Eurosport 1

Eurosport 1 is a television sports network that shows many exciting sports events. It is part of Eurosport and belongs to the EMEA version of Warner Bros. Discovery. Discovery first took a small share of Eurosport in December 2012, then became the main owner in January 2014 by taking over most of TF1’s share. By July 2015, Discovery fully owned Eurosport.

The channel can be watched in 73 countries and is shown in 21 different languages. It brings viewers sports events from all over Europe and the world. Eurosport first began broadcasting on satellites on February 5, 1989. On November 13, 2015, the main channel was renamed Eurosport 1.

Sporting events

Eurosport shows many sports events from around Europe and the world. Some events might not be shown in certain countries because Eurosport does not have the rights to broadcast them there.

Football

Eurosport shows football events such as the UEFA Nations League in Denmark, European Qualifiers including UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in Denmark, and UEFA Women's Champions League (except the final from 2018 to 2019). Other football events include DFB-Pokal in Poland, Hero I-league for Europe and central Asia, Ekstraklasa (except Germany and the UK), Eliteserien, Coupe de France in France, and the CAF African Cup of Nations for Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and the UK.

Basketball

Basketball events on Eurosport include the EuroLeague for Ireland, Italy, and the UK, EuroCup for Ireland, Italy, Poland, and the UK, Serie A in Italy, Coppa Italia in Italy, and Supercoppa Italiana in Italy.

Motorsport

Eurosport Events manages and promotes several motor racing events, including the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), the FIA European Touring Car Cup, and the FIA European Rally Championship. Eurosport broadcasts every WTCC race live and shows ERC rallies live or with daily highlights.

Eurosport Events was also the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, which stopped at the end of the 2012 season. Since 2008, Eurosport has broadcast the full 24 Hours of Le Mans race. It also airs MotoGP, Superbike World Championship, and Malaysian Cub Prix in France and Germany, and has rights for NASCAR and IndyCar Series in Spain. In 2015, Eurosport acquired Portuguese rights for Formula One from 2016 to 2018.

Other sports

Other sports events on Eurosport include the Dakar Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, athletics events such as World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships, cycling events like the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España, tennis events including the French Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon (for Belgium and shared with the BBC in the UK), and the US Open, World Championship Snooker, cricket events such as ICC World Twenty20, ICC Cricket World Cup, and ICC Champions Trophy, the Sudirman Cup, All England Open Badminton Championships, Australian Football League, basketball events like Eurocup Basketball and Olympiakos Piraeus home matches in the Greek Basket League (for Poland), and PGA Tour (for Italy). Eurosport also covers winter sports, skating, and surfing.

In the past, Eurosport showed professional wrestling from both sides of the Atlantic, including Superstars of Wrestling from the WWF.

In June 2015, Eurosport secured the rights to broadcast the winter and summer Olympic Games in pan-Europe (except Russia) from 2018 to 2024.

Feeds

In Europe, Eurosport 1 is available in basic cable and satellite television packages. Since 1999, it has provided services that offer sports content tailored to different languages, advertisements, and commentary needs. There is also a standard version called Eurosport International in English, along with local channels in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Poland, the Nordic region, the Benelux region, and Asia Pacific. These local channels show more sports events that are relevant to their areas, while still using the main pan-European feed. The German version of Eurosport is the only one that can be watched for free on European digital satellite television.

Eurosport 1 is currently shown in twenty-one languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish, and Persian.

On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. stopped Eurosport 1 in Russia because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

On 28 February 2025, Eurosport 1 also stopped in the United Kingdom, and its sports events now air on TNT Sports.

HD feed

A high-definition simulcast version of Eurosport began broadcasting on 25 May 2008. The first event shown in HD was the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros. On 13 November 2015, it changed its name to Eurosport 1 HD.

Availability

Eurosport 1 can be found on different types of TV services across many countries.

Terrestrial

You can watch Eurosport 1 on these channels if you have a regular TV antenna:

• Boxer (Sweden): Channel 40
• Digitenne (Netherlands): Channel 18 (HD)
• Tet (Latvia): Channel 19
• PlusTV (Finland): Channel 45
• Digital terrestrial television (Germany):
  • Channel 28 (Hanover)
  • Channel 36 (Cologne/Bonn)
  • Channel 46 (Hamburg)
  • Channel 52 (Ruhr area)
  • Channel 56 (Berlin)
  • Channel 60 (Braunschweig)
  • Channel 257 (Italy)
• Polsat Box (Poland): Channel 112

Satellite

Eurosport 1 is also available on satellite TV services in many places, like:

