Sky Sports Mix to launch

Sky Sports Mix will bring the magic of live sport to millions more Sky TV customers for the first time when the brand new channel launches on Wednesday August 24 – opening a window on the amazing action shown on Sky Sports every day and shining a light on sport not previously covered on television.

As the feel-good factor around British sporting achievement continues to grow during the Olympics, Sky Sports Mix will bring a huge variety of different sports to a whole new audience with an average of five hours of live action each day across the first month – and 16 different sports covered in that time.Cricket will be the first live sport on Sky Sports Mix and the new channel will be found at 407 next to Sky Sports News HQ. England face Pakistan in the first one day international at the Rose Bowl.The channel goes live at 12.30pm with Nasser Hussain leading a masterclass to families and kids at the nursery ground as part of the launch show hosted by Laura Woods to bring Sky Sports Mix to life for the first time. Live coverage of the cricket begins an hour later.

Real Madrid, world rugby champions New Zealand and the Belgian Grand Prix headline a weekend of some major live sport that will also include European Tour golf and the EFL Sky Bet Championship match between Burton Albion and Derby County on Friday night – all available to every Sky TV customer.Across the first month Sky Sports Mix will bring live sport every day, with nine different sports shown live including cricket, rugby …

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