This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Add Sky Sports to Freeview
Rejected on
Sky Sports should be made free to air on terrestrial television, BSkyB will still be fine financially without the cost of the premium subscription fee, they know this but they only care about money.
According to research by the University of Scotland and Sodastream, 88% of people would visit a pub again if it carried Sky Sports compared to a miserable 7% for those that don't carry the channels.
I think the numbers speak for themselves.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This would be a commercial decision for Sky and DTV Services Ltd., who operate Freeview.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.