British Eurosport

Information about British Eurosport

Eurosport
Eurosport logo
Launched	c. 5 February 1989
Country	Europe
Website	www.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
Satellite
Sky Digital UK	Channel 410 Channel 411 (Eurosport 2)
TPS France	Channel 40
Digital+	Dial 55
Sky Italia (Italy)	Channel 210 Channel 211 (Eurosport 2) Channel 212 (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)
Canal Digital	Nordic countries
Digiturk	Channel 71
Astro Malaysia	Channel 84
Cyfrowy Polsat	Channel 13 Channel 14 (Eurosport 2)
SelecTV Australia	Channel 16
Cable
Virgin Media UK	Channel 521 Channel 525 (Eurosport 2)
UPC Ireland	Channel 423
Com Hem	Channel 10
StarHub CableTV (Singapore)	Channel 74 (Eurosport News)
Global Destiny Cable (Philippines)	Channel 81
Tiscali TV	Channel 560
IPTV over ADSL
Now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 676 (Eurosport)
Now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 677 (Eurosport News)

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 Winners' Cup, 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.

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. SportItalia is also part of the group.

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 15 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.

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. Viewers following the Tour are often entertained by the humorous reports from British Eurosport reporter Andy Botros, who is fast becoming a cult figure.

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 currently are covering live Greyhound racing on Sunday nights from Sittingbourne and Blackburn Rovers F.C's exploits in Europe this season. British Eurosport are reportedly set to cover national league rugby league matches from 2007.[1]

British Eurosport covers the snooker season including ranking events not shown by BBC Television like the Malta Cup, Northern Ireland Trophy and China Open.

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, 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.

Eurosportnews

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.

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.

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French television stations

Terrestrial analogue: TF1 • France 2 • France 3 • Canal+ • France 5 • M6 • Arte
Terrestrial digital (free): Direct 8 • W9 • TMC • NT1 • NRJ 12 • La Chane parlementaire • France 4 • BFM TV • I>Tl • Europe 2 TV • Gulli
Terrestrial digital (pay): TPS Star • Paris Premire • Canal+ Sport • Canal+ Cinma • AB1 • Plante • TF6 • Canal J • LCI • Eurosport
Others: France 24 • MCM • Mezzo • TPS Foot • 13me Rue • France • Plante • RTL9 • Comdie!

Media holding companies: France Tlvisions • TF1 Group • Mtropole Tlvision • Canal+ Group • Lagardre Active • AB Groupe

Romanian language TV channels

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Top Up TV

DTT Pay TV and Download Service
Founded 2004
Headquarters Jersey

Key people David Chance and Ian West
Industry Media
Products Pay TV services
Programming
Website topuptv.
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TÃ©lÃ©vision Par Satellite (TPS) was a French company that offered subscription television packages via satellite.

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SKY Italia is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation. It is similar in many ways to BSkyB's Sky Digital in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and like that network it is a major sports broadcaster.
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Il Canto degli Italiani
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Digiturk

Type Satellite network (movies, sports, original programming)
Country Turkey
Availability National
Owner Ã‡ukurova Holding
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Astro

Type Private satellite television
Country Malaysia
Availability National
Motto Making your life richer (2003 – Present)
The future is Direct-To-U (1996 – 2003)
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SelecTV

Private
Founded 2004
Headquarters Australia

Key people Bruce Gordon
Area served Australia Wide
Industry Pay TV
Owner WIN Corporation
Website selectv.
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Virgin Media Incorporated

Public: (NASDAQ: VMED )
Founded NTL: 1992; Telewest: 1984
Headquarters Corporate: New York City, United States
Operational: Hook, England, UK

Key people James Mooney, Chairman
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UPC Ireland N.V.

Dutch public company
Founded 12 December 2005
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland

Area served Ireland
Industry Communications
Products Cable television, communications
Parent Liberty Global Europe
Subsidiaries NTL Ireland
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Com Hem

Subsidiary of The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity, both of the United States
Founded 1983
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden

Key people Gunnar Asp, CEO
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Founded 2006
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Industry Media & Telecoms
Products Pay TV services
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Website Tiscali TV
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British Eurosport

Information about British Eurosport

History

British Eurosport presenters

Eurosport 2

Eurosportnews

Motorsport

See also

Press Release

External links

Events