List of sports television channels
Sports channels are television speciality channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming.
The first sports channel was from the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1977 with the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus). ESPN began broadcasting in 1979. Since then, many channels have surfaced around the world, many focusing on one sport in particular, or one region of a country, showing only their local team's games. These networks have greatly improved the availability of sports broadcasts, generating opportunities such as the ability for one person to see every single game their team plays over the course of the season.
In the United States, these channels broadcast most regular season games of major pro sports league and many other sports as well, with over the air television networks stepping in during the weekends or special events (all-star games, championships, etc.).
Africa
Algeria
- Former channels
- Stade News
- Kawaliss TV
Egypt
- Nile sport
- On sport
- Dmc sports
- Cairosport 1 2 news
- Al AHLY TV
- 1arabia sport
- Al nahar sports "close"
Kenya
- Bamba Sport
- Kwese Sports
- Startimes Sports channels
- Super Sport
- Zuku Sports
Morocco
Nigeria
- AIT sports
- Cloud Sports
- NTA sports
- SuperSport
- Talent Sport
South Africa
Sudan
- Sudan Sports
- Merrikkh TV
- Al-Hilal TV
Uganda
- Kwese Sports
- Startimes Sports channels
- Super Sport
- GOtv Sports
- Zuku Sports
- Azam TV Sports Channel
Americas
Argentina
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- TyC Sports
- TyC Sports 2
- TyC Sports 3
- TyC Sports 4 HD
- TyC Max (main pay-per-view signal)
- TyC Max 2 (second pay-per-view signal)
- Cable Sport (exclusive of VCC)
- DeporTV
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Golf Channel
- DeporTV
- AM Sports (America Sports)
- Poker Sports
- El Garage TV
- Discovery Turbo
- PADMANI TV
- Gol TV
- DirecTV Sports
- UFC Network
Brazil
National sports networks
- SporTV
- SporTV 2
- SporTV 3
- ESPN Brasil
- ESPN International
- ESPN+
- Fox Sports Brasil
- Fox Sports 2 Brasil
- Combate (PPV of MMA and Boxing Signal)
- PFC Channel (pay-per-view of soccer signal)
- PES Channel (pay-per-view of other sports' signals, except of soccer and tennis)
- PFC+
- BandSports
- Esporte Interativo BR
- Esporte Interativo
- Esporte Interativo 2
- Woohoo
- Golf Channel
Regional sports networks
- Esporte Interativo Nordeste
Canada
Chile
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- Canal del Fútbol
- Canal del Deporte Olímpico
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
- Vive! Deportes
- Teletrak TV
- UFC Network
Colombia
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Claro Sports Colombia
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- GOL TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Win Sports
- Discovery Turbo
- Caracol Televisión
- RCN Television
- UFC Network
Ecuador
- Claro Sports
- DirecTV Sports
- Ecotel TV
- Ecuavisa
- Gama TV
- Red Telesistema
- TC Televisión
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- Gol TV
- Discovery Turbo
- UFC Network
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Golf Channel
Honduras
- Todo Deportes TV
Mexico
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- TyC Sports
- Televisa Deportes Network
- TVC Deportes
- Claro Sports*
- Golf Channel
- PxTV
- Cable Sports
- Aym Sports
- UFC Network
- Sky Sports Mexico
In Mexico the Viva Sports channel of Dish will become Claro Sports and transmit the contents of América Móvil, forward Arturo Elias Ayub, CEO of UnoTV.
"There is a sports channel now called Dish Viva Sports changed from to 16 December for 12:00 AM (Local Time) and will be called Claro Sports and be a channel that is in all countries where America Movil has pay TV systems and in that channel transmit complete the Olympic Winter Games," said Arturo Elias Ayub during the presentation of the alliance transmission of the Olympic Winter Games.
The manager said UnoTV have no regulatory restrictions to bring their content to a channel with a pay-TV company.
"What we can not do is directly offer pay television or broadcast television, but nowhere prohibits us create content that is just what we are doing", said the director of UnoTV.
The concession of Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex ) does not allow the telco to offer services restricted audio and video until it complies with the Convergence Agreement issued in 2006, which requires the phone to provide interoperability, interconnection and information.
