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| Eurosport | |
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| Launched | c. 5 February 1989 |
| Owned by | TF1 Group |
| Country | Europe Indonesia Australia Hong Kong Singapore Philippines Malaysia |
| Sister channel(s) | Eurosport 2 Eurosport News Eurosport HD |
| Website | eurosport.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
 Canal Digital, PlusTV |
Channel 18 |
 TNT |
Channel 39 |
 Boxer |
Channel 7 |
 Top Up TV |
Via Top Up TV Anytime |
| Satellite | |
| Austar Digital |
Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| Foxtel Digital |
Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| SelecTV |
Channel 16 |
| TPS |
Channel 40 |
 Antenna Digital |
Channel 1 |
| Digi TV |
Channel 2 |
| UPC Direkt |
Channel 44 Channel 45 (Eurosport 2) Channel 48 (Eurosport in German) 3 |
 SKY Italia |
Channel 209 (Eurosport HD) Channel 210 Channel 211 (Eurosport 2) Channel 212 (Eurosport News) |
| Astro |
Channel 814 |
 Cyfrowy Polsat |
Channel 13 Channel 14 (Eurosport 2) |
 TVCabo |
Channel 22 Channel 23 (Eurosport News) |
 Boom TV |
Channel 51 Channel 52 (Eurosport 2) |
| Dolce |
Channel 301 Channel 302 (Eurosport 2) |
| Max TV |
Channel Channel (Eurosport 2) |
| Digi TV |
Channel |
 Digital+ ONO Imagenio |
Dial 55 |
 Digiturk |
Channel 71 (Eurosport) Channel 74 (Eurosport 2) Channel 371 (Eurosport HD) |
| D-Smart |
Channel 40 (Eurosport) Channel 114 (Eurosport HD) |
 Sky Digital |
Channel 410 Channel 411 (Eurosport 2) Channel 412 (Eurosport HD) |
| Canal Digital | Nordic countries |
| Astra 1F | 11.259 GHz V (analogue, German and English) |
| Astra 1H | 12.226 GHz H / 27.5 (German, FTA) |
| Hot Bird | 11.242 GHz V / 27.5 (Viaccess PC 2.5, SECA/Mediaguard 2, Irdeto 2) |
| Indovision |
Channel 38 |
 Yes |
Channel 112 (Eurosport) Channel 212 (Eurosport news) |
 NTV Plus |
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| Cable | |
| Foxtel Digital |
Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| Optus feat. Foxtel Digital |
Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| UPC Ireland |
Channel 423 |
 Ziggo |
Channel 20 Channel 64 (HD) Channel 411 (Eurosport 2) |
| UPC |
Channel 201 Channel 202 (Eurosport 2) |
| Digi TV |
Channel 33 Channel 37 (Eurosport 2) 4 |
| T-Home |
Channel 9 Channel 38 (Eurosport 2) 5 |
| T-Home Digital |
Channel S26 Channel S38 (Eurosport 2) 6 |
| UPC |
Channel 137 |
| UPC Digital |
Channel 44 (HD) Channel 45 (Eurosport) Channel 46 (Eurosport 2) 8 |
| Global Destiny Cable |
Channel 81 |
| TVCabo |
Channel 22 Channel 23 (Eurosport News) Channel 28 (Eurosport 2 - test, some regions only) |
| Portugal Telecom (Meo) |
Channel 22 Channel 23 (Eurosport 2) Channel 24 (Eurosport News) |
| RCS&RDS |
Channel 23 Channel 30 (Eurosport 2) |
| UPC Romania |
Channel 73 |
| StarHub TV |
Channel 113 Channel 114 (Eurosport News) |
| Com Hem |
Channel 10 |
| Türksat Kablo Tv |
Channel S21 (Eurosport) |
| Virgin Media |
Channel 521 Channel 525 (Eurosport 2) |
| Hot |
Channel 51 Channel 511 (Eurosport HD) |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| TPG IPTV |
Channel 677 (Eurosport) |
| TPG IPTV |
Channel 677 (Eurosport News) |
| Now TV |
Channel 676 (Eurosport) |
| Now TV |
Channel 677 (Eurosport News) |
| T-Home |
Channel (Eurosport) 9 Channel (Eurosport 2) 10 |
| iNES |
Channel (Eurosport) Channel (Eurosport 2) |
Eurosport is a European sports satellite and cable network, available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 20 different languages. It is owned and operated by the TF1 Group.
Eurosport offers viewers varied sports such as UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup football, the Paris Dakar Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, the Olympics, cycling events such as Le Tour de France, tennis events including the French Open and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, World Championship Snooker, Australian Football League, wintersports and youth sports like skating and surfing. It has also previously covered events such as the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, prior to its termination in the 1998/99 season in favour of changes to the UEFA Champions League.
