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8–29 June – The 1958 FIFA World Cup is covered live by BBC Television and, for the first time, by ITV. Ten live matches are made available via Eurovision. All were shown by the BBC, while seven were taken by the commercial network. 13–19 July – ITV shows coverage of the Commonwealth Games. This is the only time that ITV has ever covered ...
The Big Match was a British football television programme, screened on ITV between 1968 and 1992. [1]The Big Match originally launched on London Weekend Television (LWT) – the ITV regional station that served London and the Home Counties at weekends – screening highlights of Football League matches.
8–29 June – The 1958 FIFA World Cup is covered live by BBC Television and, for the first time, by ITV. Ten live matches are made available via Eurovision. All were shown by the BBC, [75] while seven were taken by the commercial network. [76] August - Scottish Television gains rights to televise filmed highlights of Scottish League matches.
ITV Sport has broadcast many boxing matches over the years under the Big Fight Live banner and the sport was a regular fixture on ITV screens until the mid-1990s when ITV lost its two premier contracts – in mid-1994 Barry Hearn took Chris Eubank and his stable of fighters to Sky Sports and at the start of 1995, Sky Sports won the rights to ...
ITV also shows the 1997 event, but mostly on a pre-recorded basis due to time zone issues. 22 May-3 July – ITV broadcasts live coverage of the 1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand. 1994. 11 May-11 June – ITV shows live coverage of the 1994 England rugby union tour of South Africa. In addition to showing the two test matches, ITV also ...
The Premiership (also known as The Premiership on ITV) is a television programme which showed highlights of the FA Premier League. It was ITV Sport's flagship football show from August 2001 to May 2004. The show was created after the ITV network won a multimillion-pound deal to air Premier League highlights once owned by the BBC.
27 May – ITV Sport takes over as terrestrial broadcaster of the French Open. [16] ITV shows full live coverage, mainly on ITV4, as opposed to the partial coverage shown by the previous rights holder, the BBC. This is the first time since 1968 that ITV has shown coverage of one of the sport's big four tournaments. 2013. No events. 2014
1938. On 24 June, the BBC broadcasts cricket - England vs Australia at Lord’s - on television for the first time.; 1956. 28 April - ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the Australian touring team's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle.