Country | Turkey |
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Broadcast area | Turkey Azerbaijan |
Affiliates | NTV Spor Radyo |
Headquarters | Istanbul |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Picture format |
576i (
16:9
SDTV) 1080i ( HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Doğuş Media Group |
Sister channels |
CNBC-e e2 Kral TV NTV Star TV |
History | |
Launched | 2006 (web portal) 17 March 2008 (TV channel) |
Closed | 17 March 2018 | (cease of TV broadcasting)
Replaced by | DMAX |
Links | |
Website | ntvspor.net |
NTV Spor is a Turkish online sports platform. NTV Spor used to be a nationwide TV channel between 2008 and 2018. As of April 2021, [update] NTV Spor continues to produce content via their website and YouTube channel. [1]
NTV Spor used to hold broadcasting rights of varied sports events including La Liga, NBA, FA Cup, Wimbledon, EuroBasket, UEFA Euros and FIFA World Cup qualifying phase.
NTV Spor, a subsidiary of Doğuş Media Group, was launched as a web portal in June 2006. [2] NTV Spor TV channel was launched on 17 March 2008. [3] The channel started nationwide terrestrial broadcasting on 19 November 2008. [4] In same year, they acquired broadcasting rights of Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, Argentine Primera División, NBA and NASCAR. [4]
In 2010, NTV Spor started to air 2010–11 season of World Series of Boxing of AIBA, in which a Turkish boxing team named "Istanbulls" also competed in. [5] On 24 June 2011, the channel started HD broadcasting. [6]
Following the strategic cooperation agreement between Doğuş Media Group and Discovery Communications signed in 2015, [7] Discovery Communications approached to acquire NTV Spor from Doğuş Media Group, in 2018. Parties agreed terms for the transaction, which was completed in 31 January 2018. [8] [9] On 6 March 2018, it was announced that the channel will cease their broadcasting and it will be replaced by DMAX.[ citation needed]
The take-over took place at 22:30 local time, right after the credits of "%100 Futbol", the weekly football punditry feature of the channel, which was aired after The Intercontinental Derby game played on 17 March 2018. [10] [11]