Eurosport 1

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, and became majority shareholder in the Eurosport venture with TF1 in January 2014, taking a 51% share of the company, On 22 July 2015 Discovery agreed to acquire TF1's remaining 49% stake in the venture.

Eurosport 1
CountryFrance
United Kingdom
Broadcast areaEurope
NetworkEurosport
HeadquartersIssy-les-Moulineaux, France
Programming
Picture format2160p UHDTV
1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
Sister channels
History
Launched5 February 1989 (1989-02-05)
ReplacedScreensport
Replaced bySky Sports
Former namesEurosport (1989–2015)
British Eurosport (1999–2015, UK)
Links
Websitewww.eurosport.com
Availability
Terrestrial
See separate section
Streaming media
Eurosport app (Europe and wider regionWatch live (subscription required)

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.

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