Sportsnight Sportsnight Sportsnight was a midweek BBC television sports programme that ran from 1968 until 1997. "Sportsnight" was a successor to "Sportsview" which started on 8 April 1954. "Sportsview" was devised by Paul Fox, later Controller of BBC1 and Peter Dimmock was the original host for a decade (and did host occasional editions from 1964-68) . The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award evolved as a spin-off from "Sportsview" when the last show of its inception year featured the "Sports Review of 1954". Frank Bough took over as main host in 1964 and "Sportsview" was replaced by "Sportsnight with Coleman"
BBC UKTV assumed full control of UKTV. BBC Worldwide previously had a 20 per cent stake in UKTV in a three way partnership with Foxtel and Fremantle Media. BBC Worldwide launched two new Australian channels, BBC Knowledge (documentary and non-fiction programming) and CBeebies (an advertising-free channel for 0 to six-year-olds) on 1 November 2008. On 3 October 2009 UKTV revealed a new logo, displaying that of the BBC, although its name remained unchanged. On 15 November 2009 the channel launched an HD simulcast, replacing BBC HD. In April 2013, the channel changed its logo and name to BBC UKTV. On 1 July