Canal 8 Sport
| Canal 8 Sport | |
|---|---|
| Launched | August 13, 2012 |
| Closed | June 30, 2015 |
| Owned by | Discovery Networks Northern Europe |
| Slogan | Til dig der bare elsker sport |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Broadcast area | Denmark |
| Replaced | Canal+ Sport 1 |
| Replaced by |
Eurosport DK (2015) Eurosport 2 (2016-) |
| Sister channel(s) | Canal 9 |
| Website | http://www.canal8.dk |
CANAL8 Sport was a Danish television channel owned by TV4 Group and C More Entertainment.
The channel was announced on July 3, 2012. The channel replaced Canal+ Sport 1 in Denmark.
The reason for this is that after Canal+ lost the rights to the Premier League in 2010, they have a hard time keeping the subscribers in Denmark to their premium sports package. And thus it was decided to move the most popular sport with Danish viewer interest from a high pay channel to an advertising financing low pay channel. the channel is first of all a football channel and show matches from Danish Superliga, UEFA Europa League, La Liga, Serie A and Eredivisie and other sports like UFC fighting, ATP Tennis, Indycar Racing and Swedish Hockey League.
Following this decision, the C More Sports package was not made available in Denmark.
An HD version of Canal 8 Sport was launched on June 3, 2013.
In the Summer of 2015, Discovery Networks Northern Europe purchase the channel, and on July 1, 2015 it merged with Eurosport 2 into a new sportschannel called Eurosport DK.
Canal 8 Sport was from the start August 13, 2012 available in the Danish cable networks YouSee and Stofa and on satellite via Canal Digital, while negotiations are ongoing with the other Danish operators. incl. Boxer TV A/S
On December 17, 2012, the channel became available in Viasat's sportspackage on satellite and on IPTV Network Waoo together with Canal 9
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