Coverage by public transport JO
America Movil has 28 agreements with means for transmitting the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 will reach 90 million viewers.
Of the 28 media, 25 are state and local television stations, one more is the Promoter Agency Broadcasting (OPMA) with coverage in 16 cities and another is the Clear Channel Sports pay TV and UnoTV channel online, reported America Movil conference.
Carlos Slim's company obtained the exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympic Winter Games Sochi, Russia 2014 and Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016 to 17 countries in Latin America, except for Brazil .
The manager explained that they have several agreements in accordance with the type of concession of the television.
"There concessionaires and licensees, a concession by title can not pass if advertising and the other, then each of them there are different arrangements, in both cases there is no direct charge for the rights, but there is an agreement for broadcasting revenues," explained Elias Ayub.
Octavio Juan Pavón, Radio and Television of Veracruz, said that this transmission confirms that public media are an alternative and becomes the third country national network for its coverage.
Meanwhile, Monica Ramirez of Radio and Television of Querétaro, generous scored the agreement between America Movil and the various public media so that the latter can transmit the Olympics.
America Movil reiterated that remain open to provide to anyone interested the transmission of the Olympic Games.
Paraguay
- Tigo Sports
- Tigo Sports 2
- Tigo Sports 3
- Tigo Sports 4 HD
- Tigo Max (First pay-per-view of sports signal)
- Tigo Max 2
- Unicanal Deportes (second pay-per-view of sports signal)
- Tigo Alternative Signal One (pay-per-view of Handball signal)
- Tigo Alternative Signal Two (pay-per-view of Futsal signal)
- Movistar Deportes
- Movistar Deportes 2
- Movistar Deportes 3
- Movistar Deportes Extra
- Personal Sports
- Personal Sports 2
- CMM Sports
- CMM Sports 2
- Copaco TV Sports
- Channel 18
- DIRECTV Sports
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Gol TV
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- Golf Channel
- UFC Network
- Discovery Turbo
Peru
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Movistar Deportes
- Fox Sports Latin America
- DirecTV Sports
- GOL TV
- Golf Channel
- Toros TV
- Jcp TV
- Discovery Turbo
- Best Cable Sports
United States
National sports networks
- AFN Sports
- beIN Sports
- Big Ten Network
- CBS Sports Network
- Eleven Sports Network
- ESPN
- ESPN Deportes
- ESPN2
- ESPNews
- ESPNU
- Fox Deportes
- Fox Soccer Plus
- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- GOL TV
- Golf Channel
- Longhorn Network
- MLB Network
- NBA TV
- NBCSN
- NFL Network
- NHL Network
- Olympic Channel
- Outdoor Channel
- Pac-12 Network
- Pursuit Channel
- SEC Network
- Sportsman Channel
- Stadium (sports network)
- The Ski Channel
- Tennis Channel
- TVG Network
- TVG2
- Univision Deportes
- Willow
- World Fishing Network
- Multimedia Sport (New Jersey)
Regional sports networks
- 4SD
- Altitude
- AT&T SportsNet (Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, Utah)
- Comcast SportsNet (NBC Sports) (Bay Area, California, Chicago, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, Philadelphia)
- Cox Sports Television
