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Broadcast area | Europe |
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Network | Eurosport |
Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Various |
Picture format | 2160p UHDTV 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | TNT Sports (operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA) |
Parent | TNT Sports International |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 5 February 1989 22 May 1991 (relaunch) | (original)
Replaced | Screensport (relaunch) |
Closed | 6 May 1991 28 February 2025 (United Kingdom)[1][2] | (original)
Replaced by | Sky Sports (original) |
Former names | Eurosport (1989–2015) British Eurosport (1999–2015, UK) |
Links | |
Website | eurosport.com |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
See separate section | |
Streaming media | |
Eurosport app (Europe and wider region | Watch live (subscription required) |
Eurosport 1 is a television sports network channel which is a division of Eurosport and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Discovery took a 20% minority interest share in December 2012,[3] and became majority shareholder in the Eurosport venture with TF1 in January 2014, taking a 51% share of the company,[4] On 22 July 2015 Discovery agreed to acquire TF1's remaining 49% stake in the venture.[5]
The channel is available in 73 countries, in 21 languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Eurosport first launched on European satellites on 5 February 1989. On 13 November 2015 Eurosport changed the name of its main channel into Eurosport 1.[6]