Sport TV is the brand name for a group of two Portuguese sports-oriented television channels. Sport TV is the dominant subscription television sports brand in Portugal. The first channel, then known as only Sport TV, was launched on 16 September 1998 and is produced by PT Conteúdos, a company within Portugal Telecom. It is available in almost television distribution operators in Portugal as a premium subscription channel, except TVTEL. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Portugal Telecom (Euronext: PTC, NYSE: PT) is the biggest telecommunications operator in Portugal. ... TVTEL (TVTEL Comunicações, S.A.) is a Portuguese digital satellite and cable pay television service provider. ...

Sport TV transmits most of the existing sports, mainly football (soccer), Formula 1, basketball, volleyball, rugby, and tennis. It also features debates, news and sports reports. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... This article is about the sport. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

The most important Portuguese Liga games are broadcasted exclusively by Sport TV. The Portuguese Liga (pron. ...

Seven years after the opening of the first channel, on 16 September 2005 the channel Sport TV2 opened. It will regularly broadcast alternative sports such as mountaineering, cycling and radical sports. The channel is available through TV Cabo Portugal and Cabovisão. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Police officer on a bicycle Cycling is a means of transport, a form of recreation, and a sport. ... CATVP - TV Cabo Portugal, SA is the leader in the Portuguese pay-TV market and one of the most important cable operators in Europe. ...

Controversies

Sport TV is widely regarded as unpopular and anticompetitive, since it is the only group of channels in Portugal who has the rights to broadcast the BWINLIGA matches, as well as other international competitions. Actually, Portugal is the only country in Europe where the Formula 1 is broadcast on a premium channel, in this case, Sport TV. The Portuguese Liga (pron. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...

On September 2007, Sport TV sent a cease-and-desist to a portuguese live tv streaming website [1], because the latter was providing links to streams of Champions League matches that only Sport TV had the rights to broadcast. This has caused great public concern of the monopoly abuse status of the Sport TV channels. September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ... Cease and desist (also called C & D) is a legal term essentially meaning halt or end. It is used in demands for a person or organization to permanently stop doing something (to cease and desist from doing it). ... Champions League may refers to: UEFA Champions League - A major football (soccer) tournament contested by European teams. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with antitrust. ...

External links

• Official site