Sport TV


Sport TV is a Portuguese sports-oriented premium cable and satellite television network with seven premium channels in Portugal, one sports news channel and one channel in Portuguese-speaking Africa. The first channel, then only known as Sport TV, was launched on 16 September 1998. It is owned by Altice Portugal, NOS, Vodafone Portugal and Global Media Group. It is available in almost all television distribution operators in Portugal as a premium subscription channel.
Sport TV broadcasts mainly association football, basketball, volleyball, futsal, rugby, surf, golf, athletics, wrestling, and American sports, combat sports, auto racing, and tennis. It also features debates, news, and sports reports.
All Primeira Liga matches are exclusively broadcast by Sport TV, with the exception of Benfica home matches, which are broadcast on the club's channel, BTV.

History

Sport TV started broadcasting on 3 September 1998 on TV Cabo's analog service on channel 39 and on channel 1 of the newly-launched digital satellite system. The channel launched as a free preview for interested subscribers, after which, on 15 September, the channel would formally commence its encrypted broadcasts. The channel was the first service to be created after the passing of a new Television Law.
On 16 September 2005, seven years after the opening of the first channel, Sport TV launched a second channel, SportTV 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 did not 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 SportTV 3.
Sport TV shown UEFA Euro 2008 in HD, through ZON TV.
On 22 January 2010 the thematic golf channel SPORT.TV Golfe and its HD simulcast, SPORT.TV Golfe HD were launched.
On 13 August 2010 they launched SPORT.TV Liga Inglesa, an HD channel dedicated to the Premier League, broadcasting 380 games and 400 highlights per season, made by the Premier League.
On 7 January 2011 SPORT.TV1, SPORT.TV2 and SPORT.TV3 started to broadcast in 16:9.
On 13 August 2011 all of the SportTV main channels started to broadcast in HD and it was launched a new channel, SPORT.TV4, that also is available in HD. At the same time, the Sport TV HD channel ended its two-year run.
On 5 June 2013 Sport TV stopped broadcasting in the United States.
On 1 August 2013 SPORT TV launched a new channel, SPORT.TV Live, replacing SPORT.TV4.
On 14 August 2014 SPORT.TV Live was renamed to SPORT.TV4 again. SPORT.TV Golfe was renamed to SPORT.TV5, which is also available in HD.
On 20 October 2023, weeks after the network's 25th anniversary, Sport TV received a major rebrand. Sport TV 7 launched on 1 August 2024, airing minor sports. Sport TV 4 and 6 became the motorsport channels.
The accumulation of seven matches at 6pm on 17 May 2025 forced Sport TV to air a quadruple simulcast of minor matches on Sport TV 4; these four matches being decisive for smaller teams facing promotion or relegation to the second league. Individual carriage of the matches was restricted to the app.

Broadcasting rights

Football

;International competitions
;National competitions

Current channels

Channel numberChannel numberFormatFormatChannel nameLogoContentLaunch
Nos 10Meo 2016:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv+The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		5 August 2016
Nos 20Meo 2116:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv1The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		September 1998
June 2006
January 1, 2009
Nos 21Meo 2216:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv2The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		June 2006
August 2011
Nos 22Meo 2316:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv3The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		June 2008
August 2011
Nos 23Meo 2416:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv4The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		August 2011
August 2014
August 2011
Nos 24Meo 2516:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv5The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		August 2014 and
Nos 25Meo 2616:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv6The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		August 2021 and
Nos 26Meo 2716:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv7The channel launched on 1 August 2024. Football coverage is reduced, unlike as European leagues, England and Italy, as well as their cup and super cup tournaments.
In other sports, its programming stands out in the two major motorsports competitions Formula 1 and MotoGP, in team sports such as basketball, rugby, handball and volleyball, and in individual sports such as tennis, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, swimming and golf. It is also the official broadcaster in Portugal of the four major sporting competitions in the United States the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL the other channels.		1 August 2024 and
Nos 151Meo 11016:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVNBA TV Sport TV has a distribution agreement with NBA TV to distribute the linear NBA TV International channel.Which was renewed in 2022.
Zap 2516:9 SDTV16:9 HDTVsport.tv áfrica HDsport.tv áfrica broadcasts all the matches of the Primeira Liga, with the exception of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's matches at Estádio da Luz, and Liga Portugal 2 and Taça da Liga 2008, August 2011