• Astra 19.2°E: 12.227 GHz H / 27500 (German, FTA)
• Allente (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
• Alma TV (Kazakhstan): Channel 60
• A1 Bulgaria (Bulgaria): Channel 115
• Antik Sat (Czech Republic): Channel 69
• Big Bang TV (Russia)
• Bulsatcom (Bulgaria): Channel 18
• Canal+ (France): Channel 63
• Canal+ Caraïbes (Overseas France): Channel 124
• DigitAlb (Albania): Channel
• Digiturk (Turkey): Channel 71
• Direct One (Hungary): Channel 122
• D-Smart (Turkey): Channel 75
• Focus Sat (Czech Republic): Channel 67
• HD+ (Germany)
• HD Austria (Austria)
• Home 3 (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia)
• M7 Deutschland (Germany)
• MEO (Portugal): Channel 38
• Movistar Plus+ (Spain): Channel 66
• M:Sat TV (Serbia): Channel 39
• NOS (Portugal): Channel 37
• Nova (Greece): Channel 112
• Neosat (Bulgaria)
• Orange Polska (Poland): Channel 111
• Otau TV (Kazakhstan)
• Platforma Canal+ (Poland): Channel 113
• Polsat Box (Poland): Channel 120
• Sky Italia (Italy): Channel 210
• Telly (Czech Republic): Channel 29
• Tivibu (Turkey): Channel 71
• Telemach (Slovenia)
• Total TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Channel 180
• Total TV (Croatia): Channel 120
• Total TV (North Macedonia): Channel 170
• Total TV (Serbia): Channel 170
• T-Home (Hungary): Channel 47
• Viasat Ukraine (Ukraine)
• Vivacom (Bulgaria): Channel 233 (SD)
• yes (Israel): Channel 61

Cable

You can also find Eurosport 1 on cable TV services, including:

• Cablelink (Philippines): Channel 55 (SD)
• Caiway (Netherlands): Channel 20 (HD)
• Com Hem (Sweden): Channel 10, Channel 102 (HD)
• DELTA (Netherlands): Channel 32 (HD)
• Destiny Cable (Philippines): Channel 214 (Digital)
• Digi TV (Hungary): Channel 33
• Hot (Israel): Channel 49
• Kabel Deutschland (Germany): Channel 402 (SD) / 446 (HD)
• Kabel Noord (Netherlands): Channel 300 (HD)
• Lattelecom: Channel 401, Channel 403 (HD)
• Nacional'nye kabel'nye seti (Russia): Channel 54
• Naxoo: Channel 163 (Deutsch), Channel 248 (Spanish)
• Nowo (Portugal): Channel 77 (HD)
• NOS (Portugal): Channel 37 (HD)
• Numericable (France): Channel 151 (HD)
• RCS&RDS (Romania): Channel 23
• Serbia Broadband: Channel 267, Channel 136 (HD)
• SkyCable (Philippines): Channel 214 (SD), Channel 249 (HD)
• Telenet (Brussels & Wallonia): Channel 49 (HD, French), Channel 621 (HD, English/Dutch)
• Telenet (Flanders): Channel 210 (HD, English/Dutch), Channel 220 (French)
• T-Home (Hungary): Channel 9
• T-Home Digital (Hungary): Channel 26
• UPC Digital (Hungary): Channel 44 (HD), Channel 45
• UPC (Hungary): Channel 13
• UPC Poland (Poland): Channel 564, Channel 565 (HD)
• UPC (Romania): Channel 203 (digital with DVR), Channel 73 (digital)
• Vodafone TV (Spain): Channel 250 (HD)
• Ziggo (Netherlands): Channel 20 (HD), Channel 941 (SD)
• Macau Cable TV: Channel 630
• Türksat Kablo TV (Turkey): Channel S21
• ArtMotion (Kosovo): Channel 81
• Kujtesa (Kosovo): Channel 120
• IPKO (Kosovo): Channel 216 (HD) Channel 234 (SD)
• DigitAlb (Albania)

IPTV

Eurosport 1 is also available through internet TV services such as:

• A1 TV (Austria): Channel 99 (SD)
• BT TV (United Kingdom): Channel 412, Channel 435 (HD)
• CHT MOD (Taiwan): Channel 216
• Cosmote TV (Greece): Channel 21
• Digi TV (Portugal): Channel 27
• eir Vision (Ireland): Channel 413, Channel 427 (HD)
• iNES (Romania): Channel
• KPN (Netherlands): Channel 35 (HD)
• MEO (Portugal): Channel 38 (HD)
• Moldtelecom (Moldova): Channel 301
• Movistar Plus+ (Spain): Channel 61 (HD, SD)
• On Telecoms (Greece): Channel 46
• Open IPTV (Serbia): Channel 561
• Orange TV (Spain): Channel 100 (HD)
• Singtel TV (Singapore): Channel 112 (HD) (11 August 2015 to 31 July 2018), Channel 116 (1 October 2021 - now)
• SK Telecom B TV (South Korea): Channel 654
• Tele2 (Netherlands): Channel 38
• Telekom Entertain (Germany): Channel 50 (SD)
• T-Home (Hungary)
• T-Mobile (Netherlands): Channel 131 (HD)
• Tivibu (Turkey): Channel 85
• TPG IPTV (Australia): Channel 677
• Vodafone TV (Greece): Channel 551 (HD)
• Vodafone TV (Portugal): Channel 29 (HD)
• myTV Super (Hong Kong): Channel 305
• Xbox 360 (Australia): Channel 511
• MojaTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Channel 34

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Online

You can also watch Eurosport 1 online through these services:

• eurosport.com (Europe and wider region): Watch live, subscription required
• Virgin TV Go (Ireland): Watch live (Netherlands): Watch live
• DAZN (Italy)

Viewing share

Eurosport 1 is an international channel, so its viewership varies a lot from one country to another. The numbers below show how much of the total TV viewing in some countries was taken up by the channel.