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| Country | Norway |
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| Broadcast area | Norway |
| Network | TV2 Norway |
| Programming | |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Picture format | 16:9 (720pHDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV 2 Group (Egmont) |
| Sister channels | TV 2 Direkte,TV 2 Zebra,TV 2 Livsstil,TV 2 Nyheter, TV 2 Sport Premium |
| History | |
| Launched | 24 March 2007 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| TV 2 Play | TV 2 Sport 1 TV 2 Sport 2(only in EEA) |
TV 2 Sport (formerly TV 2 Sport and TV2 Sportskanalen), currently stylized asTV 2 Sport 1 andTV 2 Sport 2, is a Norwegian channel, formerly Pay-TV, that shows sports. The channel is spread out over 2 different channels, namedTV 2 Sport 1 andTV 2 Sport 2, earlier TV2 Sport 1-5. It heavily features football, including broadcasting of theNorwegian top division for several years. This channel also broadcasts international matches, such as theChampions League. It also broadcast four2010 World Cup matches.
The channel was launched on 24 March 2007 fromCanal Digital,Get,Lyse andBKK.[1] In the autumn, it launched on the terrestrialRiksTV. From 22 March 2009 the channel will also be available from theViasat satellite platform.[2]
The channel is a premium pay channel with a relatively high price (159 NOK per month, as of 2009). In addition to the main channel, it also offered four extra channels, TV 2 Sport 2, TV 2 Sport 3, TV 2 Sport 4 and TV 2 Sport 5, which allowed them to broadcast five matches at once. The extra channels were, however, not available terrestrially. DuringUEFA Euro 2008, only twelve of the matches were carried on an exclusive channel, TV 2 Sport UEFA EURO 2008 (the main TV 2 channel carried 19 matches). However, it was only available for Canal Digital subscribers who had access to the main TV 2 Sport channel. The matches were covered in high definition, for the first time, on TV 2 Sport's HD feed, which was available onGet at the time.[3]
On 11 June 2010, TV 2 launchedTV 2 Sport Premium (previously TV 2 Barclays Premier League HD), which contains two sport channels. TV 2 Sport Premium Broadcasts live matches fromPremier League, theFA Cup,Scottish Premiership,Allsvenskan andSHL.[4]
In 2012 the channel was rebranded to a 24 hours sports channel namedTV 2 Sportskanalen. In 2013 the resolution was changed from SD to HD.[5] In 2018, Sportskanalen changed its name to TV 2 Sport 2, the other channel name is TV 2 Sport 1.
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| TV 2 Group |
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| Viaplay Group | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| The Walt Disney Company | |
| Paramount Skydance | |
| BBC | |
| Other |
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| Defunct |
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