List of sports television channels
Sports channels are television specialty channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming.
The first sports channel was from the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1977 with the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus). ESPN began broadcasting in 1979. Since then, many channels have surfaced around the world, many focusing on one sport in particular, or one region of a country, showing only their local team's games. These networks have greatly improved the availability of sports broadcasts, generating opportunities such as the ability for one person to see every single game their team plays over the course of the season.
In the United States, these channels broadcast most regular season games of major pro sports league and many other sports as well, with over the air television networks stepping in during the weekends or special events (all-star games, championships, etc.).
Sports channels
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Africa
Nigeria
- NTA sports
- SuperSport
- AIT sports
South Africa
- Super Sport
- SABC Sport
- TellyTrack
Morocco
Maghreb
- beIN Sports
- JSC Sports Events
- OSN Sports
Asia
Brunei
Indonesia
- Bola Indonesia
- MNC Sports 1
- MNC Sports 2
- Golf Channel
- Fox Sports
- STAR Sports
- STAR Cricket
- Eurosport
- Eurosport News
- All Sports Network
- TEN Sports
- Goal TV 1
- Goal TV 2
- TelkomVision Arena
- K-Vision
- BBC Bangla TV
Israel
- ESPN
- Eurosport (Including Eurosport HD)
- Eurosport 2
- Sport 1 (Including Sport 1 HD)
- Sport 2
- Sport 5 (Including Sport 5 HD)
- Sport +5
- Sport +5 GOLD
- Sport +5 Live (Including Sport +5 Live HD)
- Fox Sports (Including Fox Sports HD)
- Extreme Sports Channel
- ONE (Including ONE HD)
- Trace Sport
- Ego Total (Fighting Channel)
- Former Channels
- STAR Sports
- NBA TV
- TEN SPORTS
- Eurosport News
Japan
- Golf Channel
- J Sports ESPN
- Fighting TV Samurai
- Golf Network
- Table Tennis Badminton TV752
- Fishing Vision
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
- Astro Arena
- Astro Supersport
- Astro Supersport 2
- Astro Supersport 3
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Golf Channel
- Eurosport
- Asiasport (upcaoming)
Myanmar
- STAR Sports
- ESPN
- ESPN News
Pakistan
- Geo Super
- Ten Sports
- Star Sports 1
- STAR Sports 4
- STAR Cricket
- PTV Sports
Philippines
- ABS-CBN Sports+Action
- All Sports Network
- Fox Sports Philippines
- STAR Sports
- Fox Sports News
- Balls
- Basketball TV
- Solar Sports
- AKTV
- Pinoy Extreme
- Hyper
- NBA Premium TV
Singapore
- ESPN
- STAR Sports
- STAR Cricket
- NEO Cricket
- Golf Channel
- Eurosport
- Eurosport News
- All Sports Network
- Football Channel
- Goal TV 1
- Goal TV 2
- TV1 Malaysia
South Korea
Sri Lanka
- CSN
- MTV Sports
- LakvisionTV FootCric
- STAR Sports 1
- STAR Sports 2
- STAR Sports 4
- TEN Sports
- TEN Cricket
- STAR Sports HD2
- TEN Action
- Eurosports
India
- STAR Sports 1
- STAR Sports 2
- STAR Sports 3
- STAR Sports 4
- STAR Sports HD1
- STAR Sports HD2
- STAR Sports HD3
- STAR Sports HD4
- Trace Sports
- Trace Sports HD
- NEO Prime
- NEO Sports
- TEN Sports
- TEN Cricket
- TEN Golf
- TEN Action
- TEN HD
- Sony SIX
- Sony SIX HD
- DD Sports
- SONY KIX
Thailand
- True Sport 1
- True Sport 2
- True Sport 3
- True Sport 4
- True Sport 5
- True Sport 6
- True Sport Extra 1
- True Sport HD
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports Plus HD
- STAR Sports
- All Sports Network
- GMM Sport
Vietnam
- VTV3
- VTC3
- VTC3 HD
- VTVCab3 - THỂ THAO TV (Including THỂ THAO TV HD)
- VTVCab16 - BÓNG ĐÁ TV (Including BÓNG ĐÁ TV HD)
- HTV THỂ THAO
- BTV5
- K+1 (Including K+1 HD)
- K+NS (Including K+NS HD)
- K+PC
- SCTV15
- SCTV HD THỂ THAO
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports Plus HD
- STAR Sports
Middle East
- Abu Dhabi Sports Channel
- Al-Dawri wal Kass
- beIN SPORTS
- Dubai Sports
- OSN Sports
Europe (Including non EU-member countries)
- Arena Sport
- At the Races
- Barça TV
- Benfica TV
- BoxNation
- BT Sport 1
- BT Sport 2
- Canal+ Fútbol
- Canal+ Liga
- Canal+ Sport
- Chelsea TV
- ČT Sport
- Digisport
- Dolce Sport
- Dolce Sport 2
- ESPN (UK)
- Esport3
- Eurosport
- Eurosport 2
- Eurosport News
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Fishing & Hunting
- Fox Sports Italy
- Fox Sports Plus Italy
- HRT Sport (soon)
- Infosport+
- Inter Channel
- Juventus Channel
- Kombat Sport (Luxembourg)
- LFC TV
- L'Équipe
- Ma Chaîne Sport
- Milan Channel
- Motors TV
- MotoTV
- MUTV (Manchester United F.C.)
