(formerly BBC Five Live Sports Extra) is an additional
Digital Radio Service provided by the
BBC via
DAB Digital Radio and the
Digital Satellite ,
Digital Terrestrial and
Digital Cable television services in the
UK and
Republic Of Ireland . It is not available via normal analogue radio. It is also streamed online, however due to rights restrictions coverage of some events is not available online. Some content is available online but restricted to UK users, however this restriction can be circumvented by using an
Open Proxy server.
It is used to provide an additional sports commentary service when the main radio channel
BBC Radio Five Live is already being used.
It has transmitted coverage of
Major League Baseball's World Series since
2004 .
It is also the digital radio home for
Test Match Special which provides full commentary without the
Shipping Forecast provided by the
Radio 4 Long Wave coverage.
Each year during
Wimbledon Sports Extra provides extra court commentary for the first week of the tournament.
Broadcasts began at 2.30pm on 2 February
2002 . Juliette Ferrington introduced the first programme - commentary of
Manchester United against
Sunderland .
