2012 Canal 8 Sport was, from the start on 13 August 2012, available in the Danish cable networks
YouSee and
Stofa and on satellite via
Canal Digital, while negotiations are ongoing with the other Danish operators. incl.
Boxer TV A/S On 17 December 2012 the channel became available in
Viasat's sports package on satellite and on
IPTV Network
Waoo together with
Canal 9 2013 On 20 April 2013 it was announced that the HD version would be launched on Monday 3 June 2013 On 2 September 2003 it was announced that Canal 8 Sport would become available in
Boxer TV A/S's digital terrestrial television network in Denmark on 26 September 2013, together with
C More's other channel
C More Series & the VOD service
C More Play.
2014 Because of
UFC started their own streaming service
UFC Fight Pass could
Canal 9 & Canal 8 Sport not get the extension of their rights to the
UFC PPV and
UFC Fight Night, but they would still be able to show the UFC's TV shows like
UFC Unleashed, UFC Main Event & classics
WEC Events. This was announced on their Facebook page on 4 January 2014. On 1 March 2014 it was announced that
C More &
Canal 9 & Canal 8 Sport in Denmark has made a new deal with
UFC, they get the rights to the
UFC PPV and
UFC Fight Night for 2014 & 2015. This was announced on their Facebook page. On 14 March 2014 it emerged that
TV4 Group and
C More Entertainment, might sell Canal8 Sports and
Canal 9 in Denmark because of the poor economy, according to the newspaper BT, they are currently negotiating with
TV 2 Denmark and
SBS Discovery Media. On 26 June 2014 it was announced that
Canal 9 & Canal 8 Sport had lost one of their strongest football rights, The
Danish Superliga from the 2015–16season, to
Viasat and
SBS Discovery Media. Later on 26 June 2014, it was announced that
Discovery Networks Northern Europe and
C More Entertainment has entered into an agreement that Discovery Networks Northern Europe has the option to purchase Canal 8 Sport and
Canal 9 of
C More Entertainment in 2015. The Agreement is an extension of the
SBS Discovery Media has just signed a six-year agreement for the rights to two weekly matches from The
Danish Superliga. The two matches as SBS Discovery Media bought is the 2nd and 5th match the selection from every round (the matches that Canal 9 has been showing since 2009) and the agreement will take effect from season 2015/16 and will run for six years. And the plan is to continue The
Danish Superliga on Canal 8 Sport and
Canal 9 after summer 2015. The agreement with
C More Entertainment also meant that
Discovery Networks Northern Europe on 1 August 2014 would take over the sale of television advertising on the two channels. On 18 July 2014
Canal 9 & Canal 8 Sport announced on their Facebook page that they had not extended their right to
Eredivisie. On 26 September 2014
Discovery Networks Northern Europe announced that they would use the option and buy Canal 8 Sport and
Canal 9, the purchase must be approved by the Danish competition authorities and the purchase is expected to take in place during 2015.
2015 On 27 May 2015 the Danish competition authorities announced that they have approved
Discovery Networks Northern Europe purchase of Canal 8 Sport &
Canal 9, they take over the channels from 1 July 2015. On 28 May 2015
Discovery Networks Northern Europe announced that they would merge Canal 8 Sport and
Eurosport 2 in to
Eurosport DK in Denmark from 1 July 2015, and take the rights fra the two channel in to one channel and with the best from
Eurosport but now in Danish with more rights targeting Danish viewers, and with 2,400 hours of live sports a year,
Eurosport DK will be the channel with the most live sports hours per year. With sports rights like football from
Danish Superliga,
Bundesliga,
Major League Soccer,
Capital One Cup,
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, Tennis from
ATP Tour,
WTA Tour and 3
Grand Slam, Cycling from
UCI World Tour,
Winter sport,
Motorsports and much more. ==Sports Rights==