TNT Sports 4
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| January 2025 | Warner Bros. Discovery announced the discontinuation of Eurosport in the UK and Ireland, with content to be integrated into TNT Sports platforms as of 28 February. |
| August 2023 | TNT Sports ended broadcasting of U.S. college sports and associated ESPN produced studio programming following a service rebranding. |
| July 18 2023 | Channel was rebranded as TNT Sports 4 along with its sister channels, and began to be programmed with no specific scope. |
| August 1 2022 | ESPN branding was dropped from the channel, which was renamed BT Sport 4. |
| May 11 2022 | BT Group announced a joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) for BT Sport channels, with plans to merge with Eurosport UK. |
| 2018 | NBA and WNBA game coverage moved from ESPN to Sky Sports for the 2018-19 season. |
| 2016 | ESPN's UEFA Champions League Goals Show transitioned to BT Sport 1 after broadcasting the program for the 2015-16 season. |
| 2015 | ESPN began broadcasting the UEFA Champions League Goals Show during the group stage, providing live panel coverage of key match incidents and goals. |
| 2015 | BT Sport became the exclusive broadcasters of the UEFA Europa League, with highlights airing on ITV. |
| June 9 2015 | BT rebranded the ESPN channel as BT Sport ESPN, maintaining rights to ESPN International content. |
| 2013 | ESPN broadcast the FA Cup final live, with buildup coverage starting from eight in the morning and a 5:15 PM kick-off. An outside standing studio was set up behind the goals for pre-match and post-match analysis presented by Ray Stubbs. |
| August 15 2013 | ESPN returns to Virgin Media after BT signs a wholesale deal for channel carriage. |
| August 1 2013 | BT Sport acquires ESPN, integrating it into their BT Sport Pack. |
| February 25 2013 | ESPN announced its exit from the UK and Ireland market, agreeing to sell its television operations to BT Group. |
| 2012 | ESPN planned to broadcast over 20 club and international football friendlies, including the LIGA total! Cup. |
| 2012 | ESPN broadcast the FA Cup final live, with buildup coverage starting from eight in the morning and a 5:15 PM kick-off. An outside standing studio was set up behind the goals for pre-match and post-match analysis presented by Ray Stubbs. |
| December 5 2012 | ESPN UK secured NBA broadcasting rights for the 2012-13 season, including 3 games per week, NBA All-Star Game, Play-off coverage, Western Conference Finals, and NBA Finals. |
| October 2012 | ESPN announces it will start broadcasting games from the Kontinental Hockey League, Europe's top ice hockey competition. |
| September 2012 | ESPN broadcasts the PDC 2012 European Championship. |
| August 2012 | TNT Sports 4 completed a deal to broadcast the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League tournament. |
| August 3 2012 | ESPN announced a new five-year agreement to air 30 SPL games per season and 10 Rangers games from the Scottish Football League (SFL), including three home fixtures. |
| July 2012 | ESPN announced a renewed multi-season Bundesliga rights deal lasting until the 2014–15 season, covering up to four matches per week in high definition, including DFL-Supercup. |
| June 2012 | ESPN signed a deal to broadcast Ligue 1 from France. |
| June 13 2012 | ESPN announced it missed out on English Premier League broadcast rights for the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons, signaling potential withdrawal from UK sports broadcasting. |
| May 2012 | ESPN acquired rights to broadcast the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A from Brazil. |
| March 2012 | TNT Sports 4 broadcast its first tennis coverage, showing the Fed Cup from Madison Square Garden. In the same month, ESPN acquired broadcasting rights for ATP World Tour 250 events and three WTA International tournaments. |
| February 2012 | ESPN offers a free weekend, broadcasting a Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham, marking the first free-to-air Premier League fixture in the UK. |
| 2011 | ESPN broadcast all four games of the 2011 Emirates Cup and various pre-season friendlies. |
| 2011 | ESPN begins broadcasting the inaugural FA Women's Super League. |
| 2011 | ESPN broadcast the FA Cup final live. |
| November 2011 | ESPN broadcasts two golf tournaments from Australia. |
| November 21 2011 | ESPN's deal with the SPL was extended for five years from the 2012–13 season. |
| October 17 2011 | ESPN was awarded part of the TV rights for the UEFA Europa League for the 2012–13 to 2014–15 seasons. |
| July 22 2011 | ESPN becomes available without additional charge to full Sky Sports Pack subscribers in Ireland. |
| July 6 2011 | ESPN announces live and exclusive coverage of the 2011 World Masters of Darts, extending the event to three days for the first time in partnership with the British Darts Organisation. |
| May 2011 | ESPN secured the broadcasting rights to the 2011 Copa América tournament. |
| January 12 2011 | ESPN reaches an agreement with North One Sport to exclusively televise the World Rally Championship (WRC) in the UK, including daily bulletins, preview and review shows. |
| 2010 | Sky Sports stopped producing Premier League match coverage, with IMG Sports Media taking over production to introduce new technology and analysis techniques. The change also impacted FA Cup and Scottish Premier League coverage. |
| December 8 2010 | Premier Sports announces an exclusive UK deal for 31 live Friday Night Fight events to begin in January 2011 on a two-year initial agreement. |
| August 7 2010 | ESPN aired Newcastle's friendly match against Rangers in Glasgow. |
| August 1 2010 | ESPN broadcast Tottenham's friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon. |
| July 23 2010 | ESPN began airing the New York Football Challenge, showing all four games featuring Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, New York Red Bulls, and Sporting CP. |
| July 22 2010 | ESPN secured exclusive UK broadcast rights for the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament from the West Indies Cricket Board, covering a tournament featuring eight West Indian Twenty20 teams competing for the Caribbean Twenty20 title. |
| July 15 2010 | ESPN secured broadcast rights to all France and Germany's Euro 2012 qualifying matches, and selected home friendly matches for these teams. |
| June 9 2010 | ESPN signed Ben Kay as co-commentator and agreed to exclusive UK broadcast rights for the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series. ESPN also finalized their broadcast team, with Mark Durden-Smith as lead host and Sarra Elgan as reporter. |
| May 27 2010 | Nick Mullins was hired by ESPN as chief match commentator for their rugby coverage. |
| May 24 2010 | ESPN acquired UK exclusive broadcast rights to 41 international football fixtures, including UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers and international friendlies. The first fixture shown was a World Cup warm-up match between Argentina and Canada, which Argentina won 5-0. |
| April 15 2010 | ESPN signed Austin Healey as an expert contributor for its English Premiership rugby presentation team. |
| March 4 2010 | ESPN agrees to UK broadcast rights for the 2010 World Indoor Athletic Championships to be held in Doha. |
| March 3 2010 | ESPN secures UK broadcast rights for the first European Winter X Games. |
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