- Nautical Channel
- Nova Sport (Czech Republic)
- Nova Sports (Greece)
- N Sport (Poland)
- OL TV (Olympique Lyonnais TV)
- OM TV
- OTE Sport (Greece)
- Premier Sports
- Primetime
- Polsat Sport
- Racing UK
- Rai Sport 1 (Italy)
- Rai Sport 2 (Italy)
- Real Madrid TV
- Roma Channel
- Setanta Sports
- Sky Sport (Germany)
- Sky Sport (Italy)
- Sky Sports (1, 2, 3, and 4)
- Sky Sports F1
- Sky Sports News
- Slovak Sport.TV
- Slovak Sport.TV 2
- Sport+ (France)
- Sport1 (Germany)
- Sport 1
- Sport 2
- Sport 5
- Sport M
- Sportitalia (Italy)
- Sportitalia 2 (Italy)
- Sportitalia 24 (Italy)
- Sporting TV
- Sport Klub
- Sport.ro (Romania)
- Sportska televizija
- Sports Tonight Live
- Sport TV (Portugal)
- Stöð 2 Sport (Iceland)
- Stöð 2 Sport 2 (Iceland)
- Teledeporte (Spain)
- TV 2 Sport (Denmark)
- TV 2 Sport (Norway)
- TV4 Sport (Sweden)
- TV4 Sport Xtra (Sweden)
- TV Arena Sport
- TVP Sport
- Viasat Sport (Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway)
- Viasat SportN
North America
Canada
- ATN Cricket Plus
- ATN NEO Cricket
- beIN Sports (Canada)
- ESPN Classic Canada
- EuroWorld Sport
- Fight Network
- GolTV
- HPItv
- Leafs TV
- NBA TV Canada
- NHL Network
- OLN
- RDS
- RDS Info
- Sportsnet
- Sportsnet World
- Sportsnet 360
- TSN
- TVA Sports
- Wild TV
- World Fishing Network
United States
National sports networks
- AFN Sports
- beIN Sport
- Big Ten Network
- CBS Sports Network
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- ESPN Deportes
- ESPNEWS
- ESPNU
- Fight Now TV
- Fox Deportes
- Fox Soccer Plus
- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- HRTV
- GOL TV
- Golf Channel
- Longhorn Network
- MLB Network
- NBA TV
- NBCSN
- NFL Network
- NHL Network
- ONE World Sports
- Outdoor Channel
- Pac-12 Network
- Pursuit Channel
- Sportsman Channel
- Tennis Channel
- TVG Network
- The Ski Channel
- Universal Sports
- Univision Deportes Network
- Willow (TV channel)
- World Fishing Network
- SEC Network
Regional sports networks
- 4SD
- Altitude
- Comcast SportsNet (NBC Sports) (Bay Area, California, Chicago, Houston Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, Philadelphia)
- Cox Sports Television
- Fox Sports Networks (Arizona, Carolinas, Detroit, Florida, Indiana, Kansas City, Midwest, New Orleans, North, Ohio, Oklahoma, Prime Ticket, San Diego South, Southwest, SportSouth, SportsTime Ohio, Sun Sports, Tennessee, West, Wisconsin, YES)
- MASN
- MSG and MSG Plus
- NESN
- Pac-12 Network (Arizona, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Mountain, Oregon, Washington)
- Root Sports (Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, Utah)
- SNY
Mexico and Central America
Mexico
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- TyC Sports
- Televisa Deportes Network
- TVC Deportes
- Claro Sports*
- Golf Channel
- PxTV
- Cable Sports
- Aym Sports
- UFC Network
- Sky Sports Mexico
In Mexico the Viva Sports channel of Dish will become Claro Sports and transmit the contents of América Móvil, forward Arturo Elias Ayub, CEO of UnoTV .
