TNT Sports (United Kingdom)

TNT Sports
CountryUnited Kingdom, Ireland
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
HeadquartersChiswick Park, London
Programming
Picture format2160p UHDTV
1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner
Sister channelsEurosport 1
Eurosport 2
TNT Sports 1
TNT Sports 2
TNT Sports 3
TNT Sports 4
TNT Sports Box Office
History
Launched1 August 2013
Former namesBT Sport (2013–2023)
Links
Websitetntsports.co.uk
Availability
Streaming media
BT PlayerWatch live (1, UK only)
Watch live (2, UK only)
Watch live (3, UK only)
Watch live (4, UK only)
Virgin TV GoWatch live
Now TVWatch live (Ireland only)

TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been based at Here East, the former International Broadcast Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London until July 2023.[1] The channels are available on the EE TV, Sky and Virgin Media television platforms in the UK and Sky and Vodafone TV in the Republic of Ireland.

The networks were established in 2013 after BT Group's acquisition of rights to the Premier League. BT also acquired the operations of previous rightsholder ESPN prior to launch, integrating them with BT Sport. In 2022, BT Group announced an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to form a joint venture that would eventually merge BT Sport with its local Eurosport business. The transaction was approved in July 2022 and on 18 July 2023 BT Sport rebranded as TNT Sports, with Eurosport UK to be folded into the brand no later than early-2026.[2][3]

  1. ^ "BT Sport to make iCity and the Olympic Broadcast Centre its production home" (Press release). BT Group. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. ^ Goldbart, Max (21 February 2023). "Warner Bros. Discovery & BT Group's UK Sports Streaming JV To Launch As TNT Sports". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ Sweeney, Mark (21 February 2023). "Eurosport and BT Sport will disappear after TNT rebrand". The Guardian. London.

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