| Country | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Denmark |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Danish |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Discovery Networks Northern Europe |
| Sister channels | Canal 9 |
| History | |
| Launched | 13 August 2012 |
| Replaced | Canal+ Sport 1 |
| Closed | 30 June 2015 |
| Replaced by | Eurosport DK (2015) Eurosport 2 (2016-) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.canal8.dk |
CANAL8 Sport was a Danish television channel owned by TV4 Group and C More Entertainment.
The channel was announced on July 3, 2012. The channel replaced Canal+ Sport 1 in Denmark.[1]
The reason for this is that after Canal+ lost the rights to the Premier League in 2010, they have a hard time keeping the subscribers in Denmark to their premium sports package. And thus it was decided to move the most popular sport with Danish viewer interest from a high pay channel to an advertising financing low pay channel. the channel is first of all a football channel and show matches from Danish Superliga, UEFA Europa League, La Liga, Serie A and Eredivisie and other sports like UFC fighting, ATP Tennis, Indycar Racing and Swedish Hockey League.
Following this decision, the C More Sports package was not made available in Denmark.
An HD version of Canal 8 Sport was launched on June 3, 2013.
In the Summer of 2015, Discovery Networks Northern Europe purchase the channel, and on July 1, 2015 it merged with Eurosport 2 into a new sportschannel called Eurosport DK.