Country | South Africa |
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Broadcast area | South Africa |
Network | SABC |
Transmitters | SABC DTT SABC Direct-To-Home SABC+ |
Affiliates | ESPN, Red Bull |
Headquarters | SABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Programming | |
Language(s) | |
Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | South African Broadcasting Corporation |
Sister channels | SABC 1 SABC 2 SABC 3 SABC NEWS SABC LEHAE SABC Education SABC Children SABC Encore |
History | |
Founded | 1991 |
Launched | 1991 |
Former names | TopSport Surplus |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
SABC Direct-To-Home And Digital Terrestrial Television | SABC DTT Channel 4 |
OpenView Channel 124 | |
Streaming media | |
SABC Plus App | SABC Plus OTT |
SABC SPORT is a South African free-to-air sports television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
The channel was operating for a while on DTT before expanding on other platforms. After its expansion, the channel is now among the top 10 most watched channels on Openview pulling over 1.4. million viewers.
In 1991, TV2, TV3 and TV4 (now SABC 1-3) were combined into a new service called CCV (Contemporary Community Values). A third channel was introduced known as TSS, or TopSport Surplus, TopSport being the brand name for the SABC's sport coverage, but this was replaced by NNTV (National Network TV), an educational, non-commercial channel, in 1993.
In 1996, SABC Sport established a sport brand to provide full coverage of live sporting events, jam-packed highlights, fixtures, and live crossings. The only window for you to consume the sporting events you love, in your language of choice, with no barrier to entry, making it accessible to all.
In 2012, The SABC planned to invest R732.7 million over the next two years to set up SABC Sport as a separate TV channel in South Africa on October 1. They also signed a multimillion rand deal with America's NBA to show full coverage on SABC Sport and selected matches to SABC 1 to prevent viewing disruption before missing the deadline. [1]
In 2015, they scrapped their initial plans for DTT and downsized to 5 channels with one of them being SABC Sport.
In 2018, they scrapped their unfunded initial plans from 2015 and opted to launch another 4 unfunded channels being SABC Parliament, SABC History, SABC Education and SABC Health with SABC Sport still present in their portfolio. [2]
In October 2020, Telkom Mobile launched its TelkomONE video streaming service including linear TV channels such as SABC Education on its free package.
In November 2022, just a few days before the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar could start, SABC announced the new streaming service SABC Plus OTT in partnership with Hisense Group South Africa. SABC Plus has replaced TelkomONE as SABC took over the platform.
In March 2021, eMedia Investments, owners of free-to-air satellite service Openview, and the SABC reached a business agreement that sees Openview continue to broadcast high-definition channels SABC 1, 2 and 3, as well as 3 additional television channels with one being SABC Sport from the public broadcaster, as well as all 19 radio stations owned by the SABC. SABC Sport alongside their radio stations were made available on Openview from April 17. [3] [4]
In June 2021, the SABC hosted a live broadcast of the official launch of its Sports Channel following the successful soft launch of its 24 Hour Sports Channel on the SABC DTT service, the Openview set-top-box and the (Telkom ONE) now SABC Plus mobile streaming platform in April 2021. The launch also featured Team SAs announcement of the second team squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on the Sports Channel. [5] A month later, the channel's general manager mentioned in an interview with SAfm Radio that the SABC has considered launching a second sports channel. [6]
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Cricket South Africa Inbound Tours
Sports@10 Wednesdays At 22:00
National Basketball Association
South Africa national soccer team
Soccerzone Monday At 22:00
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