The Prague club already announced several weeks in advance that the duel with Dynamo played on Sunday, February 5, will start at 2:45 p.m. This is so that on the same day, Sparta fans can also attend the match of their football club against Mladá Boleslav at Letná (from 18:00).
Originally, the battle between Sparta and Pardubice was supposed to be broadcast by ČT on its sports channel, but in the end that will not happen because of the cyclocross world championship.
The WC in cyclocross changed the time of the main race of the elite category, exactly against the original choice of TV-match of the Sparta-Pardubice extra league. ČT2 cannot be used (Davis Cup Portugal-Czechia).
On Sunday, we change TVU to Litvínov-K.Vary. Buly hockey will start live at 16:20.
Unfortunately, no other solution is possible
— Robert Záruba (@robertzaruba) January 30, 2023
“The WC in cyclocross has changed the time of the main race of the elite category, exactly against the original choice of the TV match of the extra league Sparta – Pardubice,” explains the situation on Twitter, chief commentator of the ČT sports editorial Robert Záruba, that the cyclocross race will not start until 15:00.
Moving the hockey program to ČT2 was also out of the question, as it broadcasts the tennis Davis Cup qualification between Portugal and the Czech Republic at the weekend.
However, on Tuesday afternoon, Záruba announced on Twitter that fans will not miss out on the Sparta – Pardubice hockey holiday. “Czech Television has come to an agreement with BPA – and together we will offer the originally planned Sparta-Pardubice TV match produced by Hokejka TV on the ČT sport plus program with ČT commentators,” wrote Záruba.
Czech Television has reached an agreement with BPA – and together we will offer the originally planned Sparta-Pardubice TV match produced by Hokejka TV on the ČT sport plus program with ČT commentators.
So this is how we broadcast on Sunday
14:45????Sparta-Pardubice on ČTsport plus
16:20 ????Buly hockey live Litvínov-K.Vary CTs
— Robert Záruba (@robertzaruba) January 31, 2023
This means that the match will not be broadcast by ČT Sport, but viewers will be able to watch it on the TV station’s website or via HbbTV and the green button on smart TVs.
Nevertheless, Czech Television will serve the hockey extra league to its fans on ČT Sport on Sunday. From 4:30 p.m., it broadcasts the Podkrošnohorské derby between Litvínov and Karlovy Vary.
