Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | |
Headquarters | Ismaning, Germany |
Programming | |
Language(s) | German |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sport1 Medien AG, Acun Medya |
Sister channels | Sport1+ eSports1 Sport1.FM |
History | |
Launched | 1 January 1993 |
Former names | Deutsches Sportfernsehen (1993–2010) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel slots vary depending on the region (HD) |
Sport1 is a German free-to-air television channel centred towards sports programming, as well as teleshopping.[1] It was launched on 1 January 1993 as DSF (Deutsches Sportfernsehen), replacing the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel Musicbox on 11 January 1988. The channel took its current name on 11 April 2010.
Sport1 has its headquarters in Ismaning near Munich.