- Fox Sports Networks (Arizona, Carolinas, Detroit, Florida, Indiana, Kansas City, Midwest, New Orleans, North, Ohio, Oklahoma, Prime Ticket, San Diego South, Southwest, SportSouth, SportsTime Ohio, Sun Sports, Tennessee, West, Wisconsin)
- MASN
- MSG and MSG Plus
- NESN
- Spectrum Sports (Spectrum SportsNet, Spectrum SportsNet LA, Spectrum Deportes)
- SportsNet New York
- Time Warner Cable (TWC Sports Channel (KC), TWC SportsChannel Ohio, TWC Sports 32)
Uruguay
- VTV Sports
- VTV Sports 2
- VTV Sports 3
- VTV Sports 4
- VTV Max
- VTV Max 2
- VTV
- Channel 20 of TCC
- TCC Sports
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Gol TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
- UFC Network
Venezuela
- Meridiano TV
- Canal Plus TV
- DirecTV Sports Venezuela
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 3
- DirecTV Sports
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Gol TV
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
- UFC Network
Asia
Afghanistan
- 3sport
- Lemar TV
- Star Sports First
- Sony SIX
- SONY TEN 5
- DD Sports
Bangladesh
- Channel 9
- Sony SIX
- Sony ESPN
- Sony TEN 1[1]
- Sony TEN 2
- Star Sports 1
- Star Sports 2
- Star Sports Select 1
- Star Sports Select 2
- GTV
Bhutan
Brunei
Hong Kong
India
- Star Sports 1
- Star Sports 1 HD
- Star Sports 2
- Star Sports 2 HD
- Star Sports 1 Hindi
- Star Sports 1 Hindi HD
- Star Sports 1 Tamil
- Star Sports Select 1
- Star Sports Select HD 1
- Star Sports Select 2
- Star Sports Select HD 2
- Star Sports First
- SONY TEN 1
- SONY TEN 1 HD
- SONY TEN 2
- SONY TEN 2 HD
- SONY TEN 3
- SONY TEN 3 HD
- SONY SIX
- SONY SIX HD
- SONY ESPN
- SONY ESPN HD
- SONY TEN Golf HD
- DD Sports
- Neo Prime
- Neo Sports
- DSport
- Jio Sports
- Jio Cricket HD
- Jio Olympics Ch1
- Jio Sports 2
- DSport HD
- Star Sports 3
- Cricbuzz HD
- Cricbuzz SD
- Jio KIL
- NDTV Sports
- Sportskedda
- Sportskedda Hindi
- Cricket Country
- Sports TAK
Indonesia
- All Sports Network
- BBC Bangla TV
- beIN Sports
- Bola Indonesia
- Eurosport 1
- Fox Sports
- Goal TV 1
- Goal TV 2
- Golf Channel
- K-Vision
- MNC Sports 1
- MNC Sports 2
- STAR Cricket
- TelkomVision Arena
- TEN Cricket
- TSB (Total Sports Blast)
Iran
- IRIB Varzesh Iran Sports Channel
- IRIB TV3
Israel
- ESPN
- Eurosport 1 (including Eurosport HD)
- Eurosport 2
- Sport 1 (including Sport 1 HD)
- Sport 2
- Sport 5 (including Sport 5 HD)
- Sport +5
- Sport +5 GOLD
- Sport +5 Live (including Sport +5 Live HD)
- Fox Sports (including Fox Sports HD)
- Extreme Sports Channel
- ONE (including ONE HD)
- Trace Sport
- Ego Total (fighting channel)
- Former Channels
Japan
- Fighting TV Samurai
- Fishing Vision
- Golf Channel
- Golf Network
- J-Sports 1
- J-Sports 2
- J-Sports 3
- J-Sports 4
- Table Tennis Badminton TV752
- Nittele G+
Jordan
- Jordan sports
- GO TV SPORTS
- Roya sports
- Amman SPORTS
Kazakhstan
- Qazaqstan
- QazSport
- Setanta Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
- KTRK Sport
Malaysia
Myanmar
- ESPN
- ESPN News
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports Asia
- Fox Sports News
- Fox Sports 2 HD
- Fox Sports 3 HD
- Eurosport 1
Nepal
- NTV
- DD Sports
- Sony ESPN
- SONY SIX
- DSport
- Star Sports First
- Star Sports HD 1 Hindi
- Action sport HD
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
- Alkass 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
- beIN Sports HD
- beIN Sports News
- beIN Sports NBA
- beIN Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15
- beIN Max 1, 2, 3 & 4
- Former channels
