The Slovak public broadcaster RTVS will launch a new sports channel on December 20.
In a statement, it says that RTVS Sport HD will be on air for 24 hours daily and offer viewers live broadcasts and dynamic sports news, as well as archival materials and magazines about a healthy lifestyle. RTVS adds that it will be available to view as early as December 16 ahead of its full launch at exactly 5pm four days later.
RTVS Sport HD will be broadcast in terrestrial DVB-T networks in both HEVC and MPEG-4 compression formats. It will also be offered by Skylink as a DTH service from the Astra 23.5 degrees East orbital position and by cable and IPTV operators in their basic packages.