Sky Sport (Italy)

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Sky Sport

Country	Italy
Broadcast area	Italy Vatican City San Marino Switzerland
Programming
Language(s)	Italian
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 2160p (UHDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Skyalia (Sky)
Sister channels	Sky Calcio
History
Launched	July 31, 2003
Links
Website	sport.sky.it

Sky Sport is a group of nine sports satellite TV channels in the Italian language produced and broadcast by Sky Italia.

EPG		Logo	Channel name	Launch
Sky Box	DTT
200, 238, 250, 503	481		Sky Sport 24	August 30, 2008
	N		Sky Sport 24 HD	September 24, 2011
201, 239	482		Sky Sport Uno	July 31, 2003
	472		Sky Sport Uno HD	July 10, 2006
202, 240, 249	483		Sky Sport Calcio	July 2, 2018
	473		Sky Sport Calcio HD
203, 241	N		Sky Sport Football	July 31, 2003
			Sky Sport Football HD	July 10, 2006
204, 242			Sky Sport Arena	July 31, 2003
			Sky Sport Arena HD	July 10, 2006
205, 243			Sky Sport Tennis	July 2, 2018
			Sky Sport Tennis HD
206, 244			Sky Sport Action	July 1, 2021
			Sky Sport Action HD
207, 245			Sky Sport F1	February 18, 2013
			Sky Sport F1 HD
208, 246			Sky Sport MotoGP	March 10, 2014
			Sky Sport MotoGP HD
209, 247			Sky Sport NBA	July 2, 2018
			Sky Sport NBA HD

The channel "Roma TV" is also included in the Sky Sport package.

Sky Sport 24 is a sports all-news channel. With 24 hour cycle, of which 14 & 1/2 hours of live content (10:00–00:30) and 9 & 1/2 hours of reruns (00:30–10:00), it broadcasts current event updates, press conferences and breaking news all related to sport. British equivalent is Sky Sports News. Beginning September 24, 2011, the channel was broadcast in high definition.^[1]

Sky Sport Uno (until July 1, 2018, Sky Sport 1) is the flagship channel of Sky Sport, dedicated to major sporting events. The British equivalent was Sky Sports 1, however it is now Sky Sports Main Event after it was renamed.

Sky Sport Calcio (Sky Sport Serie A until July 1, 2021, available only with the Sky Calcio pack) is a TV channel created for Serie A and Serie B matches rights. This channel is similar to the British, Sky Sports Premier League, equivalent.

Sky Sport Football is the channel dedicated to non-Italian football.
These are Sky Sport's Footballing rights used by this channel:

• UEFA Competitions
  • UEFA Champions League (121 matches per season live until 2024)
  • UEFA Europa League (until 2024)
  • UEFA Europa Conference League (until 2024)
• Country Leagues
  • Premier League (until 2025)
  • Bundesliga (until 2025)
  • 2.Bundesliga (until 2025)
  • Ligue 1 (until 2024)
  • J1 League (with OneFootball via Bushiroad)

This channel has other equivalents in other countries Sky operates.

As with other equivalents in other countries, Sky Sport Arena is a multi-sport channel for other rights not covered or clashes by other Sky Sport channels.

These are some Sky Sport's rights used by this channel:

• Basketball
  • EuroBasket (2021)
  • AfroBasket (2021)
  • FIBA AmeriCup (2021)
  • FIBA Asia Cup (2021)
• Tennis
  • ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (until 2023)
  • ATP Finals (until 2023)
  • Wimbledon (until 2022)
• Rugby union
  • The Rugby Championship
  • Currie Cup
  • Heineken Champions Cup
  • Challenge Cup
• Wrestling
  • All Elite Wrestling
• Sailing
  • America's Cup
• Handball
  • 2021 World Championships
  • EHF Champions League
  • 2020 Women's European Championships
  • 2022 European Men's Handball Championship
• Athletics
  • Diamond League (except for the Golden Gala)
  • Continental Tour Gold
• Waterpolo
  • LEN Champions League
• Volleyball
  • CEV Champions League
  • CEV Women's Champions League

Sky Sport Tennis (known as Sky Sport Golf until July 21, 2019 and as Sky Sport Collection until June 28, 2021) is a channel dedicated to tennis, which airs Wimbledon tournament and other ATP tournaments, including Next Gen ATP Finals and Nitto ATP Finals, all Masters 1000 tournaments, 5 ATP 500 tournaments and 7 ATP 250 tournaments. From 13 January 2021 until 24 March of the same year, the channel is renamed as Sky Sport America's Cup, with 24 hours a day dedicated the 2021 America's Cup.^[2]

Sky Sport Action, available since July 1, 2021 is a channel dedicated to motorsports, e.g. DTM and Porsche Carrera Cup but also other sports aired by Sky Italy, as rugby and wrestling.

Sky Sport NBA is the channel dedicated to the American basketball competitions.
These are Sky Sport's basketballing rights used by this channel:

• NBA (until 2023)
• WNBA (until 2022)

This channel, for motor-car racing, uses rights given by the FIA including these events:

• Classes (Formulas)
  • F1 (until 2022)
  • F2 (until 2022)
  • F3 (until 2022)
• Cups
  • Porsche Supercup (until 2022)
  • Porsche Carrera Cup (until 2021)

This channel, for motorcycle racing, uses rights given by the FIM including these events:

• Moto
  • MotoGP (until 2025)
  • Moto2 (until 2025)
  • Moto3 (until 2025)
  • MotoE (until 2025)
• Other
  • CEV (until 2022)
  • CIV (until 2021)
  • World SBK (until 2025)
  • World SSP (until 2025)
    • SSP 300 (until 2025)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sky Sport (Italy).

• Sky Sport on sky.it (in Italian)