Eurosport 1 is a French television sports network channel which is a division of Eurosport and a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
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12 Facts About Eurosport 1
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Eurosport 1 first launched on European satellites on 5 February 1989.
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Eurosport 1 provides viewers with European and international sporting events, certain events are not available in a particular country due to Eurosport 1 not being the rights holder in that territory.
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Eurosport 1 Events was the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, a rival rallying series to the World Rally Championship.
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Since 2008, the Eurosport 1 Group has been broadcasting the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans in full.
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On 29 September 2015, Eurosport 1 acquired the Portuguese broadcasting rights for Formula One between 2016 and 2018.
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In June 2015 it was announced that Eurosport 1 had secured the pan-European rights to the winter and summer Olympic Games between 2018 and 2024.
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In Europe, Eurosport 1 is generally available in basic cable and satellite television packages.
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Since 1999, Eurosport 1 provides various opt-out services providing more relevant sporting content specific to language, advertising and commentary needs.
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Eurosport 1 offers a stand-alone channel which provides a standardised version of the channel.
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The German version of Eurosport 1 is the only one available free-to-air on European digital satellite television.
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Eurosport 1 is currently broadcast in twenty one languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish and Persian.
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