Monthly archive: " July 2010"

garylineker

BBC announce 2010/11 football plans

david@touchline

The BBC have announced the line-up for their coverage of the forthcoming football season.  As previously reported by touchline.tv, the ...

england

England homecoming friendly on ITV

david@touchline

How’s your blood pressure ?  Why you might ask, but the English football team are soon to take the field ...

boxing

Sky announce boxing line-up

david@touchline

Sky Sports have announced an unrivalled season of boxing coverage as Ringside, the weekly one-hour magazine show returns along with ...

itv4

ITV4 to screen Liverpool return leg

david@touchline

ITV4 will show live coverage of the return leg of Liverpool’s Europa League qualifier against FK Rabotnicki on Thursday, August ...

rydercup

Ryder Cup in Sky 3D launch

david@touchline

Sky have announced that they are to launch their 3D channel on Friday, October 1 which will be available to ...

primetime

Primetime to screen Liverpool match

david@touchline

Little known subscription satellite channel ‘Primetime’ will make their first foray into football coverage after securing exclusive rights to Liverpool ...

ricohopen

BBC secure Women’s Open Golf

david@touchline

The BBC have announced a new contract for coverage of the Ricoh Women’s Open up to and including the 2016 ...

rwc2011

ITV retain Rugby World Cup rights

david@touchline

ITV have been awarded the UK Broadcast rights for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand and host Broadcast ...

bankofwest

WTA Tennis Final on Eurosport

david@touchline

British Eurosport 2 will be serving up the best in women’s tennis as they screen the final of the WTA ...

benshep2

Sky confirms Shephard role

david@touchline

Sky Sports have confirmed the role of their new signing, Ben Shephard who joins the network after 10 years association ...

benshep

Ben Shephard lands Sky Sports role

david@touchline

Ben Shephard is to be the new face of Sky Sports football coverage after landing a reported £495,000 a-year deal ...

euro2012

France, Germany Euro matches on ESPN

david@touchline

ESPN have announced that they will broadcast all home Euro 2012 qualifiers and friendlies for both the German and French ...

emiratescup

Emirates Cup weekend on Sky Sports

david@touchline

Sky Sports will screen the Emirates Cup, the annual pre-season tournament featuring Arsenal and three of Europe’s leading football clubs ...

bbcsport

Euro Athletics coverage on the BBC

david@touchline

The BBC have announced plans for their forthcoming coverage of the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. Britain’s finest athletes ...

snooker

Power Snooker comes to ITV

david@touchline

Snooker is bracing itself for a revolution after the launch of a new style tournament aimed at breathing new life ...

tvsport

Government defer ruling on FTA sports

david@touchline

The government has deferred a decision on sport’s listed events until after the digital switchover process in 2012. The previous ...

heineken_cup

Heineken Rugby dates on Sky

david@touchline

Sky have announced the return of Heineken Cup rugby with a line-up of 40 live fixtures this season. The first ...

Champions League T20 (logo)

Champions League T20 on Eurosport

david@touchline

Eurosport have announced a 3 year exclusive deal to broadcast the Champions League Twenty20 in the UK and Europe. The ...

vm

Virgin Media launch Sky HD channels

david@touchline

Virgin Media have announced the addition of Sky Sports HD1 and Sky Sports HD2 to their lineup of high definition ...

Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News HD announce launch

david@touchline

Sky have announced that the HD version of their Sports News channel will launch on August 23rd on the broadcasters ...

bathrugby

Summer Rugby 7′s on ESPN

david@touchline

A new Friday night Rugby Sevens kicks off exclusively live on ESPN on Friday, July 15 featuring all 12 top ...

channel4

C4 to show Eurobasket qualifiers

david@touchline

Channel 4 is to screen a series of highlights programmes from this summer’s Eurobasket qualifying programme. The Daily Mirror report ...

bbclogo

BBC signs Open deal until 2016

david@touchline

The BBC have agreed a new deal with the R&A that will see coverage of the Open continue with the ...

