Sky Sports is to run its first ever television channel dedicated to European football with the launch of Sky Sports 5 this summer.
The new channel goes live on August 12 will feature up to 600 live European football matches next season featuring some of the best players, the best teams and the best competitions.
Sky Sports 5 will be the seventh channel launched by Sky Sports since its inception in 1991 and will be the home of European Qualifiers for Euro 2016, UEFA Champions League, La Liga, Coppa Italia and Copa del Rey, plus a host of other European football programming including Revista De La Liga and Champions League Weekly.
For the first time, Sky Sports will also offer exclusive live coverage of matches from the Netherlands’ top flight – Eredivisie.
The new four-year deal announced today will bring live matches from each round to Sky Sports 5, enabling viewers to follow the domestic campaigns of the Netherlands’ top teams including Ajax, Feyenoord, FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven.
Customers with Sky Sports will be able to receive the new channel as part of their sports package, and as a further bonus they can also get two years’ free Sky Broadband Unlimited.
Launched this week with a nationwide marketing campaign starring David Beckham, Sky Sports viewers can activate the channel from 12 June ahead of the channel going live on 12 August.
As an added bonus, Sky TV customers with Sky Sports can also get two years’ free totally unlimited Sky Broadband Unlimited.
Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, said: “Sky Sports 5 takes our unrivalled live football coverage to the next level offering more European football than ever before.
“There’s never been a better time to be a Sky Sports customer and with two years’ free totally unlimited broadband, we offer the ultimate package for sports fans.
Sky Ambassador David Beckham added: “Some of my greatest playing moments were on the European stage with Manchester United, playing in El Clasico for Real Madrid and captaining England in Euro qualifiers.
“Sky Sports 5 will offer all the drama and excitement that European football has to offer and I’ll certainly be gripped.”
Sky TV customers with Sky Sports will be able to register for Sky Sports 5 from 12 June via red button, online and by calling Sky.
In a further bonus, Sky Sports customers can also get two years’ free Sky Broadband Unlimited worth £7.50 a month and get the great value of Sky’s totally unlimited broadband with no usage limits and no extra download charges, meaning Sky Sports customers could save up to £330 over two years.
Sky Sports will offer more live football than ever before next season with coverage from the international, European and domestic game and analysis from Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jamie Redknapp and Graeme Souness.
The launch of Sky Sports 5 comes during another busy summer on Sky Sports with live England Test cricket, live golf every week including US Open and US PGA, every Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend, international rugby union including England’s tour to New Zealand, Super League and US Open and ATP tennis.
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