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Get the most of out the new Premier League season with Sky Sports

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Get the most of out the new Premier League season with Sky Sports

The new Premier League season starts August 12 and now football fans can watch it like never before with the UK’s first ever dedicated Premier League channel.

The way we watch sport is evolving and Sky is leading the way for change with a brand new set of dedicated sports channels on July 18. One of the most exciting new additions to the 10 channels is Sky Sports Premier League (Sky channel 402); a channel focussed entirely on everything to do with, you guessed it, the Premier League.

What can viewers expect from Sky Sports Premier League?

Sports Premier League will be the new home of the top-flight and its heroes, broadcasting 126 live Premier League games as the likes of Paul Pogba, Philippe Coutinho and Harry Kane renew rivalries. Experts, including Gary Neville, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Jamie Redknapp, will continue to deliver cutting-edge analysis and the hottest topics will be discussed in a new nightly Premier League debate show.

You’ll be able to watch live games in Ultra HD with Sky Q – starting with Arsenal’s Friday Night Football opener against Leicester – and follow the action on the move with in-game clips, highlights and key moments in the new-look Sky Sports app.

Never miss a moment with Ultra HD on Sky Sports

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Never miss a moment with Ultra HD on Sky Sports

Watch the widest range of sports entertainment in Ultra HD with Sky Q and get closer to the action than ever before.

From 18 July, Sky Sports will be better than ever with a range of new dedicated channels, including themed offerings for the Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf and F1*. As well as award-winning commentary and analysis there will be brand new shows and documentaries.

But, wait. It gets even better. Sky Q customers will also be able to enjoy the best live sport in Ultra HD, including Premier League, F1 and England Test cricket.

Why watch in UHD?

  • Ultra HD has up to 4x the definition of HD meaning clarity like never before whilst you watch your favourite sports
  • Improved picture quality: Content is delivered at up to 2x the frame rate of HD so the sports action stays sharp
  • Smoother colours: 10-bit colour is used compared to 8-bit on HD content

Sky Q also supports features including Sky Sports News HQ app on your screen while watching live TV, split viewing and multi-angle choice. To watch Sky Sports in Ultra HD customers will need the Sky Q 2TB box with a Sky Q Multiscreen subscription and a 4K Ultra HD TV.

For more information on Ultra HD you can visit http://www.sky.com/ultrahd

[Ultra High Definition is only available to customers with a Sky Q 2TB box and Multiscreen subscription (£12 extra pm). Not available on Sky Q Mini boxes or Sky Q 1TB box. Sky Sports required to watch sports and in UHD.]

*The F1 Logo, F1, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. All rights reserved.

Great programming on Sky Sports new dedicated channels

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Great programming on Sky Sports new dedicated channels

Not only will Sky Sports introduce a set of brand new dedicated channels on July 18, but customers will also gain access to some exciting new content. Once you’ve had your fill of the best live action across all the new channels, you can then take your pick from a range of documentaries, debate shows and masterclasses. Whether you’re a football fan or cricket connoisseur, there will be shows to suit everyone’s tastes.

Take a look at just some of the great programming on the line-up this summer below:

Documentaries

A great selection of informative and interesting documentaries will be available to watch on the new Sky Sports channels.

In the coming months don’t miss Cricket and the Rainbow Nation on Sky Sports Cricket; a look at South African cricket from the days of their sporting ban during the Apartheid era to the present day. Also make sure to catch Whispering Death: The Michael Holding, an in-depth look at the life and achievements of a cricket legend.

Also make sure to catch brand new shows on Sky Sports Football, including Celtic: The Invincibles and 20 Years of El Clasico.

Debate and review shows

Make sure you get the most out of your favourite sports with Sky’s new selection of debate and review shows.

For all you footy fans out there, brand new programmes include a Premier League debate show every week night in which all the hottest topics will be discussed. From August, there will also be a new weekly EFL Review and Goals show exclusive to Sky Sports Football.

Masterclasses

Improve your play with Sky Sports masterclasses and coaching shows.

The Sky Sports Cricket channel will bring you live, weekly masterclasses with stars of the game including Brendon McCullum, Shaun Pollock, Daniel Vettori, Kevin Pietersen and Ellyse Perry as well as a series of stunning features.

