British Eurosport
| Eurosport 1 | |
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| Launched | 5 February 1989 (as Eurosport) 13 November 2015 (as Eurosport 1) |
| Network | Eurosport |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share |
See separate section UK: 0.15% (September 2015, BARB) |
| Slogan | Fuel your passion |
| Country | France |
| Broadcast area | Europe |
| Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
| Formerly called | Eurosport (1989–2015) British Eurosport (1999-2015, UK) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Eurosport 2 Eurosport News |
| Website | www.eurosport.com |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
Eurosport 1 is a pan-European television sports network channel operated by Eurosport, a Discovery Communications Incorporated division. Discovery took a 20% minority interest share in December 2012, and became majority shareholder in the Eurosport venture with TF1 in January 2014, taking a 51% share of the company, On 22 July 2015 Discovery agreed to acquire TF1's remaining 49% stake in the venture.
The channel is available in 54 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Eurosport first launched on European satellites on 5 February 1989. On 13 November 2015 Eurosport changed the name of its main channel into Eurosport 1.
Eurosport provides viewers with European and international sporting events, certain events are not available in a particular country due to Eurosport not being the rights holder in that territory.
Eurosport Events is the Eurosport group's world-class sporting events management/promotion/production division, which promotes 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 every ERC rally either live or with daily highlights.
Eurosport Events (formerly known as 'KSO Kigema Sports Organisation Ltd') was also the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, a rival rallying series to the World Rally Championship. The IRC ceased at the end of the 2012 season, with Eurosport taking over series promotion of the ERC from 2013.
Since 2008, the Eurosport Group has also been broadcasting the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans in full.
Eurosport airs MotoGP and Superbike World Championship in France and Germany, and has Spanish broadcasting rights for NASCAR and IndyCar Series.
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