Eurosport (Indian TV channel)

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Eurosport India
Eurosport Logo 2015.svg
CountryIndia
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 channelsSee List of channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery in India
History
Launched6 February 2017;7 years ago (2017-02-06)
Former names DSport (2017–2020)
Links
Website eurosport.co.in
Availability - Available on all major Indian DTH & Cables.
Terrestrial
DVB-T2 (India)Check local frequencies
Streaming media
Amazon Prime Video India
(India)
SD & HD
Discovery+
(India)
SD & HD
Jio TV
(India)
SD & HD
Tata Play
(India)
SD & HD

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, the channel was re-branded as Eurosport.

Contents

History

Launched as DSport in February 2017 by a partnership between Discovery India and Lex Sportel, the channel was rebranded several times until 2020.

The initial logo of DSport used from February 2017 to March 2020, adapted from Eurosport logo. DSPORT Logo 2017.jpg
The initial logo of DSport used from February 2017 to March 2020, adapted from Eurosport logo.

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, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting permitted Discovery to rename the channel to Eurosport. [3]

Programming

Cricket

Football

Futsal

Basketball

Tennis

Golf

Motorsport

Cycling

Kickboxing

Karate

MMA

Marathon

Pro-Wrestling

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References

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  3. 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. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. "Eurosport to broadcast the inaugural season of Hero Futsal Club Championship". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. "DSPORT to telecast LIVE Davis Cup World Group qualifier". IANS. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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