Sky Sports Golf will offer exclusive interviews with players and caddies to get you closer to the game, with Sky’s top golf talent offering masterclasses to improve your play. Viewers will be able to improve their game with help from our expert coaches, including Butch Harmon.

INTRODUCING: Sky Sports’ new dedicated channels

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INTRODUCING: Sky Sports’ new dedicated channels

In an exciting new revamp, Sky Sports has replaced numbered channels with themed offerings focussing on dedicated sports content. Viewers will be able to enjoy the best live action with award-winning commentary and analysis, as well as a range of brand new shows and documentaries.

Starting from July 18, Sky is bringing you the best live sport with ten specialised channels, including dedicated channels for the Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf and F1. Check out what each channel has to offer below:

Sky Sports Premier League

One of the most exciting new additions is the UK’s first ever dedicated Premier League channel. Sky Sports Premier League will be the new home of the top-flight and its heroes, broadcasting 126 live Premier League games as the likes of Paul Pogba, Philippe Coutinho and Harry Kane renew rivalries. Experts, including Gary Neville, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Jamie Redknapp, will continue to deliver cutting-edge analysis and the hottest topics will be discussed in a new week nightly Premier League debate show. You’ll be able to watch live games in Ultra HD with Sky Q – starting with Arsenal’s Friday Night Football opener against Leicester – and follow the action on the move with in-game clips, highlights and key moments in the new-look Sky Sports app.

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Sky Sports Football

This channel will be the home of over 900 live matches per season and will be the only place to watch live coverage from the English Football League with 127 games in the 2017/18 season. There will be a wide range of live domestic football rights including Carabao Cup, SPFL, La Liga, MLS, Eredivisie and Chinese Super League and live coverage of all Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales International Qualifiers. Sky Sports Football will bring you a new weekly EFL Review and Goals show from August, while live and exclusive coverage of the UEFA Nations League begins in 2018 and will include all England’s matches.

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Sky Sports Cricket

Here you can watch exclusive live coverage of every home England international Test, ODI and T20 match. It will also be the only place to see the ICC tournaments. Sky Sports Cricket will also welcome a range of brand new documentaries. In the coming months don’t miss Cricket and the Rainbow Nation – a look at South African cricket from the days of their sporting ban during the Apartheid era to the present day – and Whispering Death: The Michael Holding, an in-depth look at the life and achievements of a cricket legend.

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Sky Sports Golf

Sky Sports Golf is the only place to see every day of The Open Championship, and US Open live. The channel will also be the exclusive home of the European, PGA, Ladies European and Ladies PGA Tour with a live event at least 48 weeks a year, and will air exclusive live coverage of the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. As well as a comprehensive weekly live coverage from the European and PGA Tour, the Sky Sports Golf channel will offer exclusive interviews with players and caddies to get you closer to the game, with Sky’s top golf talent on-hand to improve your play.

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Sky Sports Formula 1

From 2019 Sky Sports will be the only place to see Formula 1 live coverage and highlights and on this dedicated channel viewers can watch every practice session, qualifying hour and race live. Fans can also catch exclusive live coverage of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, GP3, Porsche Supercup and Goodwood Festival of Speed. And for those of you who don’t want to miss a single moment, coverage of every live F1 session (including practice and qualifying) will also be available in Ultra High Definition with Sky Q.

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Sky Sports Action and Arena

Enjoy the best International and European Rugby Union, Rugby League, Tennis, Boxing, NFL, GAA, Darts and WWE on the new Sky Sports Action and Arena channels. Get closer with great programming including NFL Red Zone and The Gloves Are Off.

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And that’s not all…

As well as Sky Sports News and Sky Sports Mix, there will also be a Sky Sports Main Event channel to showcase the biggest live events – available to customers with the full range of Sky Sports channels. Whether it’s a huge Premier League head to head, the opening day of an England Test match or a Formula One Grand Prix, Sky Sports Main Event is the new destination for the biggest live events simulcast from across the new Sky Sports channels.

[The F1 Logo, F1, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. All rights reserved.]

Game of Thrones’s Kit Harington predicts best ruler for the Seven Kingdoms – and it’s not Jon Snow!

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Game of Thrones’s Kit Harington predicts best ruler for the Seven Kingdoms – and it’s not Jon Snow!

Game of Thrones‘ Kit Harington has revealed who he thinks should sit on the Iron Throne.

