Discovery Communications today announced the launch of DSPORT, an all-new premium sports channel in India. The launch marks the first time in over 10 years that a media company has introduced a new sports channel for the Indian market. It elevates Discovery’s 20-year history in India, ensuring a new generation have access to the best in live sports content.
DSPORT redefines sports coverage in India with a wide repertoire of exciting properties from across the world of sports. These will initially include:
- Horse Racing: exclusive rights to telecast daily live racing from the best of UK and Irish tracks totaling over 7000 races/ year
- Football: Brazilian League, Chinese Super League, Portuguese League, Major League Soccer (USA)
- Golf: British Open (The Open Championship), US Open, PGA Championship, LPGA
- Motorsports: NASCAR, FIA World Rallycross Championship
- Rugby: 6 Nations Rugby
- Cycling: Tour de France (a property of Eurosport)
DSPORT is in advanced negotiations for selected high quality cricket events to add to the above-mentioned portfolio. At launch,
DSPORT will be a part of the Sports Tier via a subscription model on both DTH and Cable in both HD and SD
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Discovery launches new sports channel, DSPORT