My Cart - Good news for sports fans. It has recently been announced that the Sky Sports channel will soon be available on Freeview. Previously the channel was only accessible to customers of Sky who paid a monthly subscription fee. However, now the channel will soon be accessible to anybody able to receive a digital signal then it’s popularity is likely to increase significantly. This is the very first time that the channel will be accessible through an aerial, previously only customers of Sky with satellite or cable TV could watch it.
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Unfortunately there is no set date for when the channel will be available to UK households through Freeview, although it’s pretty likely that you’ll be able to watch it by the end of the year. So, if you’re a fan of televised sports then this is very good news indeed, particularly as some very significant sporting fixtures are broadcast on this channel. Thankfully most people will be able to receive the channel on their TVs without making any changes to their set up. The majority of cheap plasma TVs currently on the market will have built in digital receivers, so it’s unlikely that if you’ve recently bought a new TV that you’ll need an additional set top box.
Most households are now equipped to receive a digital signal anyway as in many parts of the country the analogue signal has stopped being broadcast, so the day Sky Sports is available on Freeview all you’ll need to do is switch on and watch.
