All seven Sky Sports channels will be free to every Virgin Media household on Saturday August 16.
This means more than 15 million homes can enjoy a full day of unrivalled live sport from Sky Sports, including football from the Sky Bet Championship, Scottish Premiership and Eredivisie as well as England Test cricket, golf from Europe and the USA, rugby union and ATP tennis.
No confirm news on if all the Sky Sports HD Channels will also be free on August 16th.
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