GOL PLAY is a Spanish sports television network dedicated fully to
football
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(from 2009) and other sports (from 2016). The channel, created by
Mediapro
Mediaproducción, S.L.U., better known as Mediapro, is a multimedia communications group in Spain founded in April 1994 in Barcelona. The company is well involved in movie and television production.
The company holds branch offices in Madrid, S ...
in September 2008, is distributed through
cable
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operators,
Internet television
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, and from August 2009, through
digital terrestrial television
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.
Mediapro's original intention was to broadcast the channel through
terrestrial television
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, opening a slot for pay television, and in 2009 negotiations began with the
Government of Spain
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The Government consists of the Prime Minister and the Ministers; the prime minister has the ...
. On 13 August 2009, an urgent decree approved premium contents on terrestrial television, and Gol Televisión began its broadcasting on 14 August.
History
''For the current history, see also
:es: Gol (canal de televisión)''
The channel previously existed as Gol Televisión and was broadcasting from September 19, 2008 until June 30, 2015, when the rental agreement between Mediapro and Atresmedia ended to broadcast in one of its multiplexes. The channel was replaced, already outside the DTT, by
beIN Sports
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thanks to the agreement between Mediapro and
Al Jazeera
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(owner of
beIN
beIN Channels Network (; stylized as beIN) is a direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster owned by beIN Media Group, which is based in Doha, Qatar.
Technology
beIN had launched 6 multi-function interactive decoders:
*Sage ...
globally).
Mediapro managed to rent a frequency to return to DTT in Spain after the licensing contest of 2015.
On March 22, 2016, Mediapro announced that it would regain the name of Gol T for its new open channel on DTT. During the weeks prior to the presentation of the channel, Mediapro issued a video loop with images of various sports and a text that indicated that soon on that frequency you could enjoy a new sports channel. During this period, the night of April 11 to 12, 2016, the boxing match between Pacquiao and Bradley III was aired.
Finally, on June 1, 2016, the channel's test emissions began, already with the GOL logo (without the 'T'). During the broadcasts in tests, several live competitions were broadcast, including football, tennis, motor, extreme sports, etc.
On June 29, 2016 the Galician operator R Galicia incorporated the signal to channel 80 of its television service, thus being the first operator to have the sports channel.
On August 16, 2016, the operator Movistar + added the signal to channel 62 of its television service, both in satellite, IPTV and Fiber. Subsequently, on November 25, 2016, it incorporated the HD signal of the channel on the same channel, for fiber clients, but not for satellite clients.
On August 17, 2016, operator Vodafone TV incorporated the SD signal into channel 99 of its television service. On November 3, 2016, operator Vodafone TV incorporated the signal in HD 1080i to channel 99 of its television service.
On August 12, 2022, the channel was renamed as GOL PLAY, after this change films, series and entertainment programs were added to the programming. The reform of the channel was carried out to improve the audience levels in the time slots where sports are not broadcast, however, the transmission of events and sports information continued to be the fundamental points of the channel's grid.
Programming
Current
Football
= Soccer
=
*
FIFA
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**Men's:
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FIFA World Cup
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(2014, returned for 2022)
***
FIFA U-20 World Cup
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(2019 and 2022)
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FIFA U-17 World Cup
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(2019 and 2022)
** Women's
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FIFA Women's World Cup
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(2019)
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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(2020 and 2022)
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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(2020 and 2022)
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UEFA
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:
**Men's
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UEFA Europa League
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(2018-2021)
**Women's
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UEFA Women's Champions League
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...
(selected matches, include final 2018-2021)
*
LFP:
**Men's
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La Liga
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Segunda División
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División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol
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Format
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**Women's
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Liga Iberdrola
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Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
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(selected matches, exclude final)
*
International Champions Cup
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= Futsal
=
* FIFA:
**
FIFA Futsal World Cup
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(2020)
*UEFA:
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UEFA Futsal Champions League
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(final four only)
Beach soccer
* FIFA
**
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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(2019 and 2021)
Other sports(from 2016)
= Combat sports
=
*
ONE Championship
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Mixed martial arts
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UFC
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*
Bellator MMA
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M-1 Challenge
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Kick boxing
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Enfusion
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Boxing
*
Matchroom
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*
Golden Boy
*
Premier Boxing Champions
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= Padel
=
* World Padel Tour
= Hockey
=
Ice
*
NHL
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Field
* FIH
Men's and
Women's
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Hockey Pro League (Spain games only)
= Gridiron football
=
*
NFL
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= Extreme sports
=
*
X Games
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Other programs
Current
* Directo Gol
* El Golazo de Gol
* Los Infiltrados
* Gol Sports
Former
*Gol Noticias
*Planeta Axel
*Informe Gol TV
*Goles Liga BBVA
*Estrellas del Gol
*Premier World
See also
*
Mediapro
Mediaproducción, S.L.U., better known as Mediapro, is a multimedia communications group in Spain founded in April 1994 in Barcelona. The company is well involved in movie and television production.
The company holds branch offices in Madrid, S ...
*
beIN Sports Spain
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gol Television
Defunct television channels in Spain
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015
2008 establishments in Spain
2015 disestablishments in Spain
Spanish-language television stations
Sports television in Spain
Association football on television