Canal Sport (French TV channel)

Canal Sport
Country	France
Broadcast area	France; Switzerland
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	576i (SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Groupe Canal
Sister channels	Canal Foot; Canal Live; Canal Sport 360
History
Launched	1 November 2003
Replaced	Canal Vert (C Green)(1998-2003)
Links
Website	canalplus.com/sport
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 42

Canal Sport is a French TV channel devoted to sports programming and is part of the "Les Chaînes Canal " themed channels of Canal .

History

Canal Vert launched on 31 August 1998, on satellite and cable as a programme multicast of Canal sports programmes.

As part of the creation of the Canal Bouquet (later, "Les Chaînes Canal " ) the channel changed its name on 1 November 2003 to Canal Sport.

On 20 April 2005, Canal Sport presented to the CSA to obtain a frequency on TNT. The application having been selected, the CSA assigned a frequency on the multiplex R3 pay DTT issued as early as 21 November 2005.

Since 8 June 2010, it has started to broadcast its programmes in high definition (HD).

Logo history

Canal Sport second logo from 2005 to 2006.
Canal Sport third logo from 2006 to 2009.
Canal Sport fourth logo from 2009 to 2013.
Canal Sport fifth logo from 2013 to 2023 and Africa version with fifth logo from 2013 to present.