OTHER CHANNELS TIMELINE PART 2

OTHER CHANNELS TIMELINE PART 2; 7–28 OCTOBER – L!VE TV BROADCASTS MANY OF THE MATCHES FROM THE 1995 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP. IT SHOWS MANY OF THEM EXCLUSIVELY AS THE MAIN BROADCASTER, BBC SPORT, ONLY SHOWS FOUR MATCHES LIVE FROM THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT ALTHOUGH WALES' THREE MATCHES ARE SHOWN ON S4C; VE TV ALSO SHOWS COVERAGE OF THAT YEAR'S WORLD MASTERS DARTS TOURNAMENT - ITS PREDECESSOR WIRE TV HAD SHOWN THE EVENT FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. HOWEVER, L!VE WOULD ONLY SHOW THE EVENT ONCE AS FROM THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE EVENT MOVED TO EUROSPORT WHERE IT STAYED UNTIL 2000; THE RACING CHANNEL LAUNCHES, THEREBY BECOMING THE UK'S FIRST CHANNEL DEVOTED TO A SINGLE SPORT; 13 OCTOBER – FORMULA ONE COVERAGE ON EUROSPORT ENDS. IT HAD SHOWN FULL RACE WEEKEND COVERAGE OF THE EVENT SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CHANNEL AND HAD BEEN THE ONLY PLACE TO SEE THE PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING SESSIONS AS THE BBC HAD ONLY SHOWN THE ACTUAL RACE PRIOR TO THE 1996 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. A WELSH-LANGUAGE RUGBY UNION PROGRAMME CLWB RYGBI LAUNCHES ON S4C. IT IS PRODUCED BY BBC SPORT. 10 SEPTEMBER – MUTV LAUNCHES, BECOMING THE FIRST FOOTBALL CLUB CHANNEL TO START BROADCASTING IN THE UK.[10]; 1 MAY – EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL LAUNCHES; SEPTEMBER – CHAMPIONS ON 28 AND CHAMPIONS ON 99 LAUNCH TO PROVIDE LIVE AND RECORDED COVERAGE OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THE CHANNELS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO ONDIGITAL CUSTOMERS; BRITISH EUROSPORT LAUNCHES. THE CHANGE SEES THE INTRODUCTION OF LIVE STUDIO PRESENTATION OF MAJOR EVENTS; SEPTEMBER – ONSPORT LAUNCHES. IT REPLACES CHAMPIONS ON 28 AND CHAMPIONS ON 99, WHICH HAD REFLECTED THE CHANNEL NUMBERS THESE WERE BROADCAST ON. THESE CHANNELS WERE RE-BRANDED RESPECTIVELY AS ONSPORT 1 AND ONSPORT 2, AFTER ONDIGITAL HAD PURCHASED RIGHTS TO THE ATP MASTERS SERIES TENNIS. WHILST ONSPORT 1 BROADCAST 24 HOURS A DAY, ONSPORT 2 TIMESHARED WITH CARLTON CINEMA AND WAS ONLY ON AIR TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF AN ALTERNATE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH. MARCH – MOTORSPORTS CHANNEL MOTORS TV LAUNCHES IN THE UK. 11 AUGUST – ONSPORT CLOSES FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH OF THE ITV SPORT CHANNEL; 1 MARCH – F1 DIGITAL+ LAUNCHES. IT OFFERS ENHANCED MULTI-SCREEN COVERAGE OF FORMULA ONE ON A PAY-PER-VIEW BASIS. 1 MAY – AT THE RACES LAUNCHES; 13 AUGUST – CHELSEA TV LAUNCHES; 5 DECEMBER – NASN LAUNCHES TO SHOW LIVE AND RECORDED COVERAGE OF NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS. 12 DECEMBER – AFTER JUST ONE SEASON, F1 DIGITAL+ CLOSES