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Orange to close sports channels

April 29, 2021 07.31 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Orange Slovakia will close its proprietary sports channels Orange Sport and Orange Sport 2-4 on June 30.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Orange Slovakia, Orange Sport, Slovakia Edited: 30 April 2021 12:59

Orange teams up with Appear TV, closes channel

October 24, 2016 04.56 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Orange Slovakia has installed Appear TV’s XC500 platform OTT headend system into its facility.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Appear TV, Orange Polska, Orange Slovakia, Orange Sport, Poland, Slovakia Edited: 24 October 2016 07:44

Orange sells sports channel

September 16, 2014 08.00 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Orange Polska has sold its proprietary channel Orange Sport to RMVC for an undisclosed fee.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Orange Sport, Poland Edited: 16 September 2014 08:00

Orange confirms sport transition plan

May 14, 2012 10.46 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Orange has given further details of the closure of its Orange Sport channel, safeguarding jobs, and offering an alternative for subscribers.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Orange Sport Edited: 15 May 2012 09:15

Orange Sport to shut June 30

May 11, 2012 11.16 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Orange is to close its sports network as of June 30 with its 400,000 subscribers being migrated to the Al Jazeera sports channels in the French market.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Orange Sport Edited: 11 May 2012 11:47

Al Jazeera in Orange Sport talks

June 22, 2011 10.09 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Al Jazeera is in talks to take part in the Orange Sport channels, according to French newspaper reports. Al Jazeera is also a surprise bidder for broadcast rights to France’s […]

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Al Jazeera, Orange Sport Edited: 23 June 2011 07:35

Orange Sport faces the axe in 2012

November 9, 2010 09.09 Europe/London By Robert Briel

If France Telecom, the owner of the premium Orange Sport channel, is not able to find a buyer for the channel, then it will cease operations in 2012, according to […]

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: France Telecom, Orange Sport Edited: 9 November 2010 10:28

Orange Sport in talks with ESPN

September 30, 2010 10.03 Europe/London By Julian Clover

ESPN is reportedly in discussions with France Telecom to purchase the Orange Sport network. Details of the transaction, reported by Le Point, have yet to be finalized, but there are […]

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: ESPN, Orange Sport Edited: 11 January 2011 08:17

Orange Sport abandons live football

September 6, 2010 08.20 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Orange will no longer bid for the live football rights of the French Ligue 1, according to local reports. The decision could jeopardise the financing of the French professional football […]

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Canal+, Orange Sport Edited: 6 September 2010 08:45

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