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About Premier Sports 1

Premier Sports is pay-TV sports network available in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. It launched back in 2009 after the termination of Setanta Sports GB. It is owned by Premier Media Broadcasting Ltd., who also run the FreeSports channel in the UK. Over the years, it has moved away from its strong reliance of Setanta Sports in Ireland—now eir Sport—to become an independent broadcaster with access to major football tournaments.

Its history of comprehensive football coverage includes the live telecast of matches from competitions all over the world, including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the United States’ Major League Soccer. It has also been successful in securing deals in South America over the years to air games from the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, as well as the Copa America.

Its collection of TV rights in Europe has been shuffled continually with live transmission catering to the needs of viewers with a taste in Dutch, Italian, Scottish and Spanish football. Whereas much of Premier Sports’ coverage comes in the form 90-minute matches, the network has also been providing coverage of competitions and friendlies in the form of highlights and magazine shows.

Events from other sports are also broadcast on the network. Some of the popular disciplines constituting its programming include motorsports and rugby, though Premier Sports has also signed contracts with major entities in the world of boxing and mixed martial arts in the past.

Premier Sports 1 is available in high definition to Sky customers in the UK via satellite on Channel 412. It is also available via cable on Virgin Media in HD on Channel 551. Its content is additionally simulcast live in HD and made available on demand on Premier Player–Premier Sports’ official 24/7 streaming service–which is also available on Android and iOS. Access is equally granted to subscribers of the Virgin TV Anywhere service.