BT Sport and Eurosport will disappear from TV screens as new channel name is revealed
BT SPORT will be renamed as TNT Sports following a merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
WBD also own Eurosport, and under the merger both BT Sport and Eurosport are set to disappear from TV screens.
BT Sport will disappear from TV screens
Together BT Sport and Eurosport will have their live offerings shown on new channel TNT Sports.
WBD acquired BT Sport last May in a deal reportedly worth £633million.
That means Premier League games will be shown under a new channel from next season, as BT Sport’s deal to show Prem games runs until 2025.
TNT Sports will take over BT Sport’s live rights from the summer, which include Champions League games and Premiership Rugby, as well as the Prem.
However, it’s reported Eurosport will not be renamed in the UK until after the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The BT Sport brand was launched in 2013, while Eurosport has been going since 1989.
TNT Sports already broadcast live action in South America and the USA.
Managing director of WBD Sports Europe, Andrew Georgiou, said: “The TNT Sports name is already synonymous with premium live sport in a number of countries around the world and a further sign of the global scale and expertise that Warner Bros Discovery brings to its partnership with BT.”
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