Sky to broadcast its first ever free-to-air live Premier League match - Sky Sports 1 Free for a day

Sky Sports 1 will shift to Sky 2 for the day, allowing Sky viewers who do not subscribe to the Sky Sports package to watch for free, and on Freeview and YouView services (only available in the UK and not Spain) it will take over Pick TV for the day.

Full details on our blog at : http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/sky-to-broadcast-its-first-ever-free-to-air-live-premier-league-match/

Wimbledon 2013 - Day Five - Order of Play / Match Schedule

Day 5 Friday 28 June

Centre Court 1.00pm

Ladies' Singles - Second round
Laura Robson  (GBR) v Mariana Duque-Marino  (COL)

Gentlemen's Singles - Third round
Nicolas Almagro  (ESP) [15] v Jerzy Janowicz  (POL) [24]

Gentlemen's Singles - Third round
Tommy Robredo (ESP) [32] v Andy Murray  (GBR) [2]

No.1 Court 1.00pm

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round
David Ferrer  (ESP) [4] v Roberto Bautista Agut  (ESP)

Ladies' Singles - Third round
Petra Kvitova  (CZE) [8] v Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) [25]

Gentlemen's Singles - Third round
Viktor Troicki  (SRB) v Mikhail Youzhny  (RUS) [20]

Live TV Coverage of Wimbledon 2013
BBC will be covering Wimbledon on BBC1, BBC1HD, BBC2, BBC2HD, BBC Red Button, Radio Five Live.
BBC Red Button Frequencies

TV coverage in Spain will be by Canal+

Wimbledon 2013 - Day Four - Order of Play / Match ScheduleWimbledon 2013 - Day Four - Order of Play / Match Schedule

Day 4 Thursday 27 June
Centre Court 1.00pm
Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Jesse Levine  (CAN) v Juan Martin Del Potro  (ARG) [8]

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Agnieszka Radwanska  (POL) [4] v Mathilde Johansson  (FRA)

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round  
Novak Djokovic  (SRB) [1] v Bobby Reynolds  (USA)
 
No.1 Court 1.00pm
Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Serena Williams  (USA) [1] v Caroline Garcia  (FRA)

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Richard Gasquet  (FRA) [9] v Go Soeda  (JPN)

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
David Ferrer  (ESP) [4] v Roberto Bautista Agut  (ESP)


No.2 Court 11.30am
Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Sabine Lisicki  (GER) [23] v Elena Vesnina  (RUS)

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Daniel Brands  (GER) v Tomas Berdych  (CZE) [7]

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Marina Erakovic  (NZL) v Shuai Peng  (CHN) [24]

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Laura Robson  (GBR) v Mariana Duque-Marino  (COL)

Live TV Coverage of Wimbledon 2013
BBC will be covering Wimbledon on BBC1, BBC1HD, BBC2, BBC2HD, BBC Red Button, Radio Five Live.
BBC Red Button Frequencies
TV coverage in Spain will be by Canal+

Wimbledon 2013 - Day Three - Order of Play / Match Schedule

Day 3 Wednesday 26 June

Centre Court 1.00pm

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Flavia Pennetta  (ITA) v Victoria Azarenka  (BLR) [2]

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  (FRA) [6] v Ernests Gulbis  (LAT)

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round  
Sergiy Stakhovsky  (UKR) v Roger Federer  (SUI) [3]


No.1 Court 1.00pm

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Fernando Verdasco  (ESP) v Julien Benneteau  (FRA) [31]

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Yen-Hsun Lu  (TPE) v Andy Murray  (GBR) [2]

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Petra Kvitova  (CZE) [8] v Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ)


No.2 Court 11.30am

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Dustin Brown  (GER) v Lleyton Hewitt  (AUS)

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Petra Cetkovska  (CZE) v Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) [9]

Ladies' Singles - Second round 
Michelle Larcher De Brito  (POR) v Maria Sharapova  (RUS) [3]

Gentlemen's Singles - Second round 
Kenny De Schepper  (FRA) v Marin Cilic  (CRO) [10]


Live TV Coverage of Wimbledon 2013
BBC will be covering Wimbledon on BBC1, BBC1HD, BBC2, BBC2HD, BBC Red Button, Radio Five Live.
BBC Red Button Frequencies
TV coverage in Spain will be by Canal+

Wimbledon 2013 - Day Two - Order of Play / Match Schedule

Day 2 Tuesday 25 June

Centre Court 1.00pm

Ladies' Singles - First round
Serena Williams (USA) [1] v Mandy Minella (LUX)

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Florian Mayer (GER)

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
David Ferrer (ESP) [4] v Martin Alund (ARG)

No.1 Court 1.00pm

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Albert Ramos (ESP) v Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [8]

Ladies' Singles - First round
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [10] v Laura Robson (GBR)

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Martin Klizan (SVK) v Tomas Berdych (CZE) [7]

No.2 Court 11.30am

Ladies' Singles - First round
Heather Watson (GBR) v Madison Keys (USA)

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) v Tommy Haas (GER) [13]

