Sky Sports 5 launches as 'home of European football'

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The new channel will show Dutch first division football, as well as UEFA Champions League, La Liga and more, and is also coming to Virgin in SD and HD

Sky Sports 5

Sky Sports has announced a new sports channel, Sky Sports 5. The channel will deliver exclusive live coverage of the Dutch first division football for the first time on Sky Sports, as part of its billing as the 'home of European football'.

Sky Sports customers will be able to register for Sky Sports 5 from June 12th, and take up Sky's offer of two years' free Sky Broadband Unlimited. Customers will be able to receive the new channel "as part of the sports package, at no extra cost".

Virgin Media has also confirmed to What Hi-Fi? that Sky Sports 5 will be available on Virgin TV in SD and HD.

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Sky Sports 5 will screen up to 600 live European football matches next season and will be the home of European Qualifiers, UEFA Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey on Sky. Sky also confirmed a 4-year deal to show Holland's top division, Eredivisie.

Sky has confirmed to What Hi-Fi? that if you take any Sky Sports channel you will get Sky Sports 5 free.

Of course, Sky doesn't have any live coverage of the imminent World Cup, which is kept on terrestrial TV, so is no doubt eager to remind us all of the football coverage that it does have.

You can register for the new channel from this Thursday, June 12th, using the red button on your Sky+ HD box, online or by calling Sky.

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by Joe Cox

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Joe Cox
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Joe is the Content Director for What Hi-Fi? and Future’s Product Testing, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for almost 20 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff, and the Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).