- Al Jazeera Sports 1 & 2
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Sport
- mbc pro sports
Singapore
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Star Cricket
- Golf Channel
- Eurosport 1
- All Sports Network
- Football Channel
- Goal TV 1
- Goal TV 2
- TV1 Malaysia
- TEN Cricket
- Bola Indonesia
- TelkomVision Arena
- Okto
South Korea
- MBC Sports+
- MBC Sports+ 2
- KBS N Sports
- SBS Sports
- SBS Golf
- Spotv+
- Spotv
- Spotv 2
- Spotv Games
- SkySports
- IB SPORTS
- Golf Channel Korea
- Jtbc
Sri Lanka
Syria
- ON Sport HD
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
- Yas Sports
- Edge Sports
- Dubai Sports 1, 2, HD2, 3 & 4
- Dubai Racing 1 & 2
- OSN Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
- OSN Sports Cricket
- Sharjah Sports
- TEN Cricket
- sport 24 Arabia
- Former channels
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
- VTV6, VTV6 HD
- VTC3, VTC3 HD
- VTVCab3 – THỂ THAO TV (including THỂ THAO TV HD)
- VTVCab16 – BÓNG ĐÁ TV (including BÓNG ĐÁ TV HD)
- VTVCab18 – THỂ THAO TV TIN TỨC HD
- HTV THỂ THAO – HTV THỂ THAO HD
- BTV5, BTV5 HD
- K+1 (including K+1 HD)
- K+NS (including K+NS HD)
- K+PC (including K+PC HD)
- K+PM (including K+PM HD)
- SCTV15, SCTV15 HD
- SCTV HD THỂ THAO
- Fox Sports, Fox Sports HD
- Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 2 HD
Europe
- Arena Sport
- At the Races
- Barça TV
- beIN Sports
- beIN LaLiga
- BoxNation
- BT Sport 1
- BT Sport 2
- BT Sport 3
- BT Sport ESPN(UK)
- Movistar Deportes
- Movistar Fútbol
- Movistar Partidazo
- Canal+ Sport (France)
- Canal+ Sport (Poland)
- Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia)
- Channels "Football 1"/"Football 2" (Ukraine)
- Chelsea TV
- ČT Sport
- Digisport
- Dolce Sport
- Dolce Sport 2
- Eir Sport
- Esport3
- Eurosport 1
- Eurosport 2
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Fishing & Hunting
- FreeSports
- Infosport+
- Inter TV
- Kombat Sport (Luxembourg)
- Kreator TV
- LFC TV
- L'Équipe
- Ma Chaîne Sport
- Milan TV
- MotoTV
- MUTV (Manchester United F.C.)
- Nautical Channel
- Nova Sport (Czech Republic)
- Nova Sports (Greece)
- nSport+ (Poland)
- OL TV (Olympique Lyonnais TV)
- OM TV
- Cosmote Sport (Greece)
- Premier Sports
- Primetime
- Polsat Sport
- Racing UK
- Rai Sport (Italy)
- Rai Sport + HD (Italy)
- Real Madrid TV
- Roma TV
- Sky Sport (Germany)
- Sky Sport (Italy)
- Sky Sports Action
- Sky Sports Arena
- Sky Sports Cricket
- Sky Sports F1
- Sky Sports Football
- Sky Sports Golf
- Sky Sports Main Event
- Sky Sports Mix
- Sky Sports News
- Sky Sports Premier League
- Slovak Sport.TV
- Slovak Sport.TV 2
- Sport+ (France)
- Sport1 (Germany)
- Sport1 (Lithuania)
- Sport1 (Netherlands)
- Sport 1 (Europe)
- Sport 2
- Sport 5
- Sport M
- Sportitalia (Italy)
- Sportitalia 2 (Italy)
- Sportitalia 24 (Italy)
- Sport Klub
- Sport.ro (Romania)
- Sports Tonight Live
- Stöð 2 Sport (Iceland)
- Stöð 2 Sport 2 (Iceland)
- Teledeporte (Spain)
- TV 2 Sport (Denmark)
- TV 2 Sport (Norway)
- TV4 Sport (Sweden)
- TV4 Sport Xtra (Sweden)
- TV Arena Sport
- TVP Sport
- Viasat Sport (Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway)
- Viasat SportN
Portugal
- Benfica TV
- Porto Canal
- Sporting TV
- Sport TV +
- Sport TV 1
- Sport TV 2
- Sport TV 3
- Sport TV 4
- Sport TV 5
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
See also
References
- ↑ "Sony Pictures Sports Network rebrands TEN Sports channels". The Economic Times. 18 July 2017.