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Sky opens activation for Sky Sports 5 channel

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Sky opens up activation for new channel Sky Sports 5, which will house European football from the 2014-15 season.

Sky has today opened up registration for its new Sky Sports 5 channel.

The new channel launches on August 12 and will be Sky's exclusive home for European football coverage, including Champions League, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia, Eredivisie and the Euro qualifiers.

The service is free to existing Sky Sports customers on Sky but must be manually activated either by pushing the red button on a Sky Sports channel, visiting the Sky website or calling customer service. Virgin Media customers will also have access to the new channel but will not have to manually activate it.

The launch of Sky Sports 5 comes one year ahead of the switch of Champions League coverage to the rival BT Sport service, which also boasts exclusive rights to the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1.

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