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| Country | United Kingdom, Ireland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Headquarters | Chiswick Park, London |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 2160p UHDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| Sister channels | Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 TNT Sports 1 TNT Sports 2 TNT Sports 3 TNT Sports 4 TNT Sports Box Office |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 August 2013 |
| Former names | BT Sport (2013–2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | tntsports |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| BT Player | Watch live (1, UK only) Watch live (2, UK only) Watch live (3, UK only) Watch live (4, UK only) |
| Virgin TV Go | Watch live |
| Now | Watch live (Ireland only) |
TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group, they first launched as BT Sport on 1 August 2013.
The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been based at Here East, the former International Broadcast Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London until July 2023.[1] The channels are available on the EE TV, Sky and Virgin Media television platforms in the UK and Sky and Vodafone TV in the Republic of Ireland.
The networks were established in 2013 after BT Group's acquisition of rights to the Premier League. BT also acquired the operations of previous rightsholder ESPN prior to launch, integrating them with BT Sport. In 2022, BT Group announced an agreement with Warner Media to form a joint venture that would eventually merge BT Sport with its local Eurosport business. The transaction was approved in July 2022 and on 18 July 2023 BT Sport rebranded as TNT Sports, with Eurosport UK to be folded into the brand no later than early-2026.[2][3]
- ^ "BT Sport to make iCity and the Olympic Broadcast Centre its production home" (Press release). BT Group. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (21 February 2023). "Warner Media & BT Group's UK Sports Streaming JV To Launch As TNT Sports". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Sweeney, Mark (21 February 2023). "Eurosport and BT Sport will disappear after TNT rebrand". The Guardian. London.