The channel originally launched on December 23, 1996 as AB Sports. AB Sports was created by AB Groupe to be the sports channel of its AB Sat satellite package.
However, the channel was too expensive for AB Groupe to run and had generated poor viewing figures because of its programming focusing heavily on foreign sports. AB Groupe sold 51% of the capital of AB Sports for 39 million Franc to Pathé, then launched thematic television channels.[1] Pathé eventually renamed the channel under their own branding, to Pathé Sport in May 1999, with its programming focusing more on the French public, which made the channel gain some notoriety due to that, the live coverage of sport events and the variety of sports they offered.
The acquisition of Eurosport France by the TF1 Group at the beginning of 2001 and the subsequent decision of the Canal+ Group to launch a new sports channel in the autumn of 2002, created a more competitive context in the sports rights market which jeopardized the development plan by Pathé Sport. Pathé sold 60% of the channel's capital in March 2002 to Canal+ Group,[2] and eventually the remaining 40% on 26 October of the same year, in exchange for 80% of the capital of Télé Monte Carlo. The operation allowed Canal+ Group to get back a sports channel it had lost since the absorption of Eurosport France, of which it was a shareholder, by TF1 S.A.. The channel again changed its name to Sport+ on October 26, 2002.
When beIN Sports launched in the country in 2012 and took over various events Sport+ used to have rights to, the channel started to struggle behind this new competition. It eventually ceased broadcasting on June 27, 2015.[3]
^. Archived from the original on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^Pathé Sport, chaîne sportive de Canal + 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine publié dans Stratégies Magazine nº 1230
^R.D. (26 June 2015). "Les chaînes Jimmy, Sport+ et Cuisine+ arrêtent leur diffusion". programme-tv.net (in French).
External links
Official website(in French)
March 10, 2023
sport, french, channel, sport, french, television, channel, cable, satellite, owned, canal, devoted, live, sports, broadcasting, sport, france, countryfrancebroadcast, areafranceheadquartersissy, moulineaux, franceprogramminglanguage, frenchpicture, format576i. Sport was a French pay television channel on cable and satellite owned by Canal and is devoted to live sports broadcasting Sport France CountryFranceBroadcast areaFranceHeadquartersIssy les Moulineaux FranceProgrammingLanguage s FrenchPicture format576i 16 9 SDTV OwnershipOwnerAB Groupe 1996 1998 Pathe 1998 2002 Canal Group 2002 2015 HistoryLaunched23 December 1996 26 years ago 1996 12 23 Closed27 June 2015 7 years ago 2015 06 27 Former namesAB Sports until April 1999 Pathe Sport until 25 October 2002 LinksWebsitewww wbr sport plus wbr fr Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe channel originally launched on December 23 1996 as AB Sports AB Sports was created by AB Groupe to be the sports channel of its AB Sat satellite package However the channel was too expensive for AB Groupe to run and had generated poor viewing figures because of its programming focusing heavily on foreign sports AB Groupe sold 51 of the capital of AB Sports for 39 million Franc to Pathe then launched thematic television channels 1 Pathe eventually renamed the channel under their own branding to Pathe Sport in May 1999 with its programming focusing more on the French public which made the channel gain some notoriety due to that the live coverage of sport events and the variety of sports they offered The acquisition of Eurosport France by the TF1 Group at the beginning of 2001 and the subsequent decision of the Canal Group to launch a new sports channel in the autumn of 2002 created a more competitive context in the sports rights market which jeopardized the development plan by Pathe Sport Pathe sold 60 of the channel s capital in March 2002 to Canal Group 2 and eventually the remaining 40 on 26 October of the same year in exchange for 80 of the capital of Tele Monte Carlo The operation allowed Canal Group to get back a sports channel it had lost since the absorption of Eurosport France of which it was a shareholder by TF1 S A The channel again changed its name to Sport on October 26 2002 When beIN Sports launched in the country in 2012 and took over various events Sport used to have rights to the channel started to struggle behind this new competition It eventually ceased broadcasting on June 27 2015 3 Programming EditIn its final year of operations Sport broadcast the German Bundesliga Italian Serie A Major League Soccer Brazilian Serie A UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification football Davis Cup Fed Cup and French ATP 250 tournaments tennis French Pro D2 Super Rugby The Rugby Championship Currie Cup and ITM Cup rugby union LNB Pro A and Liga ACB basketball GP2 Series World Rally Championship and Formula E motorsport PGA Tour European Tour and Ryder Cup golf French women s handball championship National Hockey League and UCI cycli cross BMX track cycling and women s road cycling The channel previously covered the Wimbledon Championships ATP World Tour Finals and ATP Masters 1000 tennis National Football League National Basketball Association UEFA Europa League football English Premiership Rugby EHF Champions League and LNH Division 1 handball and UCI road cycling However beIN Sports eventually took over those events and is one of the reasons caused for the channel s closure References Edit Pathe prend une part majoritaire dans AB Sports Communique du groupe Pathe 5 novembre 1998 a 9h00 Archived from the original on 21 October 2006 Retrieved 11 November 2017 Pathe Sport chaine sportive de Canal Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine publie dans Strategies Magazine nº 1230 R D 26 June 2015 Les chaines Jimmy Sport et Cuisine arretent leur diffusion programme tv net in French External links EditOfficial website in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sport 2B French TV channel amp oldid 1142978187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
