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Eurosport 2
CountryFrance
United Kingdom
Broadcast areaEurope
NetworkEurosport
HeadquartersIssy-les-Moulineaux, Paris
Programming
Language(s)English, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Russian in CIS (except Russia), Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish, Czech, Slovak, Portuguese, Albanian, Dutch, Spanish (specific events), Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Picture format2160p UHDTV
(downscaled to 1080i and 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds respectively)
Ownership
OwnerTNT Sports
(operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA)
ParentTNT Sports International
Sister channels
List
History
Launched10 January 2005; 20 years ago (2005-01-10)
ReplacedEurosport DK (Denmark)
Eurosport News (some countries)
Closed9 March 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03-09) (Russia)
28 February 2025; 17 days ago (2025-02-28) (United Kingdom)[1][2]
Links
Websiteeurosport.com
Availability
Terrestrial
See separate section
Streaming media
Discovery+Watch live (subscription required)
DAZNWatch live (Italy only)
Ziggo GOWatch live (Netherlands only)

Eurosport 2 is a sports television channel and a sister channel to Eurosport 1. Both are part of the Eurosport network which is a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, with different sports rights across different markets. Eurosport 2 had an audience of 87 million viewers in 2019 -- an increase in size of one million.[3]

Launch

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Eurosport 2 logo used from 2011 to 2015

Eurosport 2 launched on 10 January 2005, replacing Eurosport News in some countries including the United Kingdom.[4] It is currently available in 50 million homes and 47 countries,[5] broadcasting in 18 different languages English, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish, Czech, Dutch, Spanish and Danish.

On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. closed Eurosport 2 in Russia due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[6]

Programming

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Eurosport 2 considers itself "a new-generation sports channel", and is dedicated to team sports and in particular 'alternative' and niche sports including European basketball, National Lacrosse League, Twenty20 cricket, AFL Aussie Rules, surfing and the Handball Champions League, amongst others.

On 2 July 2010, the Arena Football League announced that Eurosport 2 would show matches that the NFL Network broadcast in the United States on a tape delay for the rest of the season, as well as coverage of ArenaBowl XXIII. The deal also includes rights for the entire 2011 season to be broadcast on the channel.

Feeds

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HD feed

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Logo of Eurosport 2 HD

Eurosport 2 HD, a high-definition version of the channel is also available.[7] In central and northern Europe, it carries some exclusive programming such as Bundesliga football from Germany, WWE wrestling shows and live Australian Rules Football matches, which are not available on other versions due to local networks holding the rights.

Eurosport 2 Xtra
CountryGermany
Broadcast areaGermany
Switzerland
NetworkEurosport
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)German
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
Sister channelsEurosport 1
Eurosport 2
Discovery Channel
DMAX
TLC
History
Launched4 August 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-04)
Links
Websitewww.eurosport.de

Eurosport 2 Xtra (Germany)

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Eurosport 2 Xtra is a German pay-television sports channel which broadcasts several Bundesliga matches and the DFL-Supercup in the seasons 2017/18-2020/21 exclusively which Warner Bros. Discovery won in the tender of national media rights arranged by the Deutsche Fußball Liga.[8]

Bundesliga (thirty games on Friday afternoon at 20:30, five games on Sunday afternoon at 13:30, five games on Monday evening at 20:30 and 4 relegation matches at the end of the season) and DFL-Supercup.

Eurosport 2 Xtra is available in HD quality via the Eurosport Player and in the pay-tv offer of HD+ via Astra 19.2°E. The channel is not available in DVB-C, DVB-T or IPTV networks.

Eurosport 2 Xtra
CountryPortugal
Broadcast areaPortugal
NetworkEurosport
Programming
Language(s)Portuguese
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerDiscovery Communications
Sister channelsEurosport 1
Eurosport 2
History
Launched18 March 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-18)
Closed28 February 2017; 8 years ago (2017-2-28)

Eurosport 2 Xtra (Portugal)

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Eurosport 2 Xtra was a short-lived premium sports channel in Portugal aimed at broadcasting events whose rights are exclusive to the Portuguese market, such as Formula One. The channel ceased to broadcast on February 28, 2017, after it failed to attract enough subscribers to break even.[9]

Rights

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Football

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Motorsports

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English Language Bundesliga commentators

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Name
England Andreas Evagora
England Tony Jeffers
England Angus Torode
Wales Ben Harris
England Elliot Richardson
Germany Andreas Jörger
Scotland Stuart Telford
Republic of Ireland Mark Rodden

Availability

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Terrestrial

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Satellite

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Cable

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IPTV

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  • Belgacom TV (Belgium): Channel 74 (Dutch) and Channel 85 (French)
  • BT TV (United Kingdom): Channel 413 and Channel 436 (HD)
  • eir Vision (Ireland): Channel 414 and Channel 428 (HD)
  • KPN (Netherlands): Channel 36 (HD)
  • MEO (Portugal): Channel 38
  • MojaTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Channel 35
  • Movistar+ (Spain): Channel 62 (HD, SD)
  • On Telecoms (Greece): Channel 47
  • Open IPTV (Serbia): Channel 562
  • Orange TV (Spain): Channel 101 (HD)
  • Tele2 (Netherlands): Channel 208 (SD)
  • T-Home (Hungary): Channel
  • T-Mobile (Netherlands): Channel 132 (HD)
  • Tivibu (Turkey): Channel 86
  • Vodafone Tv Net Voz (Portugal): Channel 27
  • iNES (Romania): Channel

References

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  1. ^ Clarke, Stewart (28 January 2025). "Eurosport To Be Replaced By TNT In The UK As Warner Bros. Discovery Shakes Up Sports Portfolio". Deadline. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  2. ^ Cunningham, Euan (28 January 2025). "No more Eurosport in the UK from late February as channels merged with TNT". Sportcal. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Eurosport audience size 2014-2019". Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Eurosport News becomes Eurosport 2". Digital Spy. 10 January 2005.
  5. ^ "Eurosport 2 races into 50 million homes". Broadbandtvnews.com. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  6. ^ "WarnerMedia and Discovery join the stampede of businesses leaving Russia". CNN. 9 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Eurosport 2 plans HD launch" broadbandtvnews.com 5 August 2009 Link retrieved 5 August 2009
  8. ^ "DFL exceeds one billion Euro threshold for national media rights: on average 1.16 billion Euro per season starting 2017/18". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Fórmula 1 sem transmissão em Portugal". Autoportal. 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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