List of sports television channels
Sports channels are television speciality channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming.
The first sports channel was from the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1977 with the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus). ESPN began broadcasting in 1979. Since then, many channels have surfaced around the world, many focusing on one sport in particular, or one region of a country, showing only their local team's games. These networks have greatly improved the availability of sports broadcasts, generating opportunities such as the ability for one person to see every single game their team plays over the course of the season.
In the United States, these channels broadcast most regular season games of major pro sports league and many other sports as well, with over the air television networks stepping in during the weekends or special events (all-star games, championships, etc.).
Africa
Egypt
- Nile sport
- On sport
- On sport 2
- Al AHLY TV
- Time Sports
Kenya
- Bamba Sport
Morocco
- Arryadia
Nigeria
- Kwese Free Sports
- Supersport Nigeria
- NTA Sports 24
- StarTimes Sports
- Talent Sport
South Africa
- SABC Sport
- Super Sport
- TellyTrack
Sudan
- Sudan Sports
- Merrikkh TV
- Al-Hilal TV
Uganda
- Kwese Sports
- Startimes Sports channels
- Super Sport
- GOtv Sports
- Zuku Sports
- Azam TV Sports Channel
Americas
Argentina
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- TyC Sports
- TyC Sports 2
- TyC Sports 3
- TyC Sports 4 HD
- TyC Max (main pay-per-view signal)
- TyC Max 2 (second pay-per-view signal)
- Cable Sport (exclusive of VCC)
- DeporTV
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Golf Channel
- DeporTV
- AM Sports (America Sports)
- Poker Sports
- El Garage TV
- Discovery Turbo
- PADMANI TV
- Gol TV
- DirecTV Sports
- UFC Network
Brazil
National sports networks
- SporTV
- SporTV 2
- SporTV 3
- ESPN Brasil
- ESPN
- ESPN 2
- ESPN Extra
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2
- Combate (PPV of MMA and Boxing Signal)
- Premiere FC (pay-per-view of soccer signal)
- PES Channel (pay-per-view of other sports' signals, except of soccer and tennis)
- PFC+
- BandSports
- TV Esporte Interativo (TNT and Space)
- Woohoo
- Golf Channel
Canada
- ATN Cricket Plus
- ATN DD Sports
- Commonwealth Broadcasting Network
- beIN Sports Canada
- DAZN Canada
- ESPN Classic Canada
- EuroWorld Sport
- Fight Network
- FNTSY Sports Network
- Fox Sports Racing
- HPItv
- Leafs Nation Network
- NBA TV Canada
- OLN
- RDS
- RDS2
- RDS Info
- REV TV Canada
- Sportsman Channel
- Sportsnet
- Sportsnet East
- Sportsnet Ontario
- Sportsnet West
- Sportsnet Pacific
- Sportsnet One
- Sportsnet Edmonton
- Sportsnet Ottawa
- Sportsnet Calgary
- Sportsnet Vancouver
- Sportsnet World
- Sportsnet 360
- TSN
- TVA Sports
- Wild TV
- WWE Network
Chile
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- Canal del Fútbol
- Canal del Deporte Olímpico
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
- Vive! Deportes
- Teletrak TV
- UFC Network
Colombia
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Claro Sports Colombia
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- GOL TV
- DirecTV Sports
- Golf Channel
- Win Sports
- Discovery Turbo
- Caracol Televisión
- RCN Television
- UFC Network
Ecuador
- Claro Sports
- DirecTV Sports
- Ecotel TV
- Ecuavisa
- Gama TV
- Red Telesistema
- TC Televisión
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- Gol TV
- Discovery Turbo
- UFC Network
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Golf Channel
Honduras
- Todo Deportes TV
Mexico
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Fox Sports Latin America
- GOL TV
- TyC Sports
- Televisa Deportes Network
- TVC Deportes
- Claro Sports*
- Golf Channel
- PxTV
- Cable Sports
- Aym Sports
- UFC Network
- Sky Sports Mexico
In Mexico the Viva Sports channel of Dish will become Claro Sports and transmit the contents of América Móvil, forward Arturo Elias Ayub, CEO of UnoTV.
"There is a sports channel now called Dish Viva Sports changed from to 16 December for 12:00 AM (Local Time) and will be called Claro Sports and be a channel that is in all countries where America Movil has pay TV systems and in that channel transmit complete the Olympic Winter Games," said Arturo Elias Ayub during the presentation of the alliance transmission of the Olympic Winter Games.
