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Sport TV is a Portuguese sports-oriented premium cable and satellite television network with 5 premium channels in Portugal and 2 channels in Portuguese-speaking Africa. The first channel, then known as only Sport TV, was launched on 16 September 1998. It is owned by NOS and Global Media Group (and originally had the participation of Radiotelevisão Portuguesa). It is available in almost all television distribution operators in Portugal as a premium subscription channel. Sport TV broadcasts mainly association football, Formula One, basketball, volleyball, rugby, surf, golf, athletics, wrestling and American sports, combat sports, auto racing and tennis. It also features debates, news and sports reports. The most important Primeira Liga games are shown exclusively on Sport TV, with the exception of Benfica home games which are broadcast by Benfica TV. ==History== On 16 September 2005, seven years after the opening of the first channel, Sport TV launched a second channel, Sport TV 2. It regularly broadcasts alternative sports such as mountaineering, cycling and radical sports. The channel was available only through ZON TV Funtastic Life package, but the model didn't work. They relaunched the channel as a premium channel, also available on Cabovisão and Portugal Telecom's MEO. This was followed in June 2008 by Sport TV 3. Sport TV shown UEFA Euro 2008 in HD, through ZON TV. On January 22, 2010, the thematic golf channel Sport TV Golfe and its HD simulcast, SportTV Golfe HD were launched. On August 13, 2010, they launched Sport TV Liga Inglesa, a HD channel dedicated to the Premier League, broadcasting 380 games and 400 highlights per season, made by the Premier League (also broadcasting on other countries). On January 7, 2011, Sport TV 1, Sport TV 2 and Sport TV 3 started to broadcast in 16:9. On August 13, 2011, all of the Sport TV main channels started to broadcast in HD and it was launched a new channel, Sport TV 4, that also is available in HD. At the same time, the SportTV HD channel ended its two-year run. On June 5, 2013, Sport TV stopped broadcasting in the United States. On August 1, 2013, Sport TV launched a new channel, Sport TV Live, replacing Sport TV 4. On August 14, 2014, Sport TV Live was renamed to Sport TV 4 again (there's also Sport TV 4 HD). Sport TV Golfe was renamed to Sport TV 5, which is also available in HD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sport TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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