NTV Spor is a Turkish online sports platform. NTV Spor used to be a nationwide TV channel between 2008 and 2018. As of April 2021, NTV Spor continues to produce content via their website and

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channel. NTV Spor used to hold broadcasting rights of varied sports events including La Liga, NBA, FA Cup, Wimbledon, Eurobasket, UEFA Euros and FIFA World Cup qualifying phase.

History

NTV Spor, a subsidiary of

Doğuş Media Group Doğuş Media Group (''Doğuş Yayın Grubu'') is a Turkish media conglomerate, part of the Doğuş Group conglomerate. Its properties include the news channel NTV (since 1999) and the entertainment channel Star TV (since 2011). From 2009 to 201 ...

, was launched as a

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in June 2006. NTV Spor TV channel was launched on 17 March 2008. The channel started nationwide terrestrial broadcasting on 19 November 2008. In same year, they acquired broadcasting rights of Spanish

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, Italian

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Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Th ...

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and

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. In 2010, NTV Spor started to air 2010–11 season of

World Series Boxing 250px, LA Matadors vs. Moscow Dynamo in Hollywood, CA on 4 December 2011. Both amateur boxers compete without vests or head guards. The World Series of Boxing or WSB was an international boxing tournament that allowed amateur boxers to compete p ...

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, in which a Turkish boxing team named "Istanbulls" also competed in. On 24 June 2011, the channel started HD broadcasting. Following the strategic cooperation agreement between Doğuş Media Group and

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signed in 2015, Discovery Communications approached to acquire NTV Sports from Doğuş Media Group, in 2018. Parties agreed terms for the transaction, which was completed in 31 January 2018. On 6 March 2018, it was announced that the channel will cease their broadcasting and it will be replaced by DMAX. The take-over took place at 22:30 local time, right after the credits of "%100 Futbol", the weekly football punditry feature of the channel, which was aired after

The Intercontinental Derby The Intercontinental Derby ( tr, Kıtalararası Derbi) is any footballSee The Intercontinental Derby (basketball) for the same rivalry in basketball match between rivals Fenerbahçe SK and Galatasaray SK. The fixture is widely regarded as the b ...

game played on 17 March 2018.

References

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