1 Sports New Frequency on Apstar 7 at 76.5°East

1Sports is an Indian sports channel owned by Lex Sportel Vision Pvt. Ltd.(Times Network) launched after Discovery India took control of their DSport channel. 1Sports broadcasts live sporting action from around the world, including high-profile content as I-League.On 6 February 2017 Discovery Communications (DC) launched the DSport channel to broadcast different kind of sporting actions in Indian subcontinent. During the launch former MD of ESPN Star and former CEO of Dish TV RC Venkateish had joined the channel to work as content provider (acquisition) for the channel. Since then Venkateish (owner of Lex Sportel) acquired sporting rights of multiple events which were broadcast on DSport, until November 2019.

In January 2020 Discovery applied a name change of their sports channel to Eurosport, which was challenged by Lex Sportel as the one who made the uplinking license deal of the channel. Delhi High Court went in favor of Discovery and as a result Lex Sportel went out of the deal. Then Lex Sportel started showing ads about the launch of their new channel and a scroll text on DSport channel that contents of the channel belongs to Lex Sportel’s server based in Hong Kong until 24 January when Discovery took full control of the channel. Though this was scheduled to take effect on 14 February, Discovery took control of the channel three weeks before the original date, but the court dismissed the matter.

Finally, on 28 January Lex Sportel launched their own channel 1Sports. Lex Sportel has acquired some premium sports events from around the world and provides over 4,000 hours of live content every year. They have broadcasting license of Afghanistan Premier League and Everest Premier League. 1Sports airs Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, A-League Men and UAE Pro League, among others. The channel also broadcasts Pro-Wrestling (Ring of Honor, WOS Wrestling and WIN: Dangal Ke Soorma), MMA (Bellator and Cage Warriors), Golf (The Open, The Masters, European Tour, LPGA and Ryder Cup), Tennis (Laver Cup) and Motor Sports (Dakar Rally and Monster Jam).

1 Sports on Apstar 7 at 76.5°E New Frequency