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| Broadcast area | Hungary Czech Republic Slovakia |
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| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | AMC Networks International Central Europe |
| Sister channels | Sport2 |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 October 2000; 24 years ago (2000-10-02) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.sport1tv.hu www.sport1tv.cz |
Sport1 is a European sports channel which is currently available inHungary,Czech Republic andSlovakia broadcasting in different languages. The channel is owned byAMC Networks International Central Europe. It currently holds the TV rights to broadcastNational Football League games andFormula 1 races in the countries where the channel is available.
In Romania, Sport1 was available from 2006 until 5 November 2014.[1] The station held the rights forNFL,NHL, Ice Hockey World Championship andHeineken Cup, and in the first years for various football national championship, from Scotland, Hungary, France, Netherlands and others.[2]
In 2012, Sport1 Romania shrank its broadcast space only between 10 P.M. and 7 A.M. except for some big events that start earlier, like the NFL playoffs or if the NFL or NHL games go for longer than 7 A.M., after the launch of children's channelMegamax on the same frequence.
From theNFL, Sport1 broadcast a late afternoon game andMonday Night Football, every week, half of theThursday Night Football games, the opening game and all theThanksgiving Day games. Starting with the 2013 season, sometimes an early afternoon game and/orSunday Night Football were added to the schedule. TheNFL Playoffs were shown with no exception, including thePro Bowl and theSuper Bowl.[citation needed]
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia it holds the exclusive rights for theKHL, theChampions Hockey League (including all games involving Czech and Slovak teams), and theNational Football League. Until the year 2023 it held exclusive rights of theFormula One, in 2024 these were acquired by theNova Group.[3]
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