The manager said UnoTV have no regulatory restrictions to bring their content to a channel with a pay-TV company.
"What we can not do is directly offer pay television or broadcast television, but nowhere prohibits us create content that is just what we are doing", said the director of UnoTV.
The concession of Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex ) does not allow the telco to offer services restricted audio and video until it complies with the Convergence Agreement issued in 2006, which requires the phone to provide interoperability, interconnection and information.
Coverage by public transport JO
America Movil has 28 agreements with means for transmitting the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 will reach 90 million viewers.
Of the 28 media, 25 are state and local television stations, one more is the Promoter Agency Broadcasting (OPMA) with coverage in 16 cities and another is the Clear Channel Sports pay TV and UnoTV channel online, reported America Movil conference.
Carlos Slim's company obtained the exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympic Winter Games Sochi, Russia 2014 and Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016 to 17 countries in Latin America, except for Brazil .
The manager explained that they have several agreements in accordance with the type of concession of the television.
"There concessionaires and licensees, a concession by title can not pass if advertising and the other, then each of them there are different arrangements, in both cases there is no direct charge for the rights, but there is an agreement for broadcasting revenues," explained Elias Ayub.
Octavio Juan Pavón, Radio and Television of Veracruz, said that this transmission confirms that public media are an alternative and becomes the third country national network for its coverage.
Meanwhile, Monica Ramirez of Radio and Television of Querétaro, generous scored the agreement between America Movil and the various public media so that the latter can transmit the Olympics.
America Movil reiterated that remain open to provide to anyone interested the transmission of the Olympic Games.
Paraguay
- Tigo Sports
- Tigo Sports 2
- Tigo Sports 3
- Tigo Sports 4 HD
- Tigo Max (First pay-per-view of sports signal)
- Tigo Max 2
- Unicanal Deportes (second pay-per-view of sports signal)
- Tigo Alternative Signal One (pay-per-view of Handball signal)
- Tigo Alternative Signal Two (pay-per-view of Futsal signal)
- Movistar Deportes
- Movistar Deportes 2
- Movistar Deportes 3
- Movistar Deportes Extra
- Personal Sports
- Personal Sports 2
- CMM Sports
- CMM Sports 2
- Copaco TV Sports
- Channel 18
- DIRECTV Sports
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Gol TV
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- Golf Channel
- UFC Network
- Discovery Turbo
Peru
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN +
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Movistar Deportes
- Fox Sports Latin America
- DirecTV Sports
- GOL TV
- Golf Channel
- Toros TV
- Jcp TV
- Discovery Turbo
- Best Cable Sports
United States
National sports networks
† - Channel primarily televises others types of programs, only offers sports part-time
- AFN Sports
- AT&T/WarnerMedia (TBS†, TNT†, TruTV†)
- beIN Sports USA
- beIN Sports Xtra
- Comcast/NBCUniversal (Golf Channel, NBC†, NBCSN, NBC Sports Gold, Olympic Channel, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes, NBC Universo, USA Network)
- DAZN
- Eleven Sports Network
- Disney (ABC/ESPN on ABC†, ACC Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+, ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded, ESPNews, ESPNU, SEC Network)
- Fight Network
- Fox Corporation (BTN, FOX†, Fox Deportes, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Sports, FS1, FS2)
- Fubo Cycling
- GOL TV
- MAVTV
- MLB Network
- MLB Strike Zone
- NBA TV
- NFL Network
- NFL RedZone
- NHL Network
- Outdoor Channel
- Pac-12 Network
- Pursuit Channel
- Sportsman Channel
- Stadium
- The Ski Channel
- Tennis Channel
- TVG Network
- TVG2
- Univision Deportes
- ViacomCBS (CBS†, CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports HQ)
- Willow
- World Fishing Network
- WWE Network
Regional sports networks
- 4SD
- Altitude
- AT&T SportsNet (Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, Utah)
- BYU TV
- NBC Sports Regional Networks (Bay Area, California, Chicago, Washington, Boston, Northwest, Philadelphia, SNY (8%))
- Cox Sports Television
- Fox Sports Networks (Arizona, Carolinas, Detroit, Florida, Indiana, Kansas City, Midwest, New Orleans, North, Ohio, Oklahoma, Prime Ticket, San Diego, South, Southeast, Southwest, SportsTime Ohio, Sun, Tennessee, West, Wisconsin)
- Longhorn Network
- Marquee Sports Network
- MASN
- MSG, MSG Plus and MSG Western New York
- NESN
- Spectrum Sports (Spectrum SportsNet, Spectrum SportsNet LA, Spectrum Deportes)
- Time Warner Cable (TWC Sports Channel (KC), TWC SportsChannel Ohio, TWC Sports 32)
- YES
Uruguay
- VTV
- VTV+
- Channel 20 of TCC
- TCC Sports
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Gol TV
- DirecTV Sports
- DirecTV Sports 2
- DirecTV Sports+
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
- UFC Network
Venezuela
- Meridiano TV
- Canal Plus TV
- DirecTV Sports Venezuela
- ESPN Latin America
- ESPN 3
- ESPN +
- DirecTV Sports
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Gol TV
- Golf Channel
- Discovery Turbo
- UFC Network
Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Hong Kong
- Cable Sports
- Cable Sports 2
- Cable HD603
- Now 621-626 (Premier League Channels)
India
- Star Sports 1
- Star Sports 1 HD
- Star Sports 2
- Star Sports 2 HD
- Star Sports 3
- Star Sports 3 HD (Coming Soon)
- Star Sports 1 Hindi
- Star Sports 1 Hindi HD
- Star Sports 1 Tamil
- Star Sports 1 Telugu
- Star Sports 1 Kannada
- Star Sports 1 Marathi
- Star Sports 1 Bangla
- Star Sports Select 1
- Star Sports Select 1 HD
- Star Sports Select 2
- Star Sports Select 2 HD
- Star Sports First
- SONY TEN 1
- SONY TEN 1 HD
- SONY TEN 2
- SONY TEN 2 HD
- SONY TEN 3
- SONY TEN 3 HD
- SONY SIX
- SONY SIX HD
- Eurosport
- Eurosport HD
- DD Sports
- 1Sports
Indonesia
- beIN Sports Indonesia
- Champions TV 1
- Champions TV 2
- Champions TV 3
- Eurosport
- Fox Sports
- Golf Channel
- MNC Sports 1
- MNC Sports 2
- Mola Sports
- TVRI Sport HD
- Usee Sports
- Usee Sports 2
Iran
- IRIB Varzesh Iran Sports Channel
- IRIB TV3
Israel
- Eurosport 1 (including Eurosport HD)
- Eurosport 2
- Sport 1 (including Sport 1 HD)
- Sport 2
- Sport 5 (including Sport 5 HD)
- Sport +5
- Sport +5 GOLD
- Sport +5 Live (including Sport +5 Live HD)
- Extreme Sports Channel
- ONE (including ONE HD)
- Trace Sport
- Ego Total (fighting channel)
- Former Channels
- NBA TV
- Neo Sports
- ESPN
- Fox Sports (including Fox Sports HD)
Japan
- Fighting TV Samurai
- Fishing Vision
- Golf Channel
- Golf Network
- J-Sports 1
- J-Sports 2
- J-Sports 3
- J-Sports 4
- Table Tennis Badminton TV752
- Nittele G+
Jordan
- Jordan sports
- Amman SPORTS
- ON Sport
- Urdun Sports
Kazakhstan
- Qazaqstan
- QazSport
- Setanta Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia
- Astro Arena
- Astro Supersport
- Astro Supersport 2
- Astro Supersport 3
- Astro Supersport 4
- eGG Network
- HyppSports HD
- RTM HD Sports
- TVSN
Myanmar
- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- SKYNETSPORT 1
- SKYNET SPORT 2
- SKYNET SPORT 3
- SKYNET SPORT 4
- SKYNET SPORT 5
- SKYNET SPORT 6
- SKYNET SPORT +
- SKYNET SPORT HD
- Canal+ SPORT HD
- MRTV SPORT
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
- 5 Plus
- S+A
- Sports Illustrated Television
- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Basketball TV
- Liga
- One Sports
- PBA Rush
- Pinoy Extreme
- Solar Sports
- Hyper
- NBA Premium TV
