British Eurosport HD channels to launch on Sky and Virgin Media

By Joe Cox
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Two new HD channels will launch, with British Eurosport HD 1 going live on 25th July followed by a second HD channel in early September

British Eurosport is to launch in HD on Sky and Virgin Media later this month.

British Eurosport HD 1 will be a simulcast of the SD channel and will launch on Sky and Virgin on Wednesday July 25th.

British Eurosport HD 2, a new HD channel, will follow on Monday September 3rd on the Sky HD platform, though not on Virgin Media.

The channels will include coverage of popular events like British and World Superbikes, MotoGP, the Davis Cup and US Open tennis and the Champions League Twenty20, all now be available in native HD.

Eurosport HD, the pan-European channel, will cease to be transmitted in the UK and be replaced by the HD versions of British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2.

British Eurosport’s Managing Director David Kerr said: “We are very pleased to be making British rights available in HD for our viewers on the Sky and Virgin Media platforms.

There are some fantastic events coming up and covering them in HD will add more quality to the depth and specialist knowledge provided by our expert team of Eurosport analysts.”

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Joe Cox
Joe Cox
Content Director

Joe is Content Director for T3 and What Hi-Fi?, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for more than 15 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff, and the Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).