The Jon Snow actor was speaking at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy, where he received the Giffoni Experience Award.

Speaking about the series’s infamous authority battle, Harington said: “I don’t think Jon Snow will ever become king, he’s not ambitious enough for that, but I could see Tyrion sitting on the Iron Throne: I’ve always considered him the right person to rule over the Seven Kingdoms.”

While he doesn’t think Jon has the chops to rule the Seven Kingdoms, he did admit he is a big fan of his character. He gushed: “What I like most of my character is the fact that he’s always siding with the weakest. He’s a man of action and I like fighting in movies. That’s why this show fits me so well.”

However, Harington briefly believed he had finished with Game of Thrones altogether after a season five finale cliffhanger saw his character brutally stabbed to death by his own men.

“When I read the script of the 5th season, which ended with something like: ‘Jon Snow dies with his black curls’, I tried to react without panicking and started waiting for an official mail of dismissal from the production, but a week went by, then two and three and nothing happened, until I was eventually summoned by the producers.

“I thought: ‘That’s it: they will either ditch me or tell me that somehow Jon is rising from the dead’. Luckily, the latter supposition proved to be right, but I was imposed the utmost confidentiality because only for people, including me, knew the forthcoming development of the plot. I took a great leap and shouted: ‘Yeah! What a relief!'”

Jon Snow has gone from strength to strength since he was revived from the dead in season five, finishing last season as King of the North.

Season seven so far has seen him struggle with satisfying the Lords of the North and quarrel with his (believed) sister Sansa over leadership.

Game of Thrones airs on Sky Atlantic at 2am and 9pm.

Who do you think will win Love Island 2017? Vote in our poll!

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Who do you think will win Love Island 2017? Vote in our poll!

Tell us who your Love Island winner is ahead of the finale episode on Monday (July 24).

Although we’re trying not to think about what life will look like without Love Island to look forward to every day, unfortunately our favourite ITV2 series will be coming to an end next week.

On Monday, Caroline Flack will enter the villa to announce which couple the public has crowned the winner of Love Island 2017. But who will it be?

The remaining couples are: Marcel Somerville and Gabby Allen, Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt, Montana Brown and Alex Beattie, Olivia Attwood and Chris Hughes, and Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies.

The champions will receive a tasty £50,000 cheque but, knowing Love Island, there is almost certain to be a twist. In previous series the couples have been given the option to either split or steal the cash, although host Caroline has hinted that this might change this year.

Who do you think will be the winning couple on Love Island 2017? Vote in our poll below and come back on Monday to see if your prediction was correct!

Love Island continues tonight (Thursday) at 9pm on ITV2. 

The Walking Dead season 8 release date revealed

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The Walking Dead season 8 release date revealed

AMC and FOX have confirmed when The Walking Dead will be returning for its eighth season.

A brand new poster has revealed that season eight of the popular series will drop on October 22 in America and October 23 in the UK, with a 100th episode special.

The poster shows leader of the Alexandrians, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), staring into the face of the villainous Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), as the other characters stand in the background preparing for war.

The release date announcement arrives shortly before the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, where TWD season 8 trailer is expected to be unveiled.

Showrunner Scott M. Gimple recently told Entertainment Weekly that there will many characters interacting with each other that we’ve never seen before in the new season.

“The season finale last year, seeing all the characters together interacting as one, was thrilling,” he said

“It was exciting to see all these configurations of characters we hadn’t seen before. Even Aaron merely giving Jerry an apple felt satisfying.”

He also revealed season eight will continue to move at a fast pace now that all-out battle has begun, and there will not be any more single-arc episodes.

He said: “Things are going to move, and possibly not have the kind of deep dives into characters in single episodes, but rather laying out the pieces as we go on.”

The Walking Dead will return October 23 on FOX in the UK.

PREVIEW: Westeros reacts to Daenerys’s arrival in Game of Thrones S7 E2

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PREVIEW: Westeros reacts to Daenerys’s arrival in Game of Thrones S7 E2

The trailer for next week’s second episode of Game of Thrones is here.

Premiering on Monday night’s Game of Thrones reaction show Thronecast, the new trailer hints at developments to come in episode two.

The first episode of season seven divided fans and critics. Some described ‘Dragonstone’ as a solid start to the season, while others complained about its lack of pace. During the episode, Arya took revenge for the Red Wedding, Ed Sheeran enjoyed an extended cameo appearance and returned home.

