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Sports TV Uganda Limited was incorporated in October 2007, and has been licensed by the Uganda Broadcasting Council on February 29, 2008. Sports TV has commenced test broadcast on July 14, 2008.
The station is broadcasting sports from around the world, and 24/7, free-to-air. It is privately owned by Bent and Nada Andersen. Sports TV is broadcasting sports programmes compiled by Setanta Africa network, a free-to-air broadcasters' network that is spreading across Africa, with broadcasters in over 20 African countries.
Sports TV is the first sports-only television channel in Uganda. As the last entrant on the Ugandan TV scene, the channel is already very popular and covers the central regions of Uganda, stretching as far as Busia town on Uganda-Kenya border in the north-east, and beyond Kalangala Islands and Masaka town in the south-east parts of the country.
Sports TV has acquired all its broadcasting equipment from ABE Electronica in Italy, including a solid state digital-ready 3KWA transmitter. By installing brand-new state-of-the-art equipment, Sports TV has ensured that it is fully prepared for the transition to digital broadcasting expected to take place in 2015.
Sports TV is, as other media houses in Uganda, fully licensed by Uganda Broadcasting Council, Uganda Communication Commission and Uganda Media Council.
Sports TV was successfully partly sold to the Vision Group, and is now Urban TV.