BT Sport was sold to the DAZN Group on the 15 June 2017. Australian cricket, West Indies cricket were moved back to Sky Sports Cricket, WWE was moved to the WWE Network (highlights was shown on Channel 5 and Paramount Network), Super Rugby League became a exclusive Sky Sports right, European Professional Club Rugby was shared with Channel 4 and Sky Sports, 8 Nations Championship was shared with BBC & ITV, FA Cup was shared with BBC & ITV.
 * In 2017 Sky re-aligned its sports channels, dropping the numbered services in favour of dedicated channels devoted to their core sports properties, including cricket, golf, and 2 rugby channels, GAA channel, darts channel, 3 football channels (Bundesliga, Serie A and Austria) and 2 channels dedicated to general sports coverage. In addition, Sky announced that it would revise the pricing structure of the channels to make them more attractive to viewers; Sky customers can purchase up to 3 of the channels on an a la carte basis, or the entire bundle. On Sky's Now TV service, the entire Sky Sports service continues to be available through the timed pass system. The availability and packaging of the new service varies on other providers
 * Sky Sports Box Office was launched on 16 March 1996, which showed boxing fights, WWE PPV's (moved to BT Box Office on 2012) and select football matches from the Premier League live were moved on the PPV channel, PL football ended on Box Office in 2007. On 4 January 2017 Sky Sports Box Office was closed due to Boxing fights were moved DAZN and a lack of 'appetite' for PPV channels. On the 15 September 2014 'BT Sport Box Office' was launched with WWE PPV's, Boxing fights and UFC events on the PPV channel. BT Sport Box Office was closed down on 24 January 2017 with WWE moving their 'PPV's' (the name was replaced with NSE - Network Special Event or Supercards) to the WWE Network exclusively, Boxing fights moved to BoxNation, UFC fights were moved to ESPN+

Other


 * 14 December 2020, the government of Britain blocked and banned all porn websites including Pornhub (and any other mirror websites), due to non-consensual pornography, child porn and charges of sex trafficking. This was a month after Visa and MasterCard cut their services and block payments to Pornhub

Sony PS5 Digital
If Sony wanted to pull a real power move with this digital edition, they would allow digital game trading. They could make gamers, publishers, and their investors happy at the same time. Here's how I would do it:


 * Establish a marketplace for digital game trading on the Playstation. It's Ebay, but for digital games.
 * Take a 15% cut of each transaction. 10% to the publisher, and 5% to Sony.
 * Establish a price floor of, say, 70% of the current new cost of the game. (The floor moves when the game gets discounted in the PS Store.)
 * Allow free trades to long-established friends.
 * You can only trade a game after you've had it for one month.

This solution would not cannibalize new game sales too much due to the various trading restrictions, and it would also basically steal some of Ebay/Amazon's used game revenue. It would make the digital edition much more attractive for gamers, but would also go a long way toward placating publishers who worry about the cost of game trading to their bottom lines. The new revenue stream could offset the discount they'll be offering on the digital edition of the PS5.

England
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Tindle Radio Group

NIOCOM

South West Radio

Republic of Ireland

 * BBC is replaced with RTÉ (BBC One with RTÉ One, BBC Two with RTÉ2 (The voice for the under 35s) and CBeebies with RTÉjr, RTÉ News is added (BBC Parliament, BBC Three and BBC Four does not exist) owned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE), because of this there is no RTÉ Ireland. BBC News becomes BBC World News and CBBC is maintained.
 * ITV is replaced with Virgin Media One, ITV2 replaced with Virgin Media Two and ITV3 replaced with Virgin Media Three, owned by Virgin Media Television Ireland.
 * TG4 is added as a free-to-air channel broadcasts entirely in Irish language owned by Teilifís na Gaeilge.
 * Virgin Media Sports is added.
 * Sky Sports GAA is removed.

Netball / Basketball
Handball, Fishing, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Table tennis, SailGP and America's Cup

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