engagesuperleague

Super League receives 3D treatment

david@touchline

Rugby League is the latest sport to take on a whole new dimension when Sky Sports broadcast live coverage of ...

shanewarne

Warne set for Sky return

david@touchline

Shane Warne is set to make a return to the Sky Sports commentary box this week after making his debut ...

theopen

150th Open Championship on the BBC

david@touchline

The BBC have announced plans for their live and exclusive coverage of the 150th anniversary of the The Open Championship ...

aviva

Sky/ESPN confirm Aviva Prem games

david@touchline

Sky and ESPN have announced the first live fixtures of the new Aviva Premiership Rugby Union season. ESPN have announced ...

golfball

ESPN to screen Open highlights

david@touchline

ESPN and ESPN HD are to broadcast nightly highlights from the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews between 15 – ...

setanta

Setanta collapsed with £550m debt

david@touchline

The British arm of Setanta Sports collapsed owing £550m to a number of creditors including the Football Association and the ...

darts

On the oche for 3D Darts !

david@touchline

Sky Sports are to make TV history once again as the StanJames.com World Matchplay Darts tournament is to be shown ...

mutv

Man Utd pre-season tour on MUTV

david@touchline

MUTV and MUTV Online have announced that they are to screen 5 live pre-season Manchester United clashes this summer starting ...

cbspl

ESPN & Sky confirm SPL games

david@touchline

Sky and ESPN have confirmed the fixtures to receive live TV coverage in the first 4 months of the new ...

mastersgolf

BBC to retain Masters golf ?

david@touchline

The BBC looks set to hold on to the Augusta Masters after it emerged that Sky have abandoned their attempts ...

f1

BBC trial F1 driver tracker

david@touchline

The BBC are to trial a new addition to their online coverage of Formula 1 by introducing the ‘driver tracker’ ...

splsky

SPL presenter shake-up at Sky ?

david@touchline

Sky Sports presenter Ali Douglas, is reported to be cutting back on the number of matches she fronts as Sky ...

football

ESPN to screen pre-season fixtures

david@touchline

ESPN have announced plans to air 11 pre-season friendlies featuring Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Glasgow Rangers. Coverage ...

daviscup

Crucial Davis Cup tie on Eurosport

david@touchline

The sun may have set over The All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, yet there are storm clouds gathering ...

espnprem

ESPN kick off with Chelsea

david@touchline

ESPN have announced their first ten live fixtures of the 2010/11 Barclays Premier League Season, commencing with defending champions Chelsea ...

premleague

Sky confirm Premier League dates

david@touchline

Sky Sports have today announced 44 live fixtures for the first part of the 2010/11 Barclays Premier League season.  The ...

bbcchamp

BBC set Championship dates

david@touchline

The BBC have announced five live fixtures for the first part of the new npower Football League Championship season. As ...

Football_League

Sky confirm League One fixtures

david@touchline

Sky Sports have confirmed their first six live npower Football League One fixtures of the new season.  Coverage commences with ...

npowerchamp

Sky set 19 Championship dates

david@touchline

Sky have announced that their cameras will be live at 19 Championship fixtures for the first part of the new ...

sky3d

Howzat ! Cricket in 3D

david@touchline

Sky Sports are ready to cross new boundaries once again (no pun intended) as they gear up to show the ...

scotsparl

Scottish MSP in TV rugby plea

david@touchline

The Scottish Parliament backed the Scottish Rugby Union’s campaign for more television coverage after Edinburgh Central MSP, Sarah Boyack tabled ...

lfctv

LFC TV to screen Hodgson debut

david@touchline

LFC TV are to herald the new era at Liverpool Football Club by screening Roy Hodgson’s first match in charge ...

Championship Leeds

More Sky dates for Leeds Utd

david@touchline

Leeds United have had two more of their forthcoming Championship fixtures selected for live television broadcast by Sky. Next season’s ...