Eurosport is often provided by cable operators as part of their basic package. The channel is popular, and when NTL replaced Eurosport on their Dublin analogue system with CNBC, there was outrage among the Irish tabloid press. In the UK, British Eurosport launched in 1999, replacing Eurosport International on most platforms with some schedule variations and local commentary.
Eurosport is shown in most countries across Europe, often with commentary in the local language, but not necessarily local advertising. Most European countries also have domestic sports channels, which are more likely to show premium events than Eurosport.
Currently there are a number of channels that are broadcast under the Eurosport name: Eurosport (France, British, Deutschland, Italia, Poland, Nordic and Asia Pacific), Eurosport 2 (versions for all Eurosport regions except Asia Pacific) and Eurosport News. Sportitalia is also part of the group.
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History
Eurosport was launched in 1989 as a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky Television plc. When Sky merged with BSB they decided to focus on the sport's programming on Sky One, and also The Sports Channel, launched by BSB, which was renamed Sky Sports.
Eurosport was closed down in May 1991 after the competing Screensport channel had filed a complaint to the European Commission over the corporate structure. The channel was however saved when the TF1 Group stepped in to replace BSkyB as joint-owners. A new Eurosport channel was able to start its broadcasts the same month. On March 1 1993, the cable and satellite channel Screensport merged with Eurosport. Eurosport eventually came under a French ownership consortium, comprised of the TF1 Group, Canal+ Group and Havas Images. Since January 2001, the network has been owned entirely by TF1.
Eurosport is currently broadcast in twenty languages; English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish, Cantonese.
British Eurosport presenters
British Eurosport have live studio presentations of major sporting events and tournaments. Tour de France coverage is presented by James Richardson with veteran commentator and journalist David Duffers Duffield.
James Richardson previously hosted the coverage of Serie A football on the Channel from 2002 to 2005 and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship with regular guests including Alan Curbishley, DJ Spoony, former Chelsea FC players Paul Elliott, Ed de Goey, Ray Wilkins, Roberto Di Matteo & current goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini, former England International Luther Blissett and European football journalists Gabriele Marcotti & Xavier Rivoire.
Will Vanders is known for his spirited coverage of K-1 events, and greets the viewer in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Thai to introduce the martial arts show, Fight Club on Monday nights.
Studio presentation for the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open (tennis) and WTA Tour Championships on British Eurosport is hosted by Annabel Croft with Hawk-Eye presented by Former British number 2 Jason Goodall.
British Eurosport covers the snooker season including ranking events not broadcast by BBC Television including the Malta Cup, Northern Ireland Trophy and China Open.
British Eurosport has also three figure skating commentators: former Winter Olympic Games competitors Chris Howarth & Nicky Slater, and veteran commentator Simon Reed - brother of the actor Oliver Reed.
Eurosport HD
On May 25 2008, a HD simulcast version of the main channel launched - the first event covered in HD being the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros.
On July 15 2008, Eurosport HD was launched on Sky+ HD broadcasting the Tour de France live. On the 25th July, Eurosport HD was also launched via the Sky Italia platform.
Eurosport News
A sports news channel launched on September 1 2000, featuring live scores, highlights, breaking news and commentary. The service combines video, text and graphics with the screen being divided into 4 sections - a video section that displays highlights and news bulletins, a breaking news ticker at the bottom and a scoring section that gives in-depth analysis of results and game stats.
Eurosport 2
A supplementary channel featuring more live sports events, programming and news updates. Eurosport 2 launched on January 10, 2005 and is currently available in 35 countries, broadcasting in 10 different languages English, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hungarian,Russian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian and Turkish.
Eurosport 2 is considered "the new generation sports channel" - dedicated to team sports, alternative sports, discovery and entertainment including basketball, National Lacrosse League, Arena Football League, surfing, Handball Champions League and more.
Motorsport
Eurosport is a partner with KSO, the organizers of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Eurosport broadcasts every WTCC race live. Before 2006, both the WTCC and the FIA GT Championship are broadcast by Eurosport. But Eurosport requested SRO, the FIA GT Championship organizers, to shorten their race from 3 hours to 2 hours. SRO refused and since then it has not been on the bill with the WTCC.
Ironically, after a year looking for European broadcasters for their 3 hour races, the SRO decided that for 2007, the FIA GT Championship races will be shortened to 2 hours.
See also
Press release
References
- ^ Antenna Digital | Új minőség a tévézésben
- ^ http://www.digikabel.hu/programcsomagok.html
- ^ UPC Magyarul - upc tv - upc direct csatornakiosztás
- ^ http://www.digikabel.hu/images/stories/csatornakiosztas/csatornakiosztas_budapest_2008.03.01.pdf
- ^ T-Kábel
- ^ http://www.t-kabel.hu/sysres/tkabelskin/digital_2-3.html
- ^ http://www.upc.hu/pdf/budapest_080502.pdf
- ^ http://www.upc.hu/pdf/budapest_digital_080331.pdf
- ^ T-Home
- ^ T-Home
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