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| Country | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | Aspect Ratio:16:9 Resolution:576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Olivedesportos (25%) Altice Portugal (25%) NOS (25%) Vodafone Portugal (25%)[1] |
| History | |
| Launched | 3 September 1998; 27 years ago (1998-09-03) |
| Links | |
| Website | sporttv.pt |
Sport TV is a Portuguese sports-orientedpremiumcable andsatellite televisionnetwork with seven premium channels in Portugal, one sports news channel and one channel in Portuguese-speakingAfrica. The first channel, then only known as Sport TV, was launched on 16 September 1998. It is owned byAltice Portugal,NOS,Vodafone Portugal andGlobal Media Group (and originally had the participation ofRTP). It is available in almost all television distribution operators in Portugal as a premium subscription channel.
Sport TV broadcasts mainlyassociation football,basketball,volleyball,futsal,rugby,surf,golf,athletics,wrestling, and American sports,combat sports,auto racing, andtennis. It also features debates, news, and sports reports.
AllPrimeira Liga matches are exclusively broadcast by Sport TV, with the exception ofBenfica home matches, which are broadcast on the club's channel,BTV.
Sport TV started broadcasting on 3 September 1998 on TV Cabo's analog service on channel 39 and on channel 1 of the newly-launched digital satellite system. The channel launched as a free preview for interested subscribers, after which, on 15 September, the channel would formally commence its encrypted broadcasts. The channel was the first service to be created after the passing of a new Television Law.[2]
On 16 September 2005, seven years after the opening of the first channel, Sport TV launched a second channel, SportTV 2. It regularly broadcasts alternative sports such asmountaineering,cycling and radical sports. The channel was available only throughZON TV Funtastic Life package, but the model did not work. They relaunched the channel as a premium channel, also available onCabovisão andPortugal Telecom'sMEO. This was followed in June 2008 by SportTV 3.
Sport TV shownUEFA Euro 2008 inHD, throughZON TV.
On 22 January 2010 the thematic golf channel SPORT.TV Golfe and its HD simulcast, SPORT.TV Golfe HD were launched.
On 13 August 2010 they launched SPORT.TV Liga Inglesa, an HD channel dedicated to thePremier League, broadcasting 380 games and 400 highlights per season, made by the Premier League (also broadcasting on other countries).
On 7 January 2011 SPORT.TV1, SPORT.TV2 and SPORT.TV3 started to broadcast in 16:9.
On 13 August 2011 all of the SportTV main channels started to broadcast in HD and it was launched a new channel, SPORT.TV4, that also is available in HD. At the same time, the Sport TV HD channel ended its two-year run.
On 5 June 2013 Sport TV stopped broadcasting in the United States.
On 1 August 2013 SPORT TV launched a new channel, SPORT.TV Live, replacing SPORT.TV4.
On 14 August 2014 SPORT.TV Live was renamed to SPORT.TV4 again (there's also SPORT.TV4 HD). SPORT.TV Golfe was renamed to SPORT.TV5, which is also available in HD.
On 20 October 2023, weeks after the network's 25th anniversary, Sport TV received a major rebrand.[3] Sport TV 7 launched on 1 August 2024, airing minor sports. Sport TV 4 and 6 became the motorsport channels.[4]
The accumulation of seven matches at 6pm on 17 May 2025 forced Sport TV to air a quadruple simulcast of minor matches on Sport TV 4; these four matches being decisive for smaller teams facing promotion or relegation to the second league. Individual carriage of the matches was restricted to the app.[5]
UEFA Nations LeagueUEFA European QualifiersUEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Europa LeagueUEFA Conference LeagueUEFA Super Cup
Primera División
Copa do Brasil
FA CupFA Community ShieldEFL Cup
Ligue 1
Serie ACoppa ItaliaSupercoppa Italiana
Malaysia Super LeagueMalaysia CupMalaysia FA CupPiala Sumbangsih
Eredivisie
Liga Portugal 1(exceptSL Benfica home matches)Liga Portugal 2(exceptSL Benfica B,FC Porto B,Sporting CP B,Vitória SC B andSC Braga B home matches)Taça de PortugalTaça da Liga
Saudi Pro League
Copa del ReySupercopa de España
Süper Lig
DTM
IndyCar SeriesRyder CupU.S. MastersU.S. Open
British OpenEuropean Tour| Channel number | Format | Channel name | Logo | Content | Launch | ||
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| Nos 10 | Meo 20 | 16:9 SDTV | 16:9 HDTV | sport.tv+ | .svg) | The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy , as well as their cup and super cup tournaments. In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP , in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics , gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA , NFL , MLB and NHL the other channels. | 5 August 2016 |
| Nos 20 | Meo 21 | sport.tv1 | .svg) | September 1998 (as SPORT TV) June 2006 (as SPORT TV 1)January 1, 2009 (as Sport TV 1 HD) | |||
| Nos 21 | Meo 22 | sport.tv2 | .svg) | June 2006 August 2011 (as Sport TV 2 HD) | |||
| Nos 22 | Meo 23 | sport.tv3 | .svg) | June 2008 August 2011 (as Sport TV 3 HD) | |||
| Nos 23 | Meo 24 | sport.tv4 | .svg) | August 2011 (original) August 2014 (re-release)August 2011 (as Sport TV 4 HD) | |||
| Nos 24 | Meo 25 | sport.tv5 | .svg) | August 2014 and (as Sport TV 5 HD) | |||
| Nos 25 | Meo 26 | sport.tv6 | .svg) | August 2021 and (as Sport TV 6 HD) | |||
| Nos 26 | Meo 27 | sport.tv7 | .png) | 1 August 2024 and (as Sport TV 7 HD) | |||
| Nos 151 | Meo 110 | NBA TV (sponsor by sport.tv) | Sport TV has a distribution agreement withNBA TV to distribute the linear NBA TV International channel.[6] | Which was renewed in 2022. | |||
| Zap 25 | 16:9 SDTV | 16:9 HDTV | sport.tv áfrica HD | sport.tv áfrica broadcasts all the matches of thePrimeira Liga, with the exception of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's matches at Estádio da Luz, andLiga Portugal 2 andTaça da Liga (for Angola and Mozambique) | 2008, August 2011 (as Sport TV áfrica HD) | ||
A 2003 contract to create new Sport TV channels was rejected by RTP, who viewed the agreement as an "assassin".[7]
Sport TV is widely regarded as anti-competitive, since it is the only group of channels in Portugal with the rights to broadcast thePrimeira Liga matches (except Benfica home games, which air on their in-house channelBenfica TV).[8][9]
In September 2007, Sport TV sent acease and desist to a Portuguese live TV streaming website tvtuga.com because the latter was providing links to streams ofUEFA Champions League matches that only SPORT TV had the rights to broadcast in Portugal. This has caused great public concern with regard to themonopoly abuse status of the SPORT TV channels.[10]
On 17 January 2011, Sport TV was criticized byBenfica after a match againstAcadémica. Benfica's director of communications at the time, João Gabriel, accused the channelcommentators ofbias against the club.[11][12]
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| Grupo Impresa | |
| Media Capital | |
| Medialivre | |
| AMC | |
| Disney Portugal | |
| Globo Portugal | |
| Record Europa | |
| Sport TV | |
| DAZN | |
| Paramount Skydance | |
| NOS | |
| Sony | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| NBCUniversal | |
| Stingray Group | |
| Other channels | |
| Services and platforms | |
| Defunct | |
| Unlaunched proposals | |
TDT: free-to-air on DTT –AC/MA: free-to-air on regional DTT | |
