Eurosport 2
| Eurosport 2 | |
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| Launched | 10 January 2005 |
| Network | Eurosport |
| Owned by | TF1 Group (80%) Discovery Communications (20%) |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 4:3, 16:9) 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
| Country | Sweden, Finland, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ukraine, Croatia, Albania |
| Language | English, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish, Czech, Danish, Dutch |
| Sister channel(s) | Eurosport, Eurosport News, Eurosport HD |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Lattelecom (Latvia) | Channel 51 |
| Satellite | |
| DigitAlb (Albania) | Channel 35 (HD) Simulcast through channel SuperSport 5 (SD) |
| Canal Digitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 38 (HD) Channel 294 (SD) |
| n (Poland) | Channel 112 (HD) |
| OTE TV (Greece) | Channel 306 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 411 (SD/HD) Channel 443 (SD) |
| CanalSat (France) | Channel 85 |
| UPC Direkt (Hungary) | Channel 86 |
| SKY Italia (Italy) | Channel 212 |
| Boom TV (Romania) | Channel 52 |
| Dolce (Romania) | Channel 302 |
| Max TV (Romania) | Channel |
| Digiturk (Turkey) | Channel 74 |
| NTV Plus (Russia) | Channel |
| Canal Digitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 38 |
| TV Vlaanderen (Belgium) | Channel 76 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 15 |
| Bulsatcom (Bulgaria) | Channel 206 |
| Cable | |
| UPC Romania | Channel 211 (digital with DVR) Channel 81 (digital) |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 425 |
| Hot (Israel) | Channel 52 |
| Naxoo (Switzerland) | Channel 81 Channel 230 (UK) |
| UPC Netherlands | Channel 202 Channel 91 (HD) |
| UPC Poland | Channel 566 Channel 567 (HD) |
| WightFibre (UK) | Channel 88 |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 525 Channel 526 (HD) |
| Smallworld Cable (UK) | Channel 526 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 411 |
| Lattelecom (Latvia) | Channel 402 |
| Digi TV (Hungary) | CChannel 37 |
| T-Home (Hungary) | Channel 38 |
| T-Home Digital (Hungary) | Channel S38 |
| UPC Digital (Hungary) | Channel 46 |
| Serbia Broadband | Channel 263 |
| Com Hem (Sweden) | Channel 103 |
| Numericable (France) | Channel 152 |
| Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Channel 373 |
| ONO (Spain) | Channel 71 |
| IPTV | |
| Tivibu (Turkey) | Channel 86 |
| iNES (Romania) | Channel |
| On Telecoms(Greece) | Channel 47 |
| MaxTV (Croatia) | Channel 403 |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 202 |
| Vodafone Casa TV (Portugal) | Channel 27 |
| meo (Portugal) | Channel 33 |
| MojaTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Channel 35 |
| Open IPTV (Serbia) | Channel 562 |
| T-Home (Hungary) | Channel |
| BT Vision (United Kingdom) | Channel 938 |
| Internet television | |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Eurosport 2 is a European sports television network. It is a sister channel to Eurosport and Eurosport News. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, where television rights for sport differ.
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Launch [edit]
Eurosport 2 launched on 10 January 2005. It is currently available in 50 million homes and 47 countries,[1] broadcasting in 16 different languages English, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish, Czech, Danish and Dutch.
Programming [edit]
Eurosport 2 considers itself "the new generation sports channel", and is dedicated to team sports and in particular 'alternative' and niche sports including European basketball, National Lacrosse League, Twenty20 cricket, AFL Aussie Rules, surfing and the Handball Champions League, amongst others.
On 2 July 2010, the Arena Football League announced that Eurosport 2 would show matches that the NFL Network broadcast in the United States on a tape delay for the rest of the season, as well as coverage of ArenaBowl XXIII. The deal also includes rights for the entire 2011 season to be broadcast on the channel.
Eurosport 2 HD [edit]
Eurosport 2 HD, a high-definition version of the channel is also available.[2] In central and northern Europe, it carries some exclusive programming such as Bundesliga football from Germany, WWE wrestling shows and live Australian Rules Football matches, which are not available on other versions due to local networks holding the rights.
External links [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Eurosport 2 races into 50 million homes". Broadbandtvnews.com. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
- ^ "Eurosport 2 plans HD launch" broadbandtvnews.com 5 August 2009 Link retrieved 5 August 2009
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- Television channels and stations established in 2005
- Sports television in the United Kingdom
- Television channels in the United Kingdom
- Sports television in Poland
- Sports media in Italy
- Television channels in Italy
- Sports television networks
- Television stations in Germany
- Television channels in the Netherlands
- Television channels in Flanders
- Television channels in Belgium
- Television stations in Denmark
- Discovery Communications
