NTV Spor

Television channel

NTV Spor
Programming

Country	Turkey
Broadcast area	Turkey Azerbaijan
Affiliates	NTV Spor Radyo
Headquarters	Istanbul
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; 16 years ago (2008-03-17) (TV channel)
Closed	17 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-17) (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.

History

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]

References

^ "www.ntvspor.net" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Markalarımız" (in Turkish). Doğuş Media Group. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Bir dönem bitti! NTV Spor kapandı!" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "NTV Spor artık her yerde!" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "World Series Boxing Başlıyor!" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 15 November 201. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "NTV Spor HD yayına başladı" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Doğuş'tan bir satış daha" (in Turkish). Sözcü. 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Resmi duyuru yapıldı... NTV Spor'un satışıyla ilgili yeni gelişme" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Discovery Communications resmen açıkladı!" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Bize ayrılan 10 yıllık sürenin sonuna geliyoruz" (in Turkish). NTV. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "NTV Spor resmen kapandı! İşte yerine gelen yeni kanal" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. 15 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

External links

Official website
NTV Spor at YouTube

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