Type | Broadcast television network |
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Country | Germany |
Availability | National |
Headquarters | Ismaning, Germany |
Owner | Constantin Medien AG |
Key people | Rainer Hüther, CEO; Thomas Deissenberger; Oliver Reichert |
Launch date | January 1, 1993 |
Official website | www.sport1.de |
SPORT1 is a privately owned commercial German television channel. Until April 11, 2010, it was called DSF (Deutsches Sportfernsehen). It was founded on January 1, 1993 out of the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel musicbox on January 11, 1988. SPORT1 has its headquarters in Ismaning near Munich.
SPORT1 broadcasts from the Astra 1H, 1M, and 3A satellites and is uplinked by ASTRA Platform Services.