Win Sports
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| Type | Subscription television |
|---|---|
| Country |  Colombia |
| Broadcast area | Colombia |
| Transmitters | Canal RCN Torneos |
| Affiliates | Win+ Fútbol DSports DSports 2 DSports+ |
| Headquarters | Calle 11 # 65-51, Salazar Gómez, Puente Aranda, Bogotá |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i for the channel's standard definition signal) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Torneos (50%) Canal RCN (50%) |
| History | |
| Launched | November 29, 2012 |
| Founder | Canal RCN and DirecTV |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Win Sports is a Colombian subscription television sports channel focused on broadcasting football from that country. The major shareholders are Torneos and Canal RCN; the Dimayor is one of its minority partners.[1]
History
[edit]It began test operations on August 1, 2012, and officially launched on November 28 of the same year.
In February 2013, the channel launched an alternate signal called Win Sports 2, which has a multicamera system, similar to that used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The channel is only available in the event that 2 sporting events are broadcast simultaneously.[2]
At the end of March 2014, it launched Win Sports Online, its own paid online platform, which requires a subscription to watch the channel's signal over the internet at the international level.[3]
Since August 5, 2015, Win Sports reached an agreement with several television distributors to increase viewership to more than 6 million households.[4]
In September 2019, following Radamel Falcao García's arrival to Galatasaray, the channel announced that it had acquired broadcast rights to the Turkish Süper Lig.[5][6] In meetings with representatives of the Dimayor, it was agreed that Win Sports would launch a premium channel called Win Sports+ (read "plus") that would go on air in 2020, in which only live football matches would be broadcast at a cost of COP$ 30 thousand per month. Win Sports+ would broadcast 10 first division matches per matchday, 3 second division matches per matchday, 4 Copa Colombia matches per matchday, two Liga Femenina matches per matchday, the Colombian Superliga (starting in 2020), 4 Turkish league matches, 5 Bundesliga matches and all Difútbol matches. The channel will not broadcast advertising and the matches that would not be broadcast live there will be broadcast on the basic and alternate signals.[7] However, with the launch of Win Sports+, Colombian League matches will stop being broadcast on open television. The channel will have original productions, such as the programs Win+ noticias, Primer Toque, Linea de 4 and Mucho + fútbol.
In mid-September 2020, Win Sports announced that it won a battle against television piracy, when the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Council of Judicature of Bogotá ratified and confirmed the conviction against TV Pau and/or Fibranet, an organization that distributed the Win Sports signal without the channel's authorization.[8]
Programming
[edit]Its programming is sports-oriented and consists of sports news information such as: Win Noticias, live sports programs and sports broadcasts of the Liga Dimayor, the Torneo Dimayor, the Copa Colombia, the Superliga Colombiana, the Dimayor Women's League, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the Futsal League, the Basketball League, the TC2000 Colombia Automobile Race and other events broadcast live.[9][10]
The channel's programming consists of news reporting, live programs and broadcasts of the Colombian football Categoría Primera A, Categoría Primera B, Copa Colombia and some Colombia national team matches, as well as Davis Cup.[11]
In September 2020, Win Sports broadcast the German Bundesliga. Not only that, Win Sports also broadcast the Super Cup as the part of DFL broadcasting rights package contract [12]
Presidents
[edit]- Mauricio Correa Peña (2012-2019)
- Jaime Parada Rojas (2019-2023)
- Andrea Guerrero Quintero (2023-)[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Semana (2015-03-05). ""Win Sports no está a la venta"" [“Win Sports is not on sale”]. Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish).
- ↑ "WIN SPORTS ahora 'En Vivo' por Internet, llegó www.winsportsonline.com" [WIN SPORTS now ‘Online’ on Internet, www.winsportsonline.com]. Win Sports (in Spanish). March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014.
- ↑ Espectador, El (2014-03-21). "Win Sports ahora se puede ver online" [Win Sports is now available to watch online]. El Espectador (in Spanish).
- ↑ Sports, Win. "¡Zapatazo y atajadón! Banguera le ganó el duelo a Junior Hernández" [A powerful shot and a spectacular save! Banguera came out on top against Junior Hernández]. Win Sports (in Spanish).
- ↑ Bertran, Agustin (23 September 2019). "Win Sports to exclusively broadcast Radamel Falcao's football matches in the Turkish League". Nextv News. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ↑ "Win Sports to follow Falcao's Süper Lig campaign". SportBusiness. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ↑ "Más detalles del canal premium de Win Sports y Dimayor que funcionará desde 2020" [More details on the Win Sports and Dimayor premium channel, which will launch in 2020]. Publimetro Colombia (in Spanish). 2026-06-29.
- ↑ "Win Sports ganó batalla contra la piratería de televisión - Comunidad OLA... ¡Estamos Conectados Contigo!". Comunidad OLA... ¡Estamos Conectados Contigo! (in Spanish). 2020-09-17.
- ↑ "Está al aire Win Sports, primer canal deportivo de Colombia" [Win Sports, Colombia's first sports channel, is now on the air]. El Espectador (in Spanish). 2012-11-29. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01.
- ↑ "Win Sports, el nuevo canal deportivo en Colombia" [Win Sports, the new sports channel in Colombia]. futbolred.com (in Spanish). 2012-11-29.
- ↑ "El deporte colombiano estrena canal de Tv con lanzamiento de Win Sports". Radio Santa Fe. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ "Win Sports | El canal oficial de la Liga y todo el Fútbol Profesional Colombiano". www.winsports.co. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ↑ Deportes, Redaccion (2024-06-13). "Andrea Guerrero se convierte en la nueva presidenta de Win Sports: la periodista toma el relevo de Juan Carlos Peña" [Andrea Guerrero Becomes the New President of Win Sports: The Journalist Takes Over from Juan Carlos Peña]. El Tiempo (in Spanish).