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{{Short description|Group of New Zealand sports television channels}}
{{Other uses|Sky Sport (disambiguation){{!}}Sky Sport}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Sky Sport
| logo = Sky Sport NZ 2019.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| logo_alt = Sky Sport logo
| image =
| launch_date = 18 May 1990
| closed_date =
| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[HDTV]]) [[16:9]]
| network =
| owner = [[Sky (New Zealand)|Sky Network Television]]
| country = [[New Zealand]]
| language = English, Māori (special events)
| area =
| headquarters =
| former_names =
| replaced =
| sister_channels =
| timeshift_service =
| website = [https://www.sky.co.nz/discover/sky-sport Official Site]
| terr_serv_1 =
| terr_chan_1 =
| sat_radio_serv_1 =
| sat_radio_chan_1 =
| adsl serv 1 =
| adsl chan 1 =
| online_serv_1 = Sky Go
| online_chan_1 = [http://www.skygo.co.nz skygo.co.nz]
| online_serv_2 = Sky Sport Now
| online_chan_2 = [http://www.skysportnow.co.nz skysportnow.co.nz]
}}

'''Sky Sport''' is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by [[New Zealand]]'s [[satellite television|satellite]] [[pay-TV]] company, [[Sky (New Zealand)|Sky]].

== History ==
'''Sky Sport 1''' is the original Sky Television sport channel in New Zealand. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Sport on the Sky [[UHF]] service. When Sky Sport began it operated between the hours of noon and around midnight, and occasionally screened live sports events outside these hours. By July 1991, Sky Sport commenced 24-hour transmission with a direct feed of [[ESPN]] at certain times during the week.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

A sister channel, '''Sky Sport 2''' was launched in 1997 when Sky introduced a nationwide analogue [[Satellite television#Direct broadcast via satellite|direct broadcasting via satellite]] (DBS) service, followed by a third channel, '''Sky Sport 3''' in 2003 and '''Sky Sport 4''' in 2013.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

On 1 August 2019, Sky launched five more Sky Sport channels, numbered from 5 to 9. Additionally all the channels were re-aligned to be sport-specific, and a '''Sky Sport News''' channel was launched providing the latest news and updates from across all sports. However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand]], the Sky Sport News channel was rebranded as '''Sky Sport Select''', a combination of sports news and general sporting coverage.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

== Channels ==
Ten main channels comprise the Sky Sport service<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_pressrelease_0107-1|title=Life needs more sport! SKY supercharges sport offering with 12 sport channels.|publisher=Sky Network Television|date=25 July 2019 |access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" text-align: center;"
|-
! Channel
! Name
! Content
|-
| 050||'''Sky Sport Select'''|| A mix of international sporting news supplied by [[Fox Sports News (Australia)|Fox Sports News]] and general sport coverage.
|-
| 051||'''Sky Sport 1'''|| [[Rugby union]] coverage and a mix of other sports.
|-
| 052||'''Sky Sport 2'''|| General sport coverage.
|-
| 053||'''Sky Sport 3'''|| [[Cricket]] coverage and a mix of other sports.
|-
| 054||'''Sky Sport 4'''|| [[Rugby league]] coverage and a mix of other sports.
|-
| 055||'''Sky Sport 5'''|| [[Motorsport]] coverage and a mix of other sports. Includes content from [[Red Bull TV]].
|-
| 056||'''Sky Sport 6'''|| [[Golf]] coverage, 24 hours a day.
|-
| 057||'''Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports'''|| [[Association football]] coverage (non-Premier League matches), in partnership with [[BeIN Sports (Australian TV channel)|beIN Sports]], 24 hours a day.
|-
| 058||'''Sky Sport Premier League'''|| [[Premier League]] coverage, 24 hours a day. Includes coverage of all matches and Premier League-related content (e.g. match previews, highlights, documentaries).
|-
| 059||'''Sky Sport 9'''|| General sport coverage.
|}

All Sky Sport channels are broadcast in [[1080i]] [[HDTV|high definition]].

=== Pop-up channels ===
Additional Sky Sport channels are launched in order to broadcast major events such as the [[Australian Tennis Open]] and the [[Olympic Games]].

