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Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using one of the free services: DAB (for radio), Freeview, Sky No Card - Sky without a viewing card (Freesat from Sky (or fSfS)) and Freesat.. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

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Sky Sports News        

Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.

Official site: See the www.skysports.com link icon Sky Sports News website.

From Wikipedia: More hours of the channel are picked up in critical periods such as the end of transfer windows and coverage of qualifying draws for Euro tournaments. edit Overview The channel focuses predominantly on football especially during the European football season - AugustMay but reports on a wide range of sports even sports to which Sky do not possess broadcasting rights receive limited coverage. The programming is presented by two reporters in the studio who read the news or introduce short clips featuring highlights and interviews covering a variety of topics. - en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org link icon read more about Sky Sports News on wikipedia (summary by Clipped).

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Monday, 3 January 2011
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sulaimon
12:51 PM

i believe with hotbird footprint one can watch skysport in nigeria,can i get sky smartcard will work with strong receiver.

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Thursday, 6 January 2011
Briantist
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8:19 AM

sulaimon: No, the footprint does not cover Nigera. Not even "almost".

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Sunday, 24 April 2011
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tom stephenson
10:56 AM

will we ever get eurosport 1/2/and HD on freesat+HD

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:52 PM

tom stephenson: They are pay channels, so no.

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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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christopher
5:44 PM

can we have sky sport new on digital t.v

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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Briantist
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12:02 PM

christopher: Sky Sports News is currently part of the Sky Sports subscription package on satellite and cable.

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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john
6:58 PM

can i get sky sports news on freesat and could you recommend a good free sat box

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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Briantist
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2:04 PM

john : No, the channel is not free-to-air.

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Friday, 10 August 2012
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nekky
2:58 PM

Good day, please, i want to know if built in freeview will work in Nigeria ?

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Wednesday, 7 November 2012
dopsy
4:38 PM

Pls can sky work very well in nigeria now

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