SKY ITALIA


Origin: Italy

Up-link: Europe
 

Other Channel Options:
 
Abu Dhabi Sports HD
Al Jazeera Sports
Viasat Sport Baltic HD

Dedicated Sport Channels: 2011/12
ESPN America
ESPN Classic
EuroSport News
* EuroSport Italia (International)
EuroSport 2 Italia (International)
Sky Sport Extra
* Sky Sport 1
* Sky Sport 2
* Sky Sport 3
* Sky Sport Extra
* Sky Super Calcio
* Sky Calcio 1 thru 8
Sky Calcio 9 thru 14
Sport Italia & Sport Italia 2

* Available in HD. HD Sky Box required.

Position:
Hotbird (13° East)

Encryption:
VideoGuard



Required:
- 80cm to 1.2m Dish.
- Official Satellite Receiver (NECESSARY)
- Additional Receiver to resolve Card Info Display Issue.

One of the biggest Sports broadcasters in Europe, Sky Italia offer some of the most comprehensive English Premier League football coverage within the European Union.

With 5 dedicated Sports channels as well as an extra 15 CALCIO (meaning soccer in Italian) channels available, Sky Italia shows as many as three Saturday 3pm EPL games simultaneously every match day as well as covering Mid Week games and every match broadcast on British Satellite TV. That's 280 LIVE games.

Besides the full Italian Serie A, they also broadcast top Scottish, Spanish and German League matches as well as every UEFA Champion's League match.

Lots of other sports as well including Rugby Union, including the 6 Nations Rugby, Tennis and all the American sports.

Also included with Sky Italia are channels like Sport Italia and RAI covering English Championship, South American Football and Italy Internationals.

EuroSport and EuroSport 2 come as standard with the Sports package.

All the Sky Sports & Calcio channels have two audio tracks allowing you to choose alternate broadcast commentary, when and IF available.

Restrictions:
Serie B matches are not part of any of the standard Sports packages and require additional subscriptions. Also, some UEFA Europa League games are strictly Pay Per View (PPV).

 

INFORMATION UPDATED: 08 DEC 2011