Sky launching new Sports channels, available to all subscribers
Sky Sports Mix is a new sports channels from Sky, which will be available to all Sky subscribers, regardless of their subscription package.
Sky Sports Mix will bring some of the world’s biggest sporting events to all Sky TV customers in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost.
Sky Sports Mix will show a mix of live sport including football, golf from Europe and the US, international cricket and more, and will including Premier League matches to non-sports subscribers for the first time.
Sky said the new channel will offer a “select number” of live Premier League and Football League matches, as well as regular live football from competitions including Italy’s La Liga, the US’s MLS and the Fifa 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Sky Sports Mix’s launch comes as part of Sky’s annual package changes and price increases, scheduled for the 1st June 2016. This new channel may help soften the blow with the annual price increase of Skys packages – details of which are expected within the next week.
From the launch of Sky Sports Mix viewers can look forward to regular live football from competitions including La Liga, MLS, FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers, as well as a select number of Premier League and Football League matches. The Sky Sports Mix channel line-up will also include insightful documentaries, sports entertainment shows and other sporting content and will also be available on Sky Go.
Speaking of the new channel, Sky Sports Managing Director, Barney Francis, said:
“With Sky Sports Mix, we are giving millions more people access to great moments from some of the world’s biggest sporting events at no extra cost. It is a fantastic way for all Sky customers to be able to enjoy some of the great content that has made Sky Sports the first choice for sport.
“Sky Sports Mix will bring sport to more people and provide many different ways of enjoying our coverage, from high profile live events and fascinating documentaries to clips of incredible moments. Our aim is to offer sport in a way that can engage, encourage and excite everyone even further.”
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