Across its five core channels – Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra and Sky Sports News - there were over 800 more hours of sport than in 2005.
Not included in this record figure were another 182 hours of coverage on Sky Box Office and PremPlus including Ricky Hatton’s win over Luis Collazo and eight WWE wrestling events. PREMPLUS featured an additional 56 Barclays Premiership matches. High definition coverage on two new HD services was launched in May and July.
Over the last 12 months, the most televised sports on Sky Sports were:
Hours 2006 - Percentage change on year
Football 6,082 +3.1%
Cricket 3,491 +28.9%
Golf 3,514 -8.8%
Rugby Union 1,412 +0.4%
Tennis 1,161 -1.7%
Rugby League 1,038 -9.8%
