Max Sport (formerly known as "Mtel Sport") are group of Bulgarian paid television channels, owned by
A1 Bulgaria
A1 Bulgaria (previously known as Mtel or Mobiltel) is a telecommunications company in Bulgaria ownedy by A1 Telekom Austria Group.
History
A1 Bulgaria was founded in March 1994 but was not launched commercially until September 1995 (as ''Citron'' ...
. The first channel from the group – Max Sport 1, was launched on 14 January 2017, while the second one – Max Sport 2 was launched on 1 March 2017. The channels airs sports events such as football from the Italian
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 ...
, Spanish
La Liga
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, Dutch
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
,
Russian Premier League
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,
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...
and the
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...
, Basketball from
EuroLeague, Volleyball, the
ATP World Tour
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, athletics from
IAAF Diamond League
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,
NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
,
NFL
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, MotoGP, NASCAR, the FIA World Rallycross Championship, UFC, boxing and others. The two channels from the group, along with the sports channel ''EDGEsport'', owned by IMG Media, forms the paid "Max Sport" pack, which is offered exclusively for A1 (Bulgaria), A1 and blizoo television customers.
After Mtel was rebranded to A1 Bulgaria in May 2018, Mtel Sport became Max Sport.
In October 2018, Max Sport 3 was created with new content on board - UEFA Champions League and the Spanish La Liga. In the middle of January 2019 A1 launched Max Sport 4 with more football content - Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, MLS, Cup of France, Cup of Turkey.
References
{{Bulgarian television
Television networks in Bulgaria
Bulgarian-language television stations