Eurosport
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| Eurosport | |
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| Launched | c. 5 February 1989 |
| Owned by | TF1 Group |
| Country |  European Union Australia Hong Kong Singapore Philippines Malaysia |
| Sister channel(s) | Eurosport 2 Eurosport News Eurosport HD |
| Website | eurosport.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Top Up TV (UK) | Channel 33 (7:30-10:00 only) Also Via Top Up TV Anytime |
| TNT (France) | Channel 39 |
| Boxer (Sweden) | Channel 7 |
| Canal Digital, PlusTV (Finland) | Channel 18 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital (UK & Ireland) | Channel 410 Channel 411 (Eurosport 2) |
| TPS (France) | Channel 40 |
| Digital+ (Spain) | Dial 55 |
| Sky Italia (Italy) | Channel 210 Channel 211 (Eurosport 2) Channel 212 (Eurosport News) |
| SelecTV (Australia) | Channel 16 |
| Foxtel Digital (Australia) | Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| Austar Digital (Australia) | Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| Canal Digital (Scandinavia) | Nordic countries |
| Boom TV (Romania) | Channel 51 Channel 52 (Eurosport 2) |
| Dolce (Romania) | Channel 301 Channel 302 (Eurosport 2) |
| Max TV (Romania) | Channel Channel (Eurosport 2) |
| Digi TV (Romania) | Channel |
| Digiturk (Turkey) | Channel 71 Channel 74 (Eurosport 2) |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 814 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 13 Channel 14 (Eurosport 2) |
| TVCabo (Portugal) | Channel 22 Channel 23 (Eurosport News) |
| 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) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 521 Channel 525 (Eurosport 2) |
| UPC Ireland (Ireland) | Channel 423 |
| Com Hem (Sweden) | Channel 10 |
| StarHub CableTV (Singapore) | Channel 113 Channel 114 (Eurosport News) |
| Global Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 81 |
| RCS&RDS (Romania) | Channel 23 Channel 30 (Eurosport 2) |
| UPC Romania (Romania) | Channel 73 |
| TVCabo (Portugal) | Channel 22 Channel 23 (Eurosport News) Channel 28 (Eurosport 2 - test, some regions only) |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 20 Channel 64 (HD) Channel 411 (Eurosport 2) |
| UPC (Netherlands) | Channel 201 Channel 202 (Eurosport 2) |
| Portugal Telecom (Meo)(Portugal) | Channel 22 Channel 23 (Eurosport 2) Channel 24 (Eurosport News) |
| Foxtel Digital (Australia) | Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| Optus feat. Foxtel Digital (Australia) | Channel 514 (Eurosport News) |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 676 (Eurosport) |
| Now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 677 (Eurosport News) |
| iNES (Romania) | Channel (Eurosport) Channel (Eurosport 2) |
| Tiscali TV (UK) | Channel 560 |
Eurosport is the largest European sports satellite and cable network available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 20 different languages. It is owned 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 also previously screened events such as the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, prior to its termination in the 1998/99 season in favor 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 and this channel has some schedule changes as well as local commentary.
Eurosport is shown in most countries across Europe, often with the 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. Sportİtalia is also part of the group.
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[edit] 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 BSB originated The Sports Channel, which was renamed Sky Sports.
Eurosport was closed down in May 1991, after the competing Screensport channel had filed a complaint to the European Economic Commission over the corporate structure. The channel was however saved when the TF1 Group stepped in to replace BSkyB. A new Eurosport channel was able to start its broadcasts the same month.
On March 1 1993, cable and satellite channel Screensport merged with Eurosport.
Eurosport eventually came under the ownership French consortium, comprised of the TF1 Group, Canal+ Group and Havas Images. Since January 2001 it has been completely owned by TF1.
On May 25, 2008 a HD simulcast version of the main channel launched. Just in time to bring the French Open Roland Garros tennis Grand Slam in HD.
[edit] British Eurosport presenters
British Eurosport have Live Studio presentations of major Sporting events and Tournaments. The Tour de France is presented by James Richardson with Tour 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 Alan Curbishley, DJ Spoony, former Chelsea FC players Paul Elliott, Ed de Goey, Ray Wilkins, Roberto Di Matteo and current goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini, former England International Luther Blissett and European football journalists Gabriele Marcotti and Xavier Rivoire.
Will Vanders is known for his spirited coverage of K-1 events, and greets the viewer in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Thai before introducing the event at Fight Club, martial arts program which is broadcasted on Mondays generally.
The Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open (tennis) and WTA Tour Championships on British Eurosport also include a studio presentation normally 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 shown by BBC Television like the Malta Cup, Northern Ireland Trophy and China Open. British Eurosport has also three figure skating commentators: Chris Howarth ( born 1960)-1980 Winter Olympic Games participant, Nicky Slater (born 1958)- 6th in the ice dancing competition with Karen Barber at 1984 Winter Olympic Games, and Simon Reed ( born 1947)- brother of the actor Oliver Reed.
[edit] Eurosport HD
HD simulcast of the main channel, launched on May 25, 2008. Eurosport HD broadcasts in 1080i.
[edit] Eurosport News
A sports news channel launched on September 1, 2000. It features 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.
[edit] Eurosport 2
A 2nd channel featuring more live sports events, sports programmes, news updates and more. 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
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