For early uses, see Sky Sport Sky Sport is a group of sports satellite television channels in the german language produced and broadcast by Sky Deutschland .

history [edit ]

Digitales Sport Fernsehen ( Digital Sport Television ) [edit ]

Sky Sport can trace its roots back to the sports channels on the DF1 platform launched in 1996 : DSF Plus, DSF Action and DSF Golf. It besides has origins in the analogue Premiere impart, launched in 1993, which was besides sports-focused .

Premiere Sport [edit ]

On 1 October 1999, DF1 was turned into Premiere World and fun channels were rebrand on the platforms, to Premiere Sport 1 and 2. When more than two coincident events were available, the service could be increased to up to thirteen parallel channels. [ 1 ]

On 26 October 2002, a service for Austria, called Premiere Austria, was launched. [ 2 ]

Sky Sport [edit ]

When Premiere became Sky Deutschland on 4 July 2009, the channels were then further rebranded to Premiere Sport 1 and 2 became Sky Sport 1 and 2, while Premiere Austria became Sky Sport Austria and Premiere HD was divided into Sky Sports HD and Sky Cinema HD. Sky Sport News HD, a sports news program channel, launched on 1 December 2011 in a basic package ( Sky Welt ) .
Original Sky Sport logo previous Sky Sport logo Logo since 2016 until 2020

Channels [edit ]

The channels that make up the Sky package air from the Astra 19.2°E satellite position, using the Astra 1H, Astra 1L, and Astra 1M satellites. Channels are uplinked by Sky Italia. Between 2004 and 2016, they were uplinked by SES Platform Services ( late MX1, immediately function of SES Video ) .

  • Sky Sport News HD: Germany’s only 24-hour LIVE sports news channel. Alongside news bulletins every 15 minutes, it broadcasts highlights, magazines, press conferences and trainings from Bundesliga’s teams.
  • Sky Sport Bundesliga 1: Dedicated channel for live coverage of German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga
  • Sky Sport Bundesliga 2: Dedicated channel for live coverage of German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga
  • Sky Sport Austria: Dedicated channel for live coverage of Austrian Bundesliga and Erste Liga
  • Sky Sport 1: Live coverage of DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League, Tennis.
  • Sky Sport 2: Live coverage of DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League, Tennis, Golf and Boxing.
  • Sky Sport 3–11: Feed channel, only broadcast special sports events if necessary, or parallel sports events are happening at the same time.
  • Sky Sport UHD: selected coverage in ultra-high-definition.
  • Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD: selected coverage in ultra-high-definition.

Programming [edit ]

Events broadcast on the channels include german Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Austrian Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League ( until 2021 ( for GER ) and 2024 ( for AUT ) ), English Premier league, golf and professional wrestle like AEW .

References [edit ]

  • Sky Sport on sky.de ( in German )