Sky discontinues Sports Active satellite service 3/9/2024
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The original Sky Sports Active service has ended, as the broadcaster takes further steps to reduce support for older receivers.
- Follows the launch of broadband-delivered Sky Sports+ red button streams.
- Sky has been gradually closing interactive apps from Sky+HD boxes at the same time as ending support for older SD boxes.
Sky has removed Sports Active streams from satellite, 25 years after the service was launched as internet delivery of extra sports takes over.
The mass switch-off came on Monday, when the broadcaster removed multiple Sports Active streams from one of its transponders (Astra 2E, tp 19, 12070 H), as part of a wider technical change to its platform taking place this year.
Sky Sports Active was launched in April 1999. The launch saw coverage of Arsenal v Manchester United exclusively available via the red button on Sky Sports 1. The service was also used to offer multiple coverage options of the same sports event.