EuroWorld Sport is a

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owned by

TLN Media Group TLN may refer to: * Toulon-Hyères Airport, France, IATA code * Telelatino, Spanish and Italian cable channel in Canada * Total Living Network, a US religious television network * Thermolysin Thermolysin (, ''Bacillus thermoproteolyticus neutral ...

. EuroWorld Sport primarily features programming related to

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(soccer).

History

In April 2006, TLN Media Group. was granted permission by the

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(CRTC) to launch ''RCS Television'', a channel described as "a national, English-language Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to rugby, cricket and soccer." The channel was launched in July 2010 as EuroWorld SportNiche sports channels in Canada
The Globe and Mail 2010-12-28 featuring primarily programming related to

including coverage of

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

from France,

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

from Italy and coverage of top

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

tournaments through 2014 including the Men's & Women's World Cup.

Programming

Since 2015, EuroWorld Sport has carried live sports programming on a very occasional basis in the event of programming conflicts on parent channel TLN. For the vast majority of its schedule, EuroWorld Sport features classic games, football documentaries, and

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. Previously the channel also held partial rights to live game broadcasts from France's

, Italy's

, the

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

, and various FIFA events between 2010 and 2014 (as part of parent company TLN's sublicence from

CBC Sports CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One. (The CBC's French-languag ...

), including the

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...

and

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, and multilingual coverage of the

2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...

. Since August 2012, North American broadcast rights to Ligue 1 and Serie A have been owned by

beIN Sports beIN Sports ( ) is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by the Qatari media group beIN. It has played a major role in the increased commercialization of Qatari sports. Its chairman is Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and its CEO is Yousef O ...

, which did not launch a Canadian channel until 2014, while Europa League rights were acquired by

Sportsnet Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then ...

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acquired Canadian rights to FIFA events beginning in 2015.

Rival channels

GolTV Canada GolTV was a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel. GolTV was exclusively dedicated to association football (soccer), with live and recorded sporting events from around the world, and news programs. GolTV was owned by Maple Leaf S ...

Sportsnet World Sportsnet World is a Canadian English language discretionary digital cable and satellite specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications operating as a national sports channel complementing the Sportsne ...

References

External links

* Sports television networks in Canada Soccer on Canadian television Television channels and stations established in 2010 Digital cable television networks in Canada English-language television stations in Canada 2010 establishments in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub