Eurosport
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Eurosport offers viewers varied sports such as UEFA Champions League football, the Paris Dakar Rally, the Olympics, cycling, tennis, wintersports and youth sports like skating and surfing.
Launched in 1989 as a joint venture European Broadcasting Union (or EBU) and BSkyB (then known as Sky Television plc. as they had yet to merge with British Satellite Broadcasting the channel was later relaunched in 1991 as Eurosport International, following the departure of BSkyB from the venture, as they had now following the merger with BSB acquired their own sports channel The Sports Channel which was renamed Sky Sports.
Eurosport is currently a part of the TF1 Group, and the TF1 Group has 100% ownership of the channel, having purchased the shares of Canal Plus Group and Havas Images.
It is often provided as the sole sports channel by CATV operators. In the UK and Ireland many operators, mainly analogue ones, often promise "satellite sports channels" and provide Eurosport and Extreme Sports TV. The channel is popular, and when NTL replaced Eurosport on their Dublin analogue system with CNBC, there was outrage among the Irish tabloid press. In the UK, British Eurosport launched in 1999, replacing Eurosport International on most platforms and this channel has some schedule changes as well as local commentary.
Eurosport is shown in most countries across Europe, with the commentary in the local language, but not necessarily local advertising. Most European countries also have specialist domestic sports channels, for example Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. These are more likely to show premium local events than is Eurosport.
Currently there are three channels broadcast under the Eurosport name: Eurosport, Eurosport 2, and Eurosport News.
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