Chelsea TV

Chelsea TV

Ownership
Owner	Chelsea FC

Chelsea TV is a British subscription based sports television channel, dedicated to the fans of the English Premier League football club, Chelsea. The channel first launched in August 2001 on Sky Digital. The station is registered with Ofcom as Chelsea Digital Media Ltd. It broadcasts daily from 10:00am to midnight. Until it was removed in early 2010, it used to be broadcast in Channel 427 on UPC Ireland.

Programming

Chelsea TV broadcasts live everyday from 10am to midnight from the studios at Stamford Bridge.

Top shows include Friday Night Live which broadcasts each Friday with former players Kerry Dixon and Jason Cundy. Friday Night Live allows fans to call in and share their views on all things Chelsea. The show regularly has first team players join the phone-in, the 2009/10 season has seen Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Mikel, Malouda and Kalou all answer the fans' questions.

Live build-up to midweek games is on Matchnight Live which broadcasts from 6pm and has previews to the game, team news first and analysis. Every midweek game follows with a live fans' phone-in from 10pm. Chelsea TV is the only place to watch the Chelsea Reserves and Academy Teams in action. Reserves Live has full coverage of every Reserve game some of which take place at Griffin Park in the London Borough of Hounslow, the home ground of Brentford.

You can find out the latest news on Blues News. This is the daily news programme with headlines at 1pm and 5pm followed by a full news bulletin at 6.30 pm and 10 pm. Paper View broadcasts live from the studios every Thursday with the finest Fleet Street reporters discussing the news surrounding the club. Inside Cobham shows the week's training sessions and exclusive players interviews from the Chelsea's training ground in Cobham, Surrey. Exclusive interviews from the first team players and management can be seen on The Big Interview. Many new shows and series are shown throughout the year. In 2009 a new fans' post-match phone-in was introduced called "Extra time at the Bridge" this allows fans' to share their views after every weekend home game by calling the studio or emailing Chelsea TV.

In December 2007 the station had to make a public apology after former Chelsea player David Speedie, who was a guest on the Big Match Countdown show, kept punctuating his analysis with swear words. With the programme screened pre-watershed at 6 pm, it led to presenter Neil Barnett having to make repeated apologies.

Presenters

Ms. Gigi Salmon recording Chelsea TV on location in Washington D.C. (August 2013)

The channel has various presenters, including former players Jason Cundy, Tommy Langley, Scott Minto and Kerry Dixon. Regular hosts include Gigi Salmon, Alison Bender, Ben Andrews, Lee Parker as well as Neil Barnett.

Chelsea matches are mainly commentated by Trevor Harris, Ben Andrews (who hosted the 2007 League Cup Final, 2007 FA Cup Final and 2008 UEFA Champions League Final), Mark Tompkins, Dan Roebuck and Gary Taphouse. Cundy is often co-commentator and is highly enthusiastic when Chelsea score in big games.

Gigi Salmon currently presents many shows on the channel and has been a Chelsea TV station presenter since the channel was launched in August 2001. Some of the programmes she presents include Blues News and Matchnight Live and Paperview. Neil Barnett has been presenting since the launch of the channel in August 2001. He began working for The Blues in the 1980s writing articles for the club's magazine.

Broadcasters

In the UK Chelsea TV can be viewed on Sky Digital channel 421.

Chelsea TV can be watched in many regions around the world including:

• North America : www.setantanorthamerica.com (Setanta Sports)
• Africa : www.supersport.co.za (Supersport)
• Pan Middle East : www.art-tv.net (ART)
• Australia : www.setanta.com.au (Setanta Sports)
• Pan Asia ex China, Korea & Japan : www.goal.tv (Goal TV)
• Bulgaria : www.btv.bg/sport (Ring.BG)
• Cyprus : www.mivision.com.cy (CYTA)
• Denmark : www.viasat.dk (Viasat / MTG)
• Estonia : www.viasat.ee (Viasat / MTG)
• Finland : www.viasat.fi (Viasat / MTG)
• Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia : www.sportklub.tv (IKO)
• Greece : www.skai.gr (SKAI)
• Iceland : www.stod2sport2.is (Digital Iceland (IBC/365)
• Kazakhstan : www.football-tv.ru (Loranza)
• Latvia : www.viasat.lv (Viasat / MTG)
• Lithuania : www.viasat.lt (Viasat / MTG)
• Malta : www.melitacable.com (Melita Cable)
• Malta : www.go.com.mt (GO)
• Norway : www.viasat.no (Viasat / MTG)
• Poland : www.polsat.com.pl (Polsat)
• Russia: www.football-tv.ru (Loranza)
• Sweden : www.viasat.se (Viasat / MTG)
• Turkey : webspordvu.tk

Chelsea TV Online

Launched on 1 July, Chelsea TV Online is a new way to view Chelsea TV via a PC or Mac, even if you do not have a subscription to Sky.

Chelsea TV Online is powered by the club’s internet partner Perform, with content from the Sky channel, Chelsea TV and includes exclusive interviews, live press conferences, Bridge Kids and many behind the scenes features, exclusive to Chelsea TV

For the first time, Chelsea TV Online enables fans to watch all this and more, from anywhere in the world, using their PC or MAC and a 16:9 high quality flash player.

In addition to the live events and video on demand content, fans are also in for a treat when the season kicks off. For true Blues fans that can’t make it to the game, Chelsea TV Online comes into its own with an online match day experience second to none including match previews and extended highlights plus a fantastic Match Live centre enabling fans to listen to live commentary of every game. A visual representation of key events, includes live text commentary, interactive match stats and live photo updates and whilst fans can use social networking tools to chat to each other about the in game action

Subscriptions start from £4.49 a month and allows international fans access content that otherwise would not be available to them.

External links

• Official site
• Chelsea TV Online
• Chelsea TV Live
• Chelsea TV listings The Guardian