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [9] v Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Ladies' Singles - First round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4] v Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

Live TV Coverage of Wimbledon 2013
BBC will be covering Wimbledon on BBC1, BBC1HD, BBC2, BBC2HD, BBC Red Button, Radio Five Live.
BBC Red Button Frequencies
TV coverage in Spain will be by Canal+

Wimbledon 2013 - Day One - Order of Play / Match Schedule

Wimbledon 2013
Day 1 Monday 24 June

Centre Court 1.00pm
Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v Roger Federer (SUI) [3]

Ladies' Singles - First round
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) v Maria Sharapova (RUS) [3]

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Benjamin Becker (GER) v Andy Murray (GBR) [2]


No.1 Court 1.00pm
Ladies' Singles - First round
Maria Joao Koehler (POR) v Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2]

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [5] v Steve Darcis (BEL)

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [11]


No.2 Court 11.30am
Ladies' Singles - First round
Virginie Razzano (FRA) v Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [12]

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) v Marin Cilic (CRO) [10]

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6] v David Goffin (BEL)

Ladies' Singles - First round
Petra Kvitova (CZE) [8] v Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

No.3 Court 11.30am
Ladies' Singles - First round
Elena Baltacha (GBR) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Kyle Edmund (GBR) v Jerzy Janowicz (POL) [24]

Gentlemen's Singles - First round
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) [14] v Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Ladies' Singles - First round
Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) v Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9]

Live TV Coverage of Wimbledon 2013
BBC will be covering Wimbledon on BBC1, BBC1HD, BBC2, BBC2HD, BBC Red Button, Radio Five Live. BBC Red Button Frequencies

TV coverage in Spain will be by Canal+

BBC Red Button HD to return to Freesat

Further to this weeks removal from Freesat of the BBC Red Button HD service (http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/bbc-hd-red-button-removed-from-satellite ) it has been confirmed that this Red Button Service will return to Freesat "sometime next week". The BBC Red Button HD service will be available on Freesat channel 980. There are three Standard Definition Red Button Services, available on Freesat channels 981, 982, 983. The BBC Red Button HD service will not be available on Sky HD receivers, due to technical difficulties between the BBC and Sky. The three SD services will be available on Sky boxes, via the Red Button on a BBC channel.

Astra 2E : New UK TV Satellites arrives at launch site

The second new UK TV satellite, Astra 2E, arrived this week at the launch site, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

It will under go various checks and preps, before its scheduled launch on the 19th July 2013. Latest Astra 2E news at : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/astra_2e_satellite_reception_testing_news_updates.php

Murdoch / News Corp to buy Spains Canal+ satellite TV service from Prisa TV?

Grupo Prisa is in talks with Telefónica to sell a stake in satellite broadcaster Digital Plus for as much as €900m.

Prisa owns 56 per cent of Digital Plus / Canal+, the largest pay TV operator in Spain by subscribers.

Telefónica, which itself owns 22 per cent of Digital Plus, is interested in buying Prisa’s stake in an effort to offer so-called triple and quad-play bundles of internet, fixed line, mobile and pay TV to its clients.

Digital Plus holds some of the rights to broadcast Spanish football league matches.

However, people close to the process said that Telefónica appeared unwilling to pay more than €900m for the stake.

Financial reporters suggest that News Corp has already made an approach to Telefónica, without whose agreement any News Corp involvement would be a non-starter. Representatives from News Corp and BSkyB are understood to have held informal discussions with Prisa earlier this year over the Spanish media group’s pay TV operation. However these discussions are no longer active, according to people close to the situation.

Both News Corp and BSkyB declined to comment.

News Corp’s expertise gained at BSkyB and Sky Deutschand may be welcome at Prisa, which lost 28,350 satellite subscribers in the first quarter, and has seen a gradual subscriber erosion in recent quarters. It currently has 1,691,281 subscribers.


Note that if BskyB / News Corp do buy Canal+, it does not mean that UK TV channels like BBC ITV will be available on the Spanish satellite TV service. It will be operated separately to Sky TV UK, as they have done in Germany (Sky Deutschland) and Italy (Sky Italia).

source:rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2013061328279/murdoch-sounds-telefonica-out-regarding-purchase-of-canal.html
source: ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bfee4616-d44b-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html

BBC confirm expanded Red Button services for the summer

The BBC has confirmed plans for its Red Button service during the summer - following earlier reports about the appearance of some "test" frequencies. (http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/bbc-red-button-services-join-freesat/ )

The BBC have confirmed that the expanded Red Button service would offer HD coverage of the British F1 Grand Prix, Women’s Euros, Diamond League Athletics, Moto GP and the Confederations Cup, and Standard definition streams, will be used for Red Button coverage of Glastonbury and will also be offering coverage from Wimbledon.

BBC Red Button HD will start on 13th June 2013.
BBC Red Button SD will start on 24th June 2013.

These Red Button services will be added to the Sky Guide and Freesat Guide as actual channels - see http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/bbc-confirm-expanded-red-button-service-for-the-summer/