Broadcasting of sports events events from the 1980s, mainly horse races and so-called minority sports. In the early 1990s this arrangement was shaken up by the arrival of pay-TV in the form of BSkyB. Their dedicated sports channels have since become the only place for some major sports to be seen. Starting in 2006 the Irish company Setanta Sports emerged as a challenger to Sky Sports' dominance of the British pay-TV sports market; however, Setanta's UK channel went into bankruptcy administration and off the air in 2009. Between 2009 and 2013 ESPN made an attempt to challenge Sky Sports before its British operations were
Hitchhike TV but 31 Digital had already ceased broadcasting. With the close of terrestrial broadcasting, the channel shifted its focus to online video on demand and reinvented itself as Queensland Online TV (also known as Q Online TV). Sports discussion program "The Commentary Box" was released via Facebook on 27 February 2017 as the inaugural show under the new branding. The show features local sports fans Mark Zita, Naveen Razik and Liam Clarkson discussing various sports stories from the previous week, with a Queensland focus. In 2018, the service was rebranded as Hitchhike TV. 31 Digital Queensland Online TV Hitchhike TV Hitchhike