Sport1 is a German
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 ...
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, wit ...
centred towards sports programming, including
teleshopping Teleshopping may refer to:
* Home shopping
* Online shopping
* Shopping channel
* Infomercial
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and
erotica
Erotica is literature or art that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing. Some critics regard pornography as a type of erotica, but many consider it to be different. Erotic art may use a ...
. Until 11 April 2010, it was called DSF (''Deutsches Sportfernsehen''). It was launched on 1 January 1993 out of the television channel
Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel
Musicbox on 11 January 1988.
Sport1 has its headquarters in
Ismaning
Ismaning is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located near Munich.
Geography
In 2016 it had 16,770 inhabitants. The town is located about seven kilometers northeast of Munich on the right high bank of the Isar River that flows into the Danube ...
near
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
.
Programming
Football
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3.Liga (2020–2024) (on Sport1+)
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DFB Pokal (2020–2024) (on Sport1+)
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DFB-Pokal women (2020–2023)
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International Champions Cup
The International Champions Cup (ICC) was an annual club association football exhibition competition. In 2020, it was abolished due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Format
The format has changed in each competition. Subsequent tournaments have had diffe ...
(10 of 18 matches (including all German clubs))
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2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
: (highlights on Friday & Sunday)
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Regionalliga
The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the fourt ...
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Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottis ...
,
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
and
League Cup
In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...
(on Sport1+)
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English Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engl ...
(exclude
EFL Cup
The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by th ...
) (on Sport1+)
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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. ...
(on Sport1+)
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UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...
(non-Germany matches)
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UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain and Englan ...
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UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual Association football, football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain national under ...
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UEFA Youth League
The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Leagu ...
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UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the E ...
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UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
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AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
(2021 and 2022)
Basketball
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FIBA World Championship
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
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FIBA World Championship for Women
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the Internati ...
*German national team
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Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL seaso ...
(1 game per week)
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NBA (on
Sport1+)
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NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...
(on Sport1US)
Handball
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World Women's Handball Championship
The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won ...
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Germany men's national handball team
The Germany national handball team is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won three World Championships and two European Championship.
Honours
Competitive record
''For East Germany team rec ...
Other sports
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PDC World Darts Championship
The PDC World Darts Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the Cazoo World Darts Championship, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), is a World Professional Darts Championship held annually in the sport of darts. The P ...
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ATP World Tour
The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ...
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CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tota ...
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World Ice Hockey Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual ...
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European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fif ...
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NCAA football (on Sport1US)
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...
(on Sport1US)
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IndyCar Series
The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices o ...
Non-sports
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Alone
ALONE is a charity organization in Ireland which was set-up to highlight the issues facing older people living alone. Founded in 1977 by Willie Bermingham, the charity seeks to help elderly people living on their own who may feel isolated and lone ...
'' ''(Alone - Überleben in der Wildnis)'' (2017–present)
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Aussie Pickers'' ''(Aussie Pickers - Die Trödelexperten)'' (2015–2016)
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Barry'd Treasure
''Barry'd Treasure'' is an American reality television series airing on A&E. The series premiered on March 18, 2014, and starred Barry Weiss in a spin-off of A&E's ''Storage Wars''. The series centered around Weiss (formerly a featured storage ...
'' ''(Barry'd Treasure - Der Trödelexperte)'' (2016–present)
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Big Brian: The Fortune Seller'' ''(Big Brian - Der große Ausverkauf)'' (2015)
*''Buy It, Fix It, Sell It'' ''(Alte Stücke, neuer Glanz)'' (2017–present)
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Chow Masters'' ''(Diner Wars)'' (2015)
*''Container Wars'' (2014–present)
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Counting Cars'' ''(Die Werkstatt-Helden)'' (2014-2016)
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Dig Wars'' ''(Dig Wars - Die Schatzgräber)'' (2015-2017)
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Garage Gold
''Garage Gold'' is a television series airing on the DIY Network. The show follows Kraig Bantle and his family-owned business Garage Brothers out of Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and ...
'' (2016–present)
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Hard Knocks Hard Knocks may refer to:
Films
* ''Hard Knocks'' (1924), a comedy short by James Parrott
* ''Hard Knocks'' (1979 film), a 1979 American film
* ''Hard Knocks'' (1980 film), a 1980 Australian film starring Tracy Mann
* '' Hard Knocks: The Chris B ...
'' (2013)
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Hardcore Pawn: Chicago'' (2015-2016)
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Storage Hunters
''Storage Hunters'' is a reality television series presented by Sean Kelly (as the auctioneer). It originally ran in the United States from 2011 to 2014 on TruTV and has been shown in the UK on the digital channel Dave. A domestic UK version, als ...
(UK)'' (2015–present)
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Storage Hunters
''Storage Hunters'' is a reality television series presented by Sean Kelly (as the auctioneer). It originally ran in the United States from 2011 to 2014 on TruTV and has been shown in the UK on the digital channel Dave. A domestic UK version, als ...
(US)'' (2014–present)
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Storage Wars
''Storage Wars'' (stylized as ''STORAGE WAR$'') is an American reality television competition series that airs on A&E. It initially aired for 12 seasons, from December 1, 2010, to January 30, 2019. A 13th season premiered in April 2021.
When ...
'' (Storage Wars - Die Geschäftemacher) (2013–present)
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The Liquidator'' (2015–present)
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Yukon Gold'' (2015–present)
*''Sport Clips'' (2002–present)
Audience share
Germany
References
External links
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Television stations in Germany
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German-language television networks
Companies based in Bavaria
Mass media in Munich
Sports television in Germany
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