"There is a sports channel now called Dish Viva Sports changed from to 16 December for 12:00 AM (Local Time) and will be called Claro Sports and be a channel that is in all countries where America Movil has pay TV systems and in that channel transmit complete the Olympic Winter Games , "said Arturo Elias Ayub during the presentation of the alliance transmission of the Olympic Winter Games.
The manager said UnoTV have no regulatory restrictions to bring their content to a channel with a pay-TV company .
"What we can not do is directly offer pay television or broadcast television, but nowhere prohibits us create content that is just what we are doing ," said the director of UnoTV .
The concession of Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex ) does not allow the telco to offer services restricted audio and video until it complies with the Convergence Agreement issued in 2006, which requires the phone to provide interoperability, interconnection and information .
Coverage by public transport JO
America Movil has 28 agreements with means for transmitting the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 will reach 90 million viewers.
Of the 28 media, 25 are state and local television stations, one more is the Promoter Agency Broadcasting ( OPMA ) with coverage in 16 cities and another is the Clear Channel Sports pay TV and UnoTV channel online, reported America Movil conference.
Carlos Slim 's company obtained the exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympic Winter Games Sochi, Russia 2014 and Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016 to 17 countries in Latin America, except for Brazil .
The manager explained that they have several agreements in accordance with the type of concession of the television .
" There concessionaires and licensees, a concession by title can not pass if advertising and the other, then each of them there are different arrangements, in both cases there is no direct charge for the rights, but there is an agreement for broadcasting revenues, "explained Elias Ayub .
Octavio Juan Pavón, Radio and Television of Veracruz, said that this transmission confirms that public media are an alternative and becomes the third country national network for its coverage .
Meanwhile, Monica Ramirez of Radio and Television of Querétaro, generous scored the agreement between America Movil and the various public media so that the latter can transmit the Olympics.
America Movil reiterated that remain open to provide to anyone interested the transmission of the Olympic Games.*
Honduras
- Todo Deportes TV
South America
Argentina
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- TyC Sports
- TyC Max
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Golf Channel
- DeporTV
- AM Sports (America Sports)
- Poker Sports
- El Garage TV
- Discovery Turbo
PADMANI TV
Brazil
National sports networks
- SporTV
- SporTV 2
- SporTV 3
- ESPN Brasil
- ESPN International
- ESPN+
- Fox Sports Brasil
- Fox Sports Brasil 2
- PFC
- PFC+
- BandSports
- TV Esporte Interativo
- Sports +
- Woohoo
- Speed Brasil
- Golf Channel
Regional sports networks
- Esporte Interativo Nordeste
Chile
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- Canal del Fútbol
- Vive! Deportes
- Teletrak TV
- Canal del Deporte Olímpico
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
Colombia
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- Canal Versus (Claro Colombia)
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Win Sports
- Discovery Turbo
Ecuador
- Claro Sports
- DirecTV Sports
- Ecotel TV
- Ecuavisa
- Gama TV
- Red Telesistema
- TC Televisión
Paraguay
- Tigo Sports
- Tigo Sports +
Peru
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- Cable Magico Deportes
- Fox Sports Latin America
- DirecTV Sports
- GOL TV
- Golf Channel
- Canal Movistar Deportes
- Toros TV
- Jcp TV
- Discovery Turbo
Uruguay
- Vtv+
- Vtv Deportes
Venezuela
- Meridiano TV
- Canal Plus TV
- DirecTV Sports Venezuela
Oceania
Nauru
- Sports Pacific Network
New Zealand
SKYMAX TV
Australia
- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Fox Footy
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- Eurosport
- Speed TV
- Fuel TV
- beIN Sports
- TVN [1]
GHATIA TV