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Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia that operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on HBO Max and Discovery+. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery International, which is itself a division of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks.
Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading to a full buyout in 2015.
Eurosport is the main rights holder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as, with some exceptions, the tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
The network of channels is available in 54 countries, in 21 different languages, providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Eurosport had 157 million subscribers in 2019, while the Eurosport 2 channel had an audience of 87 million viewers. For the most part, there is no on-screen presenter, only unseen commentators, allowing the same video feed to be used in multiple markets with different language audio.
Prior to the creation of Eurosport, the European Broadcasting Union had acquired substantial amounts of sports rights, yet its members were only able to broadcast a fraction of them. This provided the impetus for setting up the Eurosport Consortium, made up of several EBU members, to establish an outlet where these rights could be exploited. Sky Television was chosen as a commercial partner to the EBU project, and the channel launched at 6pm on 5 February 1989. It largely replaced the original Sky Channel (later rebranded Sky One) on European cable systems after Sky Channel refocused to serve only the United Kingdom and Ireland although for a period of time, some of Sky Channel's former pan-European programming was broadcast in the hours before Eurosport's startup, under the brand Sky Europe.
Eurosport was closed down in May 1991 after rival Screensport channel filed a complaint to the European Commission over the corporate structure. The channel was saved later that month when the TF1 Group (formed after the French government privatised the post ORTF-split TF1 5 years prior to the acquisition) stepped in to replace BSkyB as joint owners. It was able to restart its broadcast after 10 days. Broadcasting hours were restricted to 1pm to 11pm, later 8am until midnight before settling at 7.30am and 1am. Its overnight hours were occupied by shopping channel The Quantum Channel.
On 1 March 1993, the cable and satellite channel Screensport merged with Eurosport. As a result, Eurosport International was co-owned by the TF1 Group, (operator), Canal+ Group and ESPN Inc, with Générale d'Images (later rebranded Havas Images) as a fourth shareholder of the French operations. Five days later, Screensport's transponder space was taken over by RTL II. In May 2000, ESPN sold its shares of Eurosport to TF1 and Canal+. In January 2001, TF1 took full ownership of Eurosport.
In May 2007, Yahoo! Europe and Eurosport formed a co-branded website which Eurosport used as its web portal, including an online TV guide, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Germany.
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Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia that operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on HBO Max and Discovery+. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery International, which is itself a division of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks.
Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading to a full buyout in 2015.
Eurosport is the main rights holder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as, with some exceptions, the tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
The network of channels is available in 54 countries, in 21 different languages, providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Eurosport had 157 million subscribers in 2019, while the Eurosport 2 channel had an audience of 87 million viewers. For the most part, there is no on-screen presenter, only unseen commentators, allowing the same video feed to be used in multiple markets with different language audio.
Prior to the creation of Eurosport, the European Broadcasting Union had acquired substantial amounts of sports rights, yet its members were only able to broadcast a fraction of them. This provided the impetus for setting up the Eurosport Consortium, made up of several EBU members, to establish an outlet where these rights could be exploited. Sky Television was chosen as a commercial partner to the EBU project, and the channel launched at 6pm on 5 February 1989. It largely replaced the original Sky Channel (later rebranded Sky One) on European cable systems after Sky Channel refocused to serve only the United Kingdom and Ireland although for a period of time, some of Sky Channel's former pan-European programming was broadcast in the hours before Eurosport's startup, under the brand Sky Europe.
Eurosport was closed down in May 1991 after rival Screensport channel filed a complaint to the European Commission over the corporate structure. The channel was saved later that month when the TF1 Group (formed after the French government privatised the post ORTF-split TF1 5 years prior to the acquisition) stepped in to replace BSkyB as joint owners. It was able to restart its broadcast after 10 days. Broadcasting hours were restricted to 1pm to 11pm, later 8am until midnight before settling at 7.30am and 1am. Its overnight hours were occupied by shopping channel The Quantum Channel.
On 1 March 1993, the cable and satellite channel Screensport merged with Eurosport. As a result, Eurosport International was co-owned by the TF1 Group, (operator), Canal+ Group and ESPN Inc, with Générale d'Images (later rebranded Havas Images) as a fourth shareholder of the French operations. Five days later, Screensport's transponder space was taken over by RTL II. In May 2000, ESPN sold its shares of Eurosport to TF1 and Canal+. In January 2001, TF1 took full ownership of Eurosport.
In May 2007, Yahoo! Europe and Eurosport formed a co-branded website which Eurosport used as its web portal, including an online TV guide, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Germany.