DirecTV_Sports

DSports

DSports

Latin American sports television channel

Not to be confused with DSport or DD Sports.

DSports (formerly known as DirecTV Sports) is a Latin American sports subscription television channel owned by satellite provider Vrio Corp. and operated by Torneos. The network broadcasts and operates its feeds from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, and also broadcasts to parts of Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. As Vrio's own channel, it is not offered by any other paid TV operator, except for its own on demand service DGO which would later expand to Mexico and Brazil through their service.[3][4][5]

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History

DirecTV Sports logo, used from 2009 to 2013.
DirecTV Sports logo, used from 2013 to 2018.
DirecTV Sports logo, used from 2018 to 2022.

It was firstly launched in 2006 simultaneously with the start of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and was launched under the name Mundial Total, with the aim of broadcasting the FIFA World Cup being among the channel's features were the multichannel system, multicamera, and instant replays, all in panoramic format. Shortly afterwards, after airing content such as La Liga, Ligue 1 and some games from the Premier League were added to its schedule, which it would stop broadcasting for a few years, but it would resume exclusivity in 2013. From 2010 to 2011, it continued to show the past FIFA World Cups and in over time, it kept the name Canal 680, until finally being called DirecTV Sports in July 2009, with the channel managing a set of alternative channels that were responsible for broadcasting several sporting rights simultaneously, such as football, tennis and basketball on channels 614, 615, 616, 617 and 618 in HD.

On May 19, 2019, DirecTV Venezuela ceased operations due to US sanctions against pro-Maduro TV channels Globovisión and PDVSA TV in 2019, with the channels requiring mandatory transmission imposed by the telecommunications commission of Venezuela, CONATEL, while the US sanctions simultaneously block the transmission of DirecTV channels in the region.[6]

On August 14, 2020, DirecTV Venezuela was sold to Chilean company Scale Capital S.A. as result the sanctions against pro-Nicolás Maduro TV channels in 2019, DirecTV Sports Venezuela was rebranded to SimpleTV Sports as result of those sanctions.[7][8][9]

On November 14, 2022, before 2022 FIFA World Cup, the channel was rebranded to DSports with new logo and presentation.[10]

Feeds

DSports

DSports 2

DSports+

Localised channels

  • DSports Fight — It was launched on February 18, 2022 to air events related to boxing, wrestling and martial arts.
  • DSports Motor — It was launched on June 5, 2023 to air events related to motorsports.

Sport events

List of events that can be viewed on DSports Networks:

Football

Basketball

Combat sports

Cycling

Motorsports

Padel

Rugby

Tennis

See also

References

  1. [1]
    http://television.com.ar/directv-tendra-la-tranmsision-completa-del-mundial-2018-en-4k/69513
  2. [2]
    DSports (14 November 2022). "¡Ya somos DSports! te presentamos nuestro nuevo branding" [We now are DSports! (in this video) We present our new branding.]. Twitter. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    Latif, Flavio (13 April 2022). "DirecTV Go lança canal esportivo com PFL exclusivo e Série C do Brasileiro" [DirecTV Go launches new sports channel with exclusive rights of PFL and Brazilian Soccer Third Division]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. [4]
    "DirecTV Go terá canal esportivo exclusivo no Brasil". TeleTime (in Portuguese). 13 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    "DirecTV GO confirma novos eventos ao canal DSports e revela conteúdos mais vistos em maio". Tudo Celular (in Portuguese). 13 June 2022.
  6. [6]
    "AT&T Closes DIRECTV Latin America Operations in Venezuela".
  7. [7]
    "Simple TV, el nuevo nombre con el que operará Directv en Venezuela". El Nacional. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. [8]
    "TV Package Tera". Simpletv (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Venezuela vivirá el Mundial Qatar 2022™ por DIRECTV Sports". Inter Company NewsBlog (in Spanish). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Grupo Werthein avanza con su rebranding y convierte a DirecTV Sports en DSports". www.anmtvla.com (in Spanish). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Qatar - Ecuador, partido inaugural del Mundial 2022: a qué hora empieza y cómo ver por televisión e internet". CNN en Español (in Spanish). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  12. [12]
    Rosa, Moisés La (20 July 2023). "Audax Italiano vs. Ñublense En Vivo por Copa Sudamericana: ¿cuándo, dónde y a qué hora ver?". La República (Peru) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  13. [13]
    "DIRECTV lanzó la señal DSports Motor para Latinoamérica". www.prensario.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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