Qatar
- Alkass 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
- beIN Sports HD
- beIN Sports News
- beIN Sports 1
- beIN Sports 2
- beIN Sports 3
- beIN Sports 4
- beIN Sports 5
- beIN Sports 6
- beIN Sports 7
- beIN Sports 8
- beIN Sports 9
- beIN Sports 10
- beIN Max 1
- beIN Max 2
- beIN Max 3
- beIN Max 4
- Former channels
- Al Jazeera Sports 1 & 2
Singapore
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- Star Cricket
- Golf Channel
- Eurosport 1
- All Sports Network
- Football Channel
- Goal TV 1
- Goal TV 2
- TV1 Malaysia
- Bola Indonesia
- TelkomVision Arena
- Okto
South Korea
- MBC Sports+
- MBC Sports+ 2
- KBS N Sports
- SBS Sports
- SBS Golf
- Spotv+
- Spotv
- Spotv 2
- Spotv Games
- SkySports
- IB SPORTS
- Golf Channel Korea
- JTBC Golf&Sports
Sri Lanka
- Channel Eye
- CSN
- MTV Sports
- Sony SIX
- Sony TEN 1
- Sony TEN 2
- Star Sports 1
- Star Sports 2
- Star Sports HD1
- Star Sports HD2
- Eurosport 1
Syria
- ON Sport HD
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Thailand
- True Sport 2
- True Sport 5
- True Sport 6
- True Sport 7
- True Sport HD
- True Sport HD2
- True Sport HD3
- True Sport HD4
- True Tennis HD
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports Plus HD
- All Sports Network
- GMM Sport
United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
- Yas Sports
- Edge Sports
- Dubai Sports 1, 2, HD2, 3 & 4
- Dubai Racing 1 & 2
- OSN Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
- OSN Sports Cricket
- Sharjah Sports
- RMC Sports
- Al-Emarat Sports
- Former channels
- Abu Dhabi Sports Extra
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
- VTV6, VTV6 HD
- VTC3, VTC3 HD
- VTVCab3 – THỂ THAO TV (including THỂ THAO TV HD)
- VTVCab16 – BÓNG ĐÁ TV (including BÓNG ĐÁ TV HD)
- VTVCab18 – THỂ THAO TV TIN TỨC HD
- VTVCab23 - THỂ THAO GOLF HD
- HTV THỂ THAO – HTV THỂ THAO HD
- BTV5, BTV5 HD
- K+1 (including K+1 HD)
- K+NS (including K+NS HD)
- K+PC (including K+PC HD)
- K+PM (including K+PM HD)
- SCTV15, SCTV15 HD
- SCTV17, SCTV17 HD
- SCTV22, SCTV22 HD
- Fox Sports, Fox Sports HD
- Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 2 HD
Europe
Albania
- SuperSport
- RTSH SPORT (Public Broadcaster)
Andorra
Croatia
Czech Republic
- ČT Sport
- Nova Sport
Denmark
France
- beIN Sports
- Canal+ Sport
- RMC Sport
- Sport+
Greece
- Nova Sports
- Cosmote Sport
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
- DAZN
- Rai Sport
- Rai Sport + HD
- Sky Sport Italy
- Sportitalia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
- Kombat Sport
Netherlands
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Sport1 (Netherlands)
Norway
- TV 2 Sport
- Viasat Sport
- Viasat SportN
Poland
- Canal+ Sport
- nSport+
- Polsat Sport
- TVP Sport
Portugal
- Eleven Sports 1
- Eleven Sports 2
- Eleven Sports 3
- Eleven Sports 4
- Eleven Sports 5
- Eleven Sports 6
- Sport TV +
- Sport TV 1
- Sport TV 2
- Sport TV 3
- Sport TV 4
- Sport TV 5
Romania
- Digisport
- Dolce Sport
- Dolce Sport 2
- Sport.ro
Russia
Slovakia
- Slovak Sport.TV
- Slovak Sport.TV 2
- Sport 1 (Europe)
- Sport 2
- Sport M
Spain
- beIN Sports
- beIN LaLiga
- Movistar Deportes
- Movistar Fútbol
- Movistar Partidazo
- Real Madrid TV
- Teledeporte
Sweden
- Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia)
- TV4 Sport
- TV4 Sport Xtra
Oceania
Australia
- beIN Sports 1
- beIN Sports 2
- beIN Sports 3
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- Eurosport 1
- Fox Footy (Fox Sports 504 sometimes Fox Sports 503 if there are 2 games on at a time)
- Fox League (Fox Sports 502)
- Fox Cricket (Fox Sports 501)
- Fox Sports 503
- Fox Sports 505
- Fox Sports 506
- Fox Sports More (Fox Sports 507)
- Fox Sports News (Fox Sports 500)
- Main Event
- Optus Sport
- Racing.com
- Skuff TV
- Sky Racing
New Zealand
See also
References
- "Sony Pictures Sports Network rebrands TEN Sports channels". The Economic Times. 18 July 2017.