== Outside Broadcasting ==
Sky owned Outside Broadcasting Limited from 2010 to 2021, providing outside broadcast facilities for Sky Sport coverage with eight broadcast trucks and fly away kits. These traveled the length of New Zealand and overseas to cover events for Sky Sport. These trucks were also contracted out to other television networks like [[TVNZ]] and [[Māori Television]]. On 12 August 2020, Sky announced it had sold Outside Broadcasting to NEP New Zealand, part of American production company [[NEP Group]]. As part of the transaction, NEP will be Sky's outsourced technical production partner in New Zealand until at least 2030.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sky TV sells its outside broadcast subsidiary to NEP|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/423335/sky-tv-sells-its-outside-broadcast-subsidiary-to-nep |access-date=14 August 2020 |agency=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The sale was cleared by the [[Commerce Commission]] on 5 February 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commission grants clearance for NEP to acquire Sky's outside broadcasting assets|url=https://comcom.govt.nz/news-and-media/media-releases/2021/commission-grants-clearance-for-nep-to-acquire-skys-outside-broadcasting-assets|agency=[[Commerce Commission]] |date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

==Sky Sport Now==
[[File:Sky-sport-now-logoNZ.png|thumb|right|200px|Sky Sport Now logo]]
On 14 August 2019, Sky launched Sky Sport Now, featuring online live streams for all 10 Sky Sport channels, highlights, on demand, match statistics and points tables. Three passes are available for purchase: a week pass, a month pass and a 12-month Pass. Pay-Per-View events can be purchased separately when they become available. Sky Sport Now is available via internet browsers as well as on [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[PlayStation 4]] devices.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

On 27 October 2020, Sky announced that its Sky Sport Now streaming service would be bundled with Spark Sport for a NZ$49.99 monthly subscription from 16 November 2020 onwards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keall |first1=Chris |title=Surprise deal: Sky Sport Now to be bundled with Spark Sport |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/surprise-deal-sky-sport-now-to-be-bundled-with-spark-sport/4SRICQHDBOQZQXQW2XPZGAF35E/ |access-date=27 October 2020 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027211850/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/surprise-deal-sky-sport-now-to-be-bundled-with-spark-sport/4SRICQHDBOQZQXQW2XPZGAF35E/ |archive-date=27 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Sports==
===Association football===
====Football====
From 2019 until 2023, matches aired on Sky Sport are also available on beIN Sports platforms due to a four-year partnership contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/sky-nz-bein-sports-channel-champions-league-la-liga|title=Champions League and La Liga headline Sky NZ's co-branded BeIN channel - SportsPro Media|website=www.sportspromedia.com|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>

'''Leagues'''
* [[A-League]] and [[A-League Women]]
* [[Premier League]]
* [[Serie A]]
* [[La Liga]]
* [[Bundesliga]]
* [[New Zealand Football Championship]] (finals coverage only)
* [[New Zealand Football]] (Men's and Women's national teams)

'''Domestic cups'''
* [[FA Cup|English FA Cup]]
* [[FA Community Shield]]
* [[Chatham Cup]] (final only)
* [[Kate Sheppard Cup]]

'''International club competitions'''
* [[FIFA Club World Cup]] (2019-2022)

'''International matches'''
* [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]]
* [[UEFA European Championship qualifying|European Championship qualifying]]
* [[Football (Soccer)|Other International Matches]]

'''International tournaments'''
* [[FIFA|FIFA World Cups]] (through 2022)
** Men's:
*** [[FIFA World Cup]]
*** [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
*** [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
** Women's:
*** [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]
*** [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]]
*** [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]]
* [[UEFA]]
** [[UEFA Euro 2020]]
** [[UEFA Nations League]]

====Beach Soccer====
* [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup]] (2019 and 2021)

====Futsal====
'''International tournaments'''
* [[FIFA Futsal World Cup]]

===Athletics===
* [[IAAF Golden League]]
* [[World Athletics]]

===Australian rules===
* [[Australian Football League]]: One live game per week, plus weekly highlights.

