Discrepancy Between Sky and Freeview
From 2002, Sky Sports News was available free to view on digital terrestrial TV. On Sky's digital satellite service, the channel was made available to the Sports Pack from 1 September 2009, in addition to being available in the News & Events Pack.
Sky Sports News was removed from Freeview on 23 August 2010 and replaced with Sky3+1, a one hour timeshift Sky3. Approval for the DTT change was needed from the regulator Ofcom, which told Sky and multiplex licence holder Arqiva that the move "would not unacceptably diminish the capacity of the services broadcast to appeal to a variety of tastes and interests."
Sky claimed that the move back to pay TV allowed them to improve the channel through increased editoral investment.
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