Brazilian programming block broadcast on TNT and SpaceTelevision channel
TNT Sports is a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Discovery in Brazil responsible for ♠ sports broadcasts on TNT and Space channels in the country.
Esporte Interativo started as a television channel, inaugurated on January 20, ♠ 2007, with the live broadcast of a Premier League match between Chelsea and Liverpool.
From 2015, it became part of Turner ♠ Broadcasting System Latin America.
Turner announced in 2018 the discontinuation of all EI channels in Brazil.
Part of the programming, such as ♠ the exhibition of national and international football championships, started to be shown on the Brazilian versions of TNT and Space ♠ channels.
With the standardization of Turner's sports channels in Latin America, it started to use the TNT Sports brand as of ♠ 2021.
History [ edit ]
Partnership with RedeTV! and Rede Bandeirantes [ edit ]
The plan of the Esporte Interativo channel started in ♠ 2004, when the marketing agency TopSports launch the brand Esporte Interativo and established a partnership with the TV network RedeTV! ♠ to broadcast sports events like English Premier League, UEFA Champions League and NBA.
In September 2004, after fights between TopSports and ♠ RedeTV!, the partnership was broken.
Esporte Interativo took their events to Rede Bandeirantes, in three years of partnership it broadcast events ♠ like UEFA Champions League, La Liga, English Premier League and Lega Calcio.[1]
Own channel and growth [ edit ]
On January 20, ♠ 2007, the Esporte Interativo channel started to broadcast free-to-air on satellite Star One C2, on the frequency 980 MHz vertical, ♠ replacing Amazon Sat.
On June 10, 2010, the Esporte Interativo channel started to broadcast in São Paulo, channel 36 UHF, and ♠ was created the Rede Esporte Interativo, to debut the network an interview with Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ♠ was aired.
[2] In 2011 the network renewed the broadcast rights for the UEFA Champions League,[3] and gained the broadcast rights ♠ for UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Europa League.
[4] To celebrate the 5th birthday of the channel, was opened a new ♠ studio in São Paulo.[5]
In July 2012, Esporte Interativo launched their new SVOD multiplatform product EI Plus in partnership with Log ♠ On, and in October, closed a partnership with Yahoo! Brasil and they launched a new sports website, the Yahoo! Esporte ♠ Interativo.
In 2013 the Turner Broadcasting System acquired 20% of the network, becoming a business partner and occupying 2 of 7 ♠ members in the administration of the network.[6]
In August was announced a new channel of the network, the Esporte Interativo Nordeste, ♠ a regional sports network dedicated for the sports from Brazilian northeast, and the acquisition of six state's championships of the ♠ region.[7]
Full purchase by Turner and third channel [ edit ]
In early 2015, Turner Broadcasting Company, the television arm of Time ♠ Warner, has closed a total purchase of Esporte Interativo, acquiring the part that was owned by Top Sports, Edgar Diniz ♠ marketing agency.[8]
From January 26, 2015, when the contract was signed, Turner started to control the entire channel.
The programmer provides high ♠ investments and a new time in EI, particularly in the technical apparatus.
2015 also saw the debut of a new channel, ♠ EI Max.
Soon after, EI Nordeste was renamed EI Maxx and EI Max became EI Maxx 2.[9]
As of July 1, 2017, ♠ EI Maxx was renamed Esporte Interativo and EI Maxx 2 was renamed Esporte Interativo 2.
As a result, the free-to-air channel ♠ was renamed Esporte Interativo BR.
In addition to the nomenclature change, the three channels also get a new graphic project.[10]
End of ♠ the EI channels, moving to TNT and Space [ edit ]
On August 9, 2018, the channel announced on its Facebook ♠ page the deactivation of all of their TV channels in 40 days and moving all of their sports events to ♠ TNT and Space channels in Brazil, on their social media and on the over-the-top service EI Plus.[11]
TNT Sports (Brasil) [ ♠ edit ]
On January 8, 2021, WarnerMedia, the parent company of Turner, announced the replacement of the Esporte Interativo brand by ♠ TNT Sports, a name that had been used since 2017 by a sports channel of the conglomerate in Argentina, and ♠ which would now serve for pan-regional standardization in Latin America.
[12] The new brand was officially adopted at midnight on January ♠ 17 across all of the group's social media, including EI Plus, which is now renamed Estádio TNT Sports.
On television, the ♠ TNT Sports brand officially debuted during the match between Internazionale x Juventus, valid for the Serie A.[13]
Exhibitions [ edit ]
Competitions ♠ [ edit ]Brazil [ edit ]Chile [ edit ]
International [ edit ]Basketball [ edit ]
NBA (only on YouTube)
Liga Brasileira de ♠ Free Fire
Kick-off Electronic League
Professional wrestling [ edit ]
Programming [ edit ]A Hora do JogoArquibancada TNTChampions AwardsConexão EuropaDe Olho na LigaDe ♠ PlacaDe SolaDe Zero a DezEi Games
Fred e Bechler ExplicamLiga EspetacularLiga Retrô
Live do André Henning
Live do Pedro CertezasMano a Mano
Melhor Futebol ♠ do MundoMelhor da LigaNo EstouroO Último LancePolêmicas VaziasProrrogaçãoRaízes da ChampionsSó pra ter CertezasSlogans [ edit ]
2007–08: Agora, muito mais emoção! ♠ ( Now, much more excitement! )
) 2008, 2010: Aqui a emoção não para! ( The excitement never stops! )
) 2009: ♠ Sem limite para a brazino 777 logo emoção! ( No limit for your excitement! )
) 2009: Rio 2016, O Esporte Interativo apoia ♠ e você? ( Rio 2016, The Esporte Interativo supports, and you? )
) 2010–12: Esporte Interativo, paixão ao alcance de todos! ♠ ( Esporte Interativo, passion within everyone's reach! )
) 2012: Esporte Interativo, 5 anos torcendo junto com você.
( Esporte Interativo, 5 ♠ years cheering along with you.)
) 2013: Esporte Interativo, nordestino de coração! ( Esporte Interativo, from northeast by heart! )
) 2013: ♠ Copa do Nordeste: Esporte Interativo, o nordeste merece.
( Esporte Interativo, the northeast deserves it.)
) 2013–15: Esporte Interativo, emoção que o ♠ Brasil merece.
( Esporte Interativo, the emotion Brasil deserves.)
) 2015–17: Esporte Interativo, aqui é com emoção de verdade.
( Esporte Interativo, here ♠ is with real emotion )
) 2017–18: Esporte Interativo, movido por sonhos.
( Esporte Interativo, moved by dreams )
) 2021–present: TNT Sports, ♠ paixão sem limites (TNT Sports, love without limits)
