Tigo Sports

Tigo Sports is a Latin American pay television network operated by the telecommunications company Tigo, dedicated exclusively to sports. The brand was launched in February 2014 by Tigo Paraguay, and was later be extanded to other Latin American countries.

TypeSports
Country Paraguay
 Bolivia
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Panama
Broadcast area Paraguay
 El Salvador
 Bolivia
 Guatemala
 Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Panama
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format1080i HDTV
(reescalado a 16:9 480i/576i para la señal en resolución estándar)
Ownership
OwnerMillicom
History
Launched1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)
Links
Websitewww.tigosports.com.py
www.tigosports.com.bo
www.tigosports.com.hn
www.tigosports.gt
www.tigosports.cr
www.tigosports.com.sv
www.tigosports.com.pa

History

Paraguay

The channel was launched on February 1, 2014, with the broadcast of Paraguayan football, basketball and rugby matches, which were broadcast exclusively by Unicanal and by the Tigo Star Paraguay events channel.

On April 30, 2015, Tigo Sports used the black ribbon in mourning, due to the death of sports journalist Gustavo Köhn, who died at the Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo, Brazil, due to colon cancer that he suffered in the last years.[1]

In February 2016, the Tigo Sports channels began to broadcast all their programming in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

On June 6, 2018, representatives of Tigo Star Paraguay announced the launch of Tigo Sports+, a parallel backup signal for the main channel.[2]

On February 1, 2019, it was revealed that Tigo Sports acquired the rights to the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.[3] And on June 14, 2020, it was revealed they acquired the rights to the Spanish La Liga for the 2019/2020 season, up to 5 exclusive matches on the Tigo Sports and Tigo Sports + signal.

In mid-2022 Tigo Sports 3 was released.

The 3 channels broadcast Paraguayan football matches on Saturdays and Mondays, volleyball on Wednesdays, basketball on Thursdays, and futsal on Fridays.

Bolivia

Tigo Sports began its broadcasts in Bolivia on November 27, 2014, with the La Paz derby that was played at the Hernando Siles Stadium, between The Strongest and Bolívar, which was the event chosen for the launch of the first Bolivian channel specialized in sports. Minutes before the start of the match, company executives officially announced the beginning of the programming of Tigo Sports, a channel that broadcasts its signal through the cable operator Tigo Star, visible on channel 800 of the standard channel, 900 in HD and on 8 in satellite service.

Guatemala

In April 2017, after the closure of channel 33 of Tigo Star Guatemala, Tigo Sports began its broadcasts in that country with the purchase of the transmission rights of the Guatemalan National Football League.

In January 2020, Tigo Sports acquired the broadcast rights to Club Comunicaciones matches, however the matches continued on over-the-air television because the team belongs to the Albavisión company that broadcasts its games on over-the-air channels, turning the team into the first team to be broadcast on both over-the-air and cable television.

See also

References
  1. "Fallece periodista deportivo Gustavo Köhn". 29 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. "Es una realidad el nuevo canal de Tigo Sports". 6 June 2018.
  3. "Conmebol Sudamericana Tigo Sports adquiere los derechos de 2019". 1 February 2019.
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