Sport1 (Germany)
Logo used since 2013 | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | |
| Headquarters | Ismaning, Germany |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | German |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sport1 Medien AG, Acun Medya |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 1993 |
| Former names | Deutsches Sportfernsehen (1993–2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel slots vary depending on the region (HD) |
Sport1 is a German free-to-air television channel centred towards sports programming, as well as teleshopping. It was launched on 1 January 1993 as DSF (Deutsches Sportfernsehen), replacing the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel Musicbox on 11 January 1988. The channel took its current name on 11 April 2010.