Abu Dhabi Sports or AD Sports ( ar, أبوظبي الرياضيّة) is an

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television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...

. It broadcasts from Abu Dhabi, capital of the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media. Abu Dhabi Sports Channel is an UAE Arab satellite channel broadcast from Abu Dhabi.

Channels

* Abu Dhabi Sports 1 HD ( FTA) * Abu Dhabi Sports 2 HD ( FTA) * Abu Dhabi Sports Premium 1 (

STARZPLAY Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consis ...

) * Abu Dhabi Sports Premium 2 (

) * YAS Sports HD ( FTA) * Abu Dhabi Sports Asia 1 (

, elife from Eitsalat and du) * Abu Dhabi Sports Asia 2 (

, elife from Eitsalat and du) * AD FIGHT (elife from Eitsalat and du) * Abu Dhabi Sports Extra (

, elife from Eitsalat)

Content

Football

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(2022-2025) on

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

(60 matches on FTA Channels) *

UAE Pro-League The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al ...

* A-League * Major League Soccer (2015-2022, exclude 2019 due to technical problems) * Arabian Gulf Cup *

Arab Cup U-20 The Arab Cup U-20 () is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world. The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal ...

* UAE League Cup * Arab Club Champions Cup * AFC Champions League (only

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

) * AFC Cup (only

) *

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(only

) *

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(only

) * AFC Asian Cup China 2023 (only

) * FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 (only

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

)

Basketball

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Men's College Basketball 2013-2014

Tennis

Mubadala World Tennis Championship The Mubadala World Tennis Championship is a men's and women's singles Exhibition game, exhibition tournament. It has been held annually since 2009 at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. History In Novemb ...

Exhibition tournament * Moselle Open *

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Motorsport

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* Macau GP * Superleague Formula *

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...

* FIA Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Combat Sports

Jiu jitsu Jujutsu ( ; ja, link=no, 柔術 , ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subd ...

(UAE) *

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

* UAE Warriors

TV blocks

* Manchester City TV *

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Juventus TV )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnelli ...

* Lazio TV * Bayern TV

Frequencies

Abu Dhabi Sports has many frequencies on different satellites. Its pay channels are available in

MENA MENA, an acronym in the English language, refers to a grouping of countries situated in and around the Middle East and North Africa. It is also known as WANA, SWANA, or NAWA, which alternatively refers to the Middle East as Western Asia (or a ...

on Nilesat (7.0W). One of its

Free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...

channels is available on Hotbird (13.0E): * Eutelsat 7 West A (7.3W): ** Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 HD, 2 HD, Yas Sports HD ( FTA, all HD) ** Frequency: 11411. ** Polarization: Horizontal. ** Symbol Rate: 30000. ** FEC: 3/4 * BADR 6 (26.0E) ** Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 & 2, Abu Dhabi Sports Extra ( FTA) ** Frequency: 11804. ** Polarization: Horizontal. ** Symbol Rate: 27500. ** FEC: 3/4 * Hotbird (13.0E) ** Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 ( FTA, all HD) ** Frequency: 11747. ** Polarization: Vertical. ** Symbol Rate: 27500. ** FEC: 3/4 * Yahsat 1A (52.5E) ** Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 HD, 2 HD ( FTA) ** Frequency: 11861. ** Polarization: Horizontal. ** Symbol Rate: 27500. ** FEC: 8/9

Revamp

In October 2008, Abu Dhabi Al Riyadiya went online with a new identity, logo, and programs. On 8 August 2015, Abu Dhabi Sports changed the logo with a new look. On 19 February 2020, Abu Dhabi Sports got a new logo after five years.

References

External links

*adsports.ae *http://www.adtvnetwork.com
ADMC Sports Channel
at LyngSat Packages page for Nilesat 7.0W
ADMC Sports Channel
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ADMC Sports Channel
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