ESPN is set to launch on SKY in Ireland and the UK, it has been confirmed.

ESPN Classic, launching on 13th March as part of Sky’s ‘News and Events Mix’, will be the only sports channel in the UK devoted entirely to the greatest moments and legends of sport with a mix of all-time classic highlights, matches, movies, interviews, profiles and documentaries. ESPN Classic, part of ESPN Inc., the world’s leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company, will be available 24/7 on channel 442. Launch night alone will include Borg vs. McEnroe - the Great Wimbledon Rivalry, England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup Final victory over Australia and the 1984 European Cup Final between Liverpool and AS Roma.

Disney will also be adding a new Channel called Disney Cinemagic , which will be a premium channel, however the other Disney Channels will no longer be premium channels.

Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney will be available to Sky digital customers as part of the ‘Kids Mix’ of basic channels. Disney Channel will be even more kid-focussed, complementing Cinemagic, and offering live action favourites like That’s So Raven, popular animation series and Disney Channel Original Movies, including High School Musical which is currently taking the States by storm. Playhouse Disney, a channel targeted to preschoolers, will premiere the new CG animated, learning-focussed series, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, in May.

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Due to many requests here is a simple way to add these channels to SKY in Ireland! Please address any questions to our forums, comments can be made below

This is the process to add these channels to SKY Digital (once completed these channels can be accessed by pressing >> SERVICES >> OTHER CHANNELS option on SKY.

STEP ONE

Press SERVICES on your sky remote. This should bring up six options on your screen. Using the arrow Keys select option 4 SYSTEM SETUP . From this screen select option 4 called ADD CHANNELS.

STEP TWO

Next you will need to punch in the Frequency, Polarisation, Symbol Rate , FEC options. THIS ALL SOUNDS CONFUSING, BUT JUST FOLLOW THIS GUIDE, AND IT WILL WORK.

• In the Frequency field enter: 10.773

The next three fields have options, using the left and right arrows buttons will change the values.

• Toggle Polarisation to : H

• Toggle Symbol Rate to: 22000

• Toggle FEC to : 5/6

Then select the last button - Find Channels.

FINAL STEP (I PROMISE)

Using the arrow keys on your remote control, highlight the channel (do not press select) you want to add, by scrolling to them, then press the YELLOW BUTTON, this will place a tick mark beside the channel, do the same for all the channels you wish to add. When you have all the channels you want then press Select. When you get the message CHANNEL LINE UP COMPLETE then press Select!

IN FUTURE TO ACCESS THESE CHANNELS PRESS SERVICES AND THEN SELECT OPTION SIX OTHER CHANNELS, YOU WILL THEN SEE ALL YOUR OTHER CHANNELS!