Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia.
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36 Facts About Eurosport
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Eurosport is the main rightsholder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as the tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
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Eurosport had 157 million subscribers in 2019, marking no increase from the previous year.
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Eurosport was closed down in May 1991 after the competing Screensport channel filed a complaint to the European Commission over the corporate structure.
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On 13 November 2015, Eurosport introduced its new brand identity and changed the name of its main channel to Eurosport 1.
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In 2016, Eurosport expanded its deal with The All England Club to show all the Wimbledon matches live in 19 countries, up from three under a previous deal.
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Eurosport signed a new deal in 2019 to broadcast Wimbledon exclusively in 11 countries.
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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 offers a stand-alone channel which provides a standardised version of the channel.
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The German version of Eurosport is the only one available free-to-air on European digital satellite television.
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Eurosport 1 is currently broadcast in 21 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish, Cantonese and Croatian.
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Eurosport 2 launched on 10 January 2005 and is currently available in 35 countries, broadcasting in 17 different languages.
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Eurosport 2 describes itself as "the new generation sports channel", dedicated to team sports, alternative sports, discovery and entertainment including basketball, Twenty20 Cricket, Bundesliga, National Lacrosse League, Arena Football League, surfing, Volleyball Champions League, Australian Rules Football matches from the Australian Football League, Bandy World Championships and more.
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Eurosport 2 HD Xtra is a German pay-TV channel launched in 2017.
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Eurosport bought Germany-only rights for Bundesliga, Supermoto and other broadcasting rights.
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Eurosport 2 has no German-only signal and Eurosport 1 is free-to-air, so the new Channel was needed.
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Eurosport India is the Indian version of the channel launched in February 2017 as DSport.
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Eurosport EPL Romania is a channel owned by Eurosport, which broadcasts the English Premier League in Romania.
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British Eurosport had live studio presentations of major sporting events and tournaments.
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Tennis, studio presentation for the Australian Open, French Open, US Open and WTA Tour Championships on British Eurosport is hosted by Annabel Croft with the segment Hawk-Eye presented by former British number 2 Jason Goodall.
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British Eurosport covers the snooker season, including ranking events not broadcast by BBC Television such as the Shanghai Masters and China Open.
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On 10 February 2009, British Eurosport started to broadcast most of its programming in the 16:9 'widescreen' ratio.
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On 25 July 2012, British Eurosport HD launched on the Sky, UPC Ireland and Virgin Media platforms, this replaced the pan-European Eurosport HD in the UK and Ireland.
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Eurosport DK was a Danish television channel owned by Discovery Networks Northern Europe.
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In 2016, Eurosport bought the rights for Formula One for Portugal and created a pay-TV channel for the occasion.
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Eurosport Australia was a short-lived sports television channel available until 7 December 2020.
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In June 2015, it was announced that Eurosport had secured the pan-European rights to the winter and summer Olympic Games between 2018 and 2024.
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Eurosport is the new owner of the pay TV, international and internet rights.
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Eurosport has TV rights for Italian Basketball Supercup and Italian Basketball Cup.
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In October 2018, Eurosport has reached an agreement with the World Boxing Super Series for the exclusive acquisition of the Competition's broadcast rights in Spain.
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Eurosport Events was the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, a rival rallying series to the World Rally Championship, and of the FIA European Touring Car Cup.
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Since 2008, the Eurosport Group has been broadcasting the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans in full.
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On 29 September 2015, Eurosport acquired the Portuguese broadcasting rights for Formula One between 2016 and 2018.
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