BSkyB has announced that, in the new year, Sky Sports Xtra will become Sky Sports 4.

The change will take place on 6 January 2010.

Sky Sports Xtra launched in autumn 1998 when Sky Digital first went on air. The channel was called Xtra rather than Sky Sports 4 because it was originally set up to carry interactive programming and would simulcast programming on other Sky Sports channels to offer the interactive coverage. However, in time, interactive programming was integrated across all Sky Sports coverage meaning that there was no need for Xtra to carry an interactive feed. Sky Sports Xtra became a bonus channel as an add-on to Sky Sports 1 and/or Sky Sports 2.

Comments

Add New Search

Write comment
Name:
Email:	do not notifynotify
Title:
	Please input the anti-spam code that you can read in the image.

Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.26

3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."