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Sky Sports Red Button

Sky Sports Red Button (interactive) services are available for Virgin TV customers who subscribe to Sky Sports.

The interactive Red Button application is available on the following Sky Sports Channels:

Channel

Channel Number

HD Channel

Sky Sports 1

511

517

Sky Sports 2

512

518

Sky Sports 3

513

N/A

Sky Sports 4

514

N/A

Sky Sports F1

516

N/A

To access Red Button services just press the red button on your remote when you hear an announcement or if a red button icon appears on your screen (usually in the bottom right hand corner).

You can find a schedule of sporting events that include information on Red Button events (where the information has been made available) that are being shown soon on Virgin TV, just click here to have a look. Please be aware some events may only available on either our TiVo boxes or on a V / V HD or V+ HD box. Where this is the case, these events will be clearly marked.

Red Button services are free, but you may incur a charge for entering competitions.

FAQs

What is the red button service? The red button service allows you to access extra information for the channel you are currently watching – including news reports, weather and sporting events such as Premier League Red Button coverage.

Can I protect my interactive services?

Click here to find out more on setting up parental control for Interactive services, to ensure that a PIN has to be entered before chargeable services, like voting, can be accessed.

I don’t subscribe to Sky Sports, how do I do this?

To get Sky Sports it’s easy to upgrade, just click here and select change package.


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