Eurosport (Indian TV channel)
Eurosport (formerly known as DSport) is an Indian pay television sports channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery India for the Indian subcontinent.[1] It was launched as DSport in February 2017 with a partnership between Discovery India and Lex Sportel. In January 2020, Lex Sportel parted ways with Discovery, creating their own channel 1Sports. On 17 March 2020, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting permitted Discovery to rebrand the channel as Eurosport.
Country | India |
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Broadcast area | Indian Subcontinent |
Network | Eurosport |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i, (16:9, HDTV, MPEG-4) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery India |
Sister channels | See List of channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery in India |
History | |
Launched | 6 February 2017 |
Former names | DSport (2017–2020) |
Links | |
Website | eurosport |
Availability - Available on all major Indian DTH & Cables. | |
Terrestrial | |
DVB-T2 (India) | Check local frequencies |
Streaming media | |
Amazon Prime Video (India) | SD & HD |
Discovery+ (India) | SD & HD |
Jio TV (India) | SD & HD |
Tata Play (India) | SD & HD |
History
Launched as DSport in February 2017 by a partnership between Discovery India and Lex Sportel, due to low TRP channel was rebranded several times until 2020.
In January 2020, Lex Sportel (the content provider for Dsport) parted ways with Discovery, taking their event rights from this channel and created their own channel 1Sports.[2] On 17 March 2020, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting permitted Discovery to finally rename the channel to Eurosport.[3]
Programming
Cricket
- Nepal T20 League
- US Premier League T20
Futsal
Basketball
Golf
Motorsport
Cycling
- Tour de France
- Giro d'Italia
- Vuelta a España
- Bennetts British Superbike
Kickboxing
Pro-Wrestling
Marathon
Karate
References
- Ahluwalia, Harveen (6 February 2017). "Discovery rolls out new sports channel DSPORT". livemint.com/. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- "Lex Sportel Vision Pvt. Ltd announces the launch of 1Sports in India". www.sportskeeda.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- Basil, Arasu Kannagi (17 March 2020). "MIB permits Discovery Communications India to launch Eurosport in India; renames DSport & DSport HD to Eurosport & Eurosport HD". DreamDTH. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Eurosport to broadcast the inaugural season of Hero Futsal Club Championship". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "DSPORT to telecast LIVE Davis Cup World Group qualifier". IANS. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- "Eurosport twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 August 2021.