Match! Arena

Not to be confused with Match! Game (Russian TV channel).

Match! Arena (Russian: Матч! Арена), formerly Sport-1 (Russian: Спорт-1) until January 25, 2016, is a Russian pay sport television channel that broadcasts in SD & HDTV 16:9 format.

Match! Arena
Матч! Арена

Country	Russia
Network	Gazprom-Media
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Programming
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9
Ownership
Owner	Gazprom-Media
Sister channels	Russia-1, Russia-2, Bibigon, Russia-K, Russia-24, Sport, RTR-Planeta
History
Launched	10 August 2010; 10 years ago (as Sport-1), 25 January 2016; 4 years ago (as Match! Arena)
Links
Website	http://sportodin.ru/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	-

It was launched on August 10, 2010 by the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company under the name Sport-1 (Russian: Спорт-1). In October 2015, Sport-1 was acquired by Gazprom-Media and subsequently re-branded as Match! Arena.

Broadcast

• Football:
  • FIFA: 2014 FIFA World Cup (qualifiers matches), FIFA Confederations Cup.
  • European national tournaments: Ligue 1, FA Cup, DFB-Pokal.
  • UEFA: UEFA Europa League (qualification rounds, matches with the participation of Russian clubs).
  • Conmebol: Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana.
• Hockey: KHL (The Finals), IIHF World Championships
• Autosport: Formula 1 (including all practices), Porsche Supercup, Formula Renault, DTM, IndyCar
• Biathlon: World Cup, World Championships
• Boxing: professional boxing
• Olympics: 2014 Winter Olympics

External links

• Sport-1 website (in Russian)