Sports Tonight Live: Difference between revisions

| logoaltname = Sports Tonight

| launchlogo = 29 August 2011

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| languageowner = [[English= language|English]]

| broadcastcountry area = [[United Kingdom]]

| terrarea serv 1 = [[FreeviewUnited (UK)|FreeviewKingdom]]

'''Sports Tonight Live''', branded simply as '''Sports Tonight''', iswas a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]] show and channel, owned by VISION247 based in Central London. It was launched online on 29 August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/sportstonighttv/posts/251369364896483|title=Tonight, the...|publisher=Facebook|date=29 August 2011}}</ref>

On 15 October 2011, Sports Tonight Live began to broadcast on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/10/14/boxing-incentive-to-connect-freeview-set-tops/|title=Boxing incentive to connect Freeview set-tops|publisher=Broadband TV News|date=14 October 2011}}</ref> where it is listed as ''Sports''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/dtt/2225.htm|title=Sports|publisher=Ofcom|accessdate=30 December 2011}}</ref> The channel requires an [[internet]] connected [[Freeview HD]] [[set-top box]] or [[television]], although the service may not be compatible with early Freeview HD equipment.<ref name="Info" /> Sports Tonight Live was the first English language channel to use VisionIPTV’sVisionIPTV's studio production and internet broadcast playout services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=67369|title=MacKenzie signs Sports Tonight Live to VisionIPTV|publisher=SourceWire|date=28 September 2011}}</ref> It was also the first over-the-top delivered channel on the Freeview platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/15692/sports-tonight-live-claims-freeview-ott-first/|title=Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first|publisher=Digital TV Europe|date=30 September 2011}}</ref>

Sports Tonight Live has also previously broadcast [[free-to-air]] on [[BEN Television]] and [[free-to-view]] on [[Primetime (TV channel)|Primetime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://twitter.com/#!/SportsTonightTV/statuses/168402993463566338|title=A reminder that we are liv ...|publisher=Twitter|date=12 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SportsTonightTV/status/208536253266792448|title=Great excitement in the of|publisher=Twitter|date=1 June 2012}}</ref>

Every show is broadcast live for four hours every week night and during the afternoon at the weekend.<ref name="Info">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportstonightlive.com/home/info/faqs|title=Info|publisher=Sports Tonight Live|accessdate=30 December 2011}}</ref> At other times, the latest programme is shown on a loop and branded as ''Sports Tonight Replay''. From 17 August 2012, Sports Tonight Live began to air live Polish football from the [[Ekstraklasa]] three times a week.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RisWxN8tQoc|title=Polish Football is Coming to Sports Tonight|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=20 July 2011}}</ref>