Sportdigital.tv
Sport Digital ( own spelling: sportdigital ) is a popular ball sports coverage on the specialized German TV - division program.
Sports Digital sends all day and without interruption through various cable and satellite packages. The program focus is football. According to the motto "Football around the world" football is live from several countries and also transmitted at different times.
- 5.1 badminton
- 5.2 Basketball
- 5.3 Beach Volleyball
- 5.4 boxes
- 5.5 Hockey
- 5.6 Football
- 5.7 Handball
- 5.8 Hockey
- 5.9 kickboxing
- 5:10 Rugby
- 5:11 Tennis
- 5:12 Table Tennis
- 5:13 Triathlon
- 5:14 Volleyball
History
Under the umbrella of rights recycler SPORT FIVE GmbH & Co. KG encounters the German volleyball league, the German handball league and the German basketball league was first aired priority. Among the sports mentioned the station produced its own magazine formats. After starting out in Internet Television Sports Digital is since the spring of 2008 in the paid bouquets of some providers of digital TV via included cable or satellite.
In June 2009 it was announced that Sports Digital no longer available from the 2009/2010 season on the broadcast rights of the Handball - Bundesliga.
Beginning of 2010, drew the funder SPORT FIVE back from the pay- TV business of sports Digital. Since August 2010, the transmitter sets the interest mainly to international football. It first secured the Eredivisie ( Netherlands), the Premjer League ( Russia) and the npower Football League Championship ( England / 2 league). Later, the Major League Soccer (USA) and least surprisingly, the Serie A (Italy ) were added. The rights of Premjer League and Major League Soccer have been extended by Sports Digital in March 2011. The package of the Dutch Eredivisie has also been extended to the KNVB Cup.
End of December 2010 Sports Digital announced a partnership with Sky, Sky which should show a live Serie A match per matchday. However, this did not happen due to problems with the Italian rights assigned.
In November 2010, the station the Continental Hockey League ( KHL ) secured additional rights as new acquisitions. As the newest sport is seen at sports digital since January 2011, kick-boxing. The transmitter is in talks to buy more sports rights. Cooperation with Internet portals also facilitates rights purchases.
Sport Digital is considered to show its subscribers " exclusive content ". The KHL and other sports, which can be seen for free on the Internet, have therefore been removed from the program. Since the football season 2011/ 12 Sports Digital shines once a week from a 30-minute football highlights of the Italian Serie A, the Russian Premjer League and in the Dutch Eredivisie. In October 2011, we also announced that it wants to launch an offensive program with the new HD-capable virtual studio from which the digital sports commentators report before and after the live games. In addition, the on-air design was modified. So Trailer, graphics, preview mats and Signatures appear now in a new look.
End of January 2012 was the station announced that from now on the Copa Libertadores will be broadcast live. By the way is still a weekly preview magazine viewers prepare for the next game day. Since February 2012 Sports Digital also shows games from the Polish football league, the T-Mobile Ekstraklasa. Sports Digital HD will be available through Sky and other platforms as of August 2013 according to a report in the TV Movie on July 5, 2013.
Reception
Digital Sports is currently available over the following pay-TV platforms:
Digital Satellite Television
- Sky Germany
- AustriaSat
Digital Cable TV
- Unity Media
- Kabel BW
- Cable Germany
- Cable kiosk
- UPC Cablecom
IPTV
- Alice homeTV
- Telekom Entertain
- A1 TV
Commentators at sportdigital
Sports currently in the program
Football
From the play-offs all the games live
Magazine
Former rights purchases of sportdigital
Badminton
Basketball
Magazine
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Hockey
Football
Magazine
Handball
Magazine
Hockey
Kickboxing
Rugby
Tennis
Table tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Sports Digital HD
On August 21, 2013 Sports Digital announced in a press release for locking the transmitter at UPC Cablecom the launch of the " HD broadcast operation [s ] [... ] by the end of the year". Opposite Digitalfernsehen.de confirmed Gisbert Wundram the plans, but at first could not find any platform other than UPC Cablecom call for HD offshoot.
Since 2010 HD offshoot of the transmitter has repeatedly announced. Previously called the lack of HD capacity among platform operators as a reason for the shifts of the launch.
Sports America HD
On June 11, 2013, the Commission for authorization and supervision ( ZAK ) SPORTDIGITAL.TV the transmission and production GmbH has granted an approval for a nationwide TV channel called Sports America HD. Preceded by the " media concentration law exam [ s ] " of the CEC was accompanied by a request by the owner to the Commission on Concentration in the Media ( KEK ) of 21 May 2013. Was still pending. Gisbert Wundram, Managing Director of Digital Sports announced over Digitalfernsehen.de known, one plane " currently under the working name of sport America HD a private network dedicated U.S. sports ". The background is the setting of the channel ESPN America June 30, 2013 and ESPN America HD on 31 July 2013. Wundram could imagine a seamless transition and " the transmitter from 1 August 2013 " on various platforms feed. Interest exists to take over vacant broadcasting rights from ESPN America, especially for the NFL, MLB and NHL. Also, transfers of basketball are planned. First, the channel's launch " into the SD packages" of cable and IPTV providers is planned. The former sports rights from ESPN America were acquired according TVSportsMarkets for Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Constantin media and should be used for Sport 1.
On 1 August 2013, the channel Sport1 U.S. has started at many platforms on the former time slot of ESPN America. The plans for a transmitter Sports America HD were adjusted subsequently. There was no room for two U.S. sports broadcaster in Germany, so Giesbert Wundram of Sports Digital.