The trailer picks up where the episode left off, with the authorities of Westeros reacting to the return of the Dragon Queen. News of Dany’s arrival has reached King of the North Jon Snow, whose subjects tell him she should not be trusted. Is Dany offering Jon an alliance?

Meanwhile, Cersei is informing her subjects that Daenerys will destroy the realm. It certainly looks like Cersei’s in trouble, because Dany’s naval ally Yara Greyjoy suggests the Mother of Dragons should take out King’s Landing first.

Elsewhere, we catch a glimpse of a shocked Arya and another of a wolf. Could this be Arya’s long-lost direwolf Nymeria, who was forced to run away back in season one?

Yara Greyjoy and Ellaria Sand also share a kiss in the action-packed trailer, and someone grabs Littlefinger by the throat. We can only hope Lord Baelish will get his comeuppance.

Game of Thrones airs Mondays at 2am and 9pm on Sky Atlantic.
Live reaction show Thronecast airs Mondays at 10pm after Game of Thrones.

REVIEW: Medium takes a supernatural risk and tells a surprisingly human story

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REVIEW: Medium takes a supernatural risk and tells a surprisingly human story

Tackling the usage of the supernatural – and mediums – in a crime drama is a difficult task to undertake. Fortunately, CBS Drama’s new series Medium handles it admirably.

Medium is the story of Allison, a pre-law student and married mother-of-three, who begins having psychic visions of crimes. When her visions prove almost identical to real crime cases, she is invited to join the investigations. The series is based on the experiences of real-life medium Allison DuBois, who has worked with law enforcement agencies across the US using her claimed psychic abilities.MediumReview3

For a series that revolves around an ability that very few can relate to, Medium is surprisingly human. Allison’s abilities are powerful and as confusing to her as they are to the audience watching. Her ability to speak to spirits and experience visions is not portrayed as a kind of freak superpower, but instead a higher force she cannot understand but must embrace.

Medium‘s ability to create intense atmospheric scenes is one of its main successes. Allison’s visions are suitably jarring, confusing and terrifying. They are alien to us, and her. The series very cleverly uses sound, music and lighting to achieve this powerful effect.

The contrast thus between the real world and the paranormal world is stark. It’s these moments where we examine Allison as a character and form an opinion on her. At first, she’s difficult to like or engage with – she is a person struggling with something we can’t understand. However, throughout the pilot episode, her confidence grows and grows, resulting in a strong, assertive woman who truly charms the screen. By the time she breaks down and screams in frustration at a lack of foresight, she has fully captured the audience’s attention.

All in all, there is a lot of potential in Medium. Discussion of the paranormal and mediums is a subject that divides opinion. But, if one is willing to open their mind to the idea of a medium crime solver, they will be rewarded.

Medium airs weekdays at 11pm from tonight (July 18) on CBS Drama.

Spoiler-free review: NCIS star Michael Waverley’s new series Bull puts psychology in the spotlight

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Spoiler-free review: NCIS star Michael Waverley’s new series Bull puts psychology in the spotlight

5USA’s newest import Bull is a legal series with a difference – centring the spotlight on the psychology of the jury.

Behind this is Dr Jason Bull, played by NCIS‘s Michael Waverley, a leading psychologist who specialises in “trial science”. Using his skills and those of his consulting firm, he helps advise on the selection of jurors and measures how these jurors will respond to different arguments. It’s a sophisticated concept for a series, and thankfully, it’s all explained very neatly in the opening minutes.

There’s something very seductive about Bull. It’s an original and interesting take on a process we’ve seen countless times on television. The execution is excellent, fitting in twists and turns at all the right moments and provoking viewers to think about some eye-opening questions. One specific technical highlight is the portrayal of the social media response to a criminal trial in its full chaotic glory.

Then there’s Waverley, who is as expert a leading man as one would expect if they’re familiar with his previous performances on NCIS. He’s suitably enigmatic, propelling the show forward with charm and authority.

Bull is a television series that will leave you wondering exactly who Dr Bull is and what else he can achieve using his unconventional methods. It’s an entertaining race from the start to the finish, effortlessly engaging and full of interesting questions. In short, it’s not one to be missed.

Bull starts tonight on 5USA at 9pm.

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