1Sports

This article is about an Indian television channel. For a sports programming division in New Zealand, see 1 Sport. For a Philippine sports programming division and associated television channels, see One Sports and One Sports (TV channel). For the Australian television channel formerly known as One, see 10 Bold.

1Sports
CountryIndia
HeadquartersGurgaon, India
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerLex Sportel Vision Pvt. Ltd. (LSVPL)
History
Launched28 January 2020; 3 years ago (2020-01-28)
Closed21 November 2023; 2 months ago (2023-11-21)
Links
Website1sport.in

1Sports was an Indian sports channel owned by Lex Sportel Vision Pvt. Ltd.(Times Network),[1] launched after Discovery India took control of their DSport channel.[2] 1Sports broadcast live sporting action from around the world, including high-profile content such as I-League.[3]The channel was shut down on 21st November 2023.

History

On 6 February 2017 Discovery Communications (DC) launched the DSport channel to broadcast different kind of sporting actions in Indian subcontinent. During the launch former MD of ESPN Star and former CEO of Dish TV RC Venkateish had joined the channel to work as content provider (acquisition) for the channel.[4] Since then Venkateish (owner of Lex Sportel) acquired sporting rights of multiple events which were broadcast on DSport, until November 2019.[citation needed] In January 2020 Discovery applied a name change of their sports channel to Eurosport, which was challenged by Lex Sportel as the one who made the uplinking license deal of the channel.[5] Delhi High Court went in favor of Discovery and as a result Lex Sportel went out of the deal. Then Lex Sportel started showing ads about the launch of their new channel and a scroll text on DSport channel that contents of the channel belongs to Lex Sportel's server based in Hong Kong,[citation needed] until 24 January when Discovery took full control of the channel. Though this was scheduled to take effect on 14 February, Discovery took control of the channel three weeks before the original date, but the court dismissed the matter.[6] Finally, on 28 January Lex Sportel launched their own channel, 1Sports. The channel seized its operations on 21st November 2023.

Events

Lex Sportel has acquired some premium sports events from around the world and provides over 4,000 hours of live content every year. They have broadcasting license of Afghanistan Premier League and Everest Premier League. 1Sports airs Coppa Italia, Coupe de France and UAE Pro League, among others. The channel also broadcasts Pro-Wrestling (Lucha Underground,Ring of Honor, WOS Wrestling and WIN: Dangal Ke Soorma), MMA (Bellator and Cage Warriors), Golf (The Open, The Masters, European Tour, LPGA and Ryder Cup), Tennis (Laver Cup) and Motor Sports (Dakar Rally and Monster Jam).[7]

Cricket

Football

Golf

Motor Sport

Mixed Martial Arts

Tennis

References

  1. ^ McCullagh, Kevin (29 January 2020). "Lex Sportel Vision launches new channel amid Discovery dispute". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. ^ Jha, Lata (9 January 2020). "Discovery expands Vijay Rajput's role to head of DSPORT channel". Livemint. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ Dhyani, Kunal (27 January 2020). "Dispute that is disrupting I-League LIVE broadcast - Sports Business News India". InsideSport. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ Laghate, Gaurav (6 February 2017). "Discovery launches sports channel DSPORT in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ McCullagh, Kevin (13 January 2020). "Lex Sportel Vision challenges Discovery's move for control of DSport". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ Agnihotri, Shweta (29 January 2020). "Discovery wins Round 1 in DSport trade mark dispute with Lex Sportel – Sports Business News". InsideSport. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Lex Sportel announces launch of 1Sports". IANS. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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