===Basketball===
* [[National Basketball League (New Zealand)|National Basketball League]]
* [[National Basketball League (Australia)]]: One game every Thursday night; live coverage of Semifinal, and Grand Final.

===Cricket===
* Overseas [[cricket]]:
** International fixtures - [[Cricket Australia]], [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI (India)]], [[Cricket South Africa]], [[Cricket West Indies]] and [[Pakistan Cricket Board]].
** Australian domestic competitions: [[Sheffield Shield]], [[Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament|One-Day Cup]], [[Women's National Cricket League]], [[Big Bash League]] and [[Women's Big Bash League]].
** [[Indian Premier League]], [[Caribbean Premier League]], [[Super50 Cup]] and [[Pakistan Super League]].
* [[International Cricket Council|ICC]]
** All major ICC events: [[Cricket World Cup|Men's Cricket World Cup]], [[Women's Cricket World Cup]], [[ICC Men's T20 World Cup|Men's T20 World Cup]], [[Women's T20 World Cup]], [[World Test Championship]] and [[Under-19 Cricket World Cup]].

===Cycling===
* [[Tour de France]]

===Golf===
* [[The Open Championship]]
* [[Ryder Cup]]
* [[European Tour]]
* [[PGA Tour]]
* [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
* [[Masters Tournament|U.S. Masters]]
* [[World Golf Championships]]
* [[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]]
* [[New Zealand Open]]
* [[LPGA Tour]]
* [[Evian Masters]]

===Motor racing===
* [[Formula One]]
* [[NASCAR]]
* [[IndyCar Series]]
* [[Formula E]]
* [[W Series (championship)|W Series]]
* Australian [[Supercars Championship]] (Includes support categories)
* [[Dunlop Super2 Series]]
* [[Superbike World Championship]]

===Multi-discipline events===
* [[Commonwealth Games]] (2022 and 2026)
* [[Summer Olympics]] (2020, free coverage is sublicensed with TVNZ)
* [[Winter Olympics]]

===Netball===
* [[ANZ Premiership]]
* [[2019 Netball World Cup]]
* International Netball
* [[National Netball League (New Zealand)|National Netball League]]
* [[Suncorp Super Netball]]

===Rowing===
* [[World Rowing Championships]]
* [[Rowing World Cup]]

===Rugby league===
* [[National Rugby League]]: Live coverage of all games
* [[New South Wales Cup]]: All Warriors home games live, plus any games available from [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]]
* [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]]
* [[Super League]]
* Rugby League [[Challenge Cup]]
* [[Rugby League Four Nations|Four Nations]]

===Rugby union===
* [[All Blacks]], [[Black Ferns]] and [[Maori All Blacks]]
* [[The Rugby Championship]]: Live coverage of all games
* [[Super Rugby]]: Live coverage of all games
* [[Rugby World Cup]]
* [[World Rugby Sevens Series]]
* [[National First XV Championship (New Zealand)|College 1st XV]] coverage: Live and delayed coverage and highlights of televised matches during the week.
* [[National Provincial Championship (2006–present)|National Provincial Championship]]: Live coverage of all games
* [[Heartland Championship]]
* [[Farah Palmer Cup]]: Live coverage of all games
* [[New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament|National Sevens]]
* [[Six Nations Championship]]
* [[Premiership Rugby]]
* [[United Rugby Championship]]
* [[Currie Cup]]

===Swimming===
* [[FINA World Aquatics Championships]]

===Tennis===
* [[Australian Open]]
* [[French Open]]
* [[WTA Auckland Open|ASB Classic]]
* [[Davis Cup]]
* [[Fed Cup]]
* [[The Championships, Wimbledon]]

==Former logos==
<div align="center"><gallery>
Skysport1old.png| 2003–2008 (used for Sky Sport 1.)
Sky Sport NZ logo.png| 2008–2017
MK SKYSport1 LogoSmall.png| 2017–2019
</gallery></div>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.sky.co.nz/discover/sky-sport Official Site]

{{Subscription television channels in New Zealand}}
{{VOD services}}

[[Category:Television stations in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Sports television networks in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1990]]
[[Category:English-language television stations in New Zealand]]

Sky Sport (New Zealand) - Revision history

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