BT Sport replacement channel TNT has shown live sport in the UK before… but things looked very different
OLDER viewers have already had a taste of how sport was presented on TNT after it was announced they would be broadcasting Premier League action next season.
It was announced this week that BT Sport will be renamed as TNT Sports following a merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
PAPremier League will be shown on TNT Sports from next season[/caption]
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WBD also own Eurosport, and under the merger both BT Sport and Eurosport are set to disappear from TV screens.
TNT Sports will incorporate the live offerings from both BT Sport and Eurosport.
WBD acquired BT Sport last year in a deal reportedly worth £633million.
That means Premier League games will be shown under a new channel from next season, as BT Sport’s deal to show Prem games runs until 2025.
TNT Sports will take over BT Sport’s live rights from the summer, which also include Champions League games and Premiership Rugby, as well as the Prem.
But TNT has been an these shores before.
Back in the 1990s the TNT network used to broadcast wrestling stars such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair rather than footy icons.
WCW Monday Nitro, the main show of WWE’s Attitude Era rival company, was broadcast each and every week on TNT.
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Now it will be the home of WWE – which is currently shown on BT Sports.
One fan tweeted: “We HAD TNT on Cartoon Network UK, like back in the day.. WCW would be on after Cow and Chicken.”
Another wrote: “TNT Sports will still be the home of WWE in the UK. Which is also ironic since TNT in the US, which was under Turner at the time owned WCW.”
The BT Sport brand was launched in 2013, while Eurosport has been going since 1989.
TNT Sports already broadcast live action in South America and the USA.
The overhaul at BT Sport will see them move from their current Stratford HQ in East London to WBD’s studios in Chiswick and Stockley Park.
