Eurosport India
Eurosport Logo 2015.svg
CountryIndia
NetworkEurosport
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i, (16:9, HDTV, MPEG-4)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
Sister channels
History
Launched6 February 2017; 6 years ago (2017-02-06)
Former namesDSport (2017–2020)
Links
Websiteeurosport.co.in
Availability
Streaming media
Discovery+
(India)		SD & HD
Jio TV
(India)		SD & HD

Eurosport India (formerly known as DSport) is an Indian sports channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific.[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, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting permitted Discovery to rebrand the channel as Eurosport India.

History

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

The initial logo of DSport used from February 2017 to March 2020, adapted from Eurosport logo.
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, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting permitted Discovery to finally rename the channel to Eurosport.[3]

Programming

Cricket

Football

Futsal

Basketball

Tennis

Golf

Motorsport

Cycling

Kickboxing

MMA

Pro-Wrestling

References

  1. ^ Ahluwalia, Harveen (6 February 2017). "Discovery rolls out new sports channel DSPORT". livemint.com/. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Lex Sportel Vision Pvt. Ltd announces the launch of 1Sports in India". www.sportskeeda.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  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. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Eurosport to broadcast the inaugural season of Hero Futsal Club Championship". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. ^ "DSPORT to telecast LIVE Davis Cup World Group qualifier". IANS. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Eurosport twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 August 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links


Eurosport
Sports Television in India
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