SBS Sports

Television channel

SBS Plus
SBS funE
SBS F!L
SBS Golf
SBS Biz
SBS M
Kizmom

HistoryLaunchedJune 1995 (1995-06)Former names

Korea Sports TV (1995-2000)
SBS Sports Channel (2000-2010)
SBS ESPN (2010-2013)

LinksWebsitewww.sbs.co.kr/tv/sportsAvailabilityStreaming mediaSBS PlayWatch live
(Korea region only)

SBS Sports is a South Korean pay television sports channel that broadcasts major sports events including the Olympics, FIFA World Cup and professional sports in Korea such as baseball and volleyball. It also broadcasts the Ligue 1, boxing matches and ISU Figure skating matches.

SBS Sports is currently run by CEO Kim Kee-sung.

History

In 1995, the channel was launched as Korea Sports TV. Five years later, in 2000, it was rebranded as SBS Sports Channel. In 2010, due to a partnership with ESPN, the channel was again rebranded as SBS ESPN. In 2014, the name is reduced to SBS Sports.

Announcers

Park Sang-joon
Jin Dal-rae
Hong Jae-kyung
Jo Min-ho
Yoon Sung-ho
Lee Dong-geun
Lee Jae-hyung
Kim Nam-hee
Jo Jung-shik
Kim Min-ah
Yoo Hee-jong
Kim Se-hee
Jang Yoo-rye
Jung Woo-young
Ahn Hyun-joon
Kim Se-yeon
Yeo Eui-joo

Commentators

Football (SBS TV/RADIO)
- Ligue 1 Uber Eats+Coupe de France(August 2019 - present) - Kim Dong-wan, Park Moon-sung, Jang Ji-hyun, Kee Hwang-jae

Ice skating

Figure skating - Bang Sang-ah
Short track speed skating - Jo Hye-ri

Baseball (SBS TV/RADIO)
- KBO League - Lee Soon-chul, Ahn Kyung-hyun, Lee Jong-yeol, Choi Won-ho, Seo Jae-weong
- High school baseball, University baseball - Lee Kwang-kwon

Ice hockey

Asia League Ice Hockey - Oh Sol-kil
NHL - Samuel H. Kim

Billiard : Oh Sung-kyoo

Bowling : Oh Il-soo

Basketball
- KBL - Park Soo-kyo, Woo Ji-won
- WKBL

Volleyball : Choi Chun-shik, Lee Sang-yeol, Lee Jong-kyung, Chang So-yun, Kim Sa-nee

Mixed martial arts : Kim Ki-tae

Tennis : Yoo Jin-sun

Boxing : Hong Soo-hwan

Jokgu : Jung Chang-ma

Programming

Football

Olympics

Summer Olympic (until 2024)^[6]
Winter Olympic (until 2022)^[6]

Ice skating

Baseball

KBO League
WBSC Premier12 (2019)^[7]

Basketball

Volleyball

V-League (both men and women competition)
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

Notes

^ All Vietnam matches only in 2018 competition (The 2nd-leg final between Vietnam and Malaysia was co-broadcast with SBS and its 9 regional channels); In the 2020 competition, SBS Sports also broadcast all Indonesia matches in addition to Vietnam matches; In the 2022 competition, SBS Sports also broadcast all Malaysia matches in addition to Vietnam and Indonesia matches
^ 6 Vietnam matches only- included the final match, shared with SPOTV
^ 2 Vietnam matches against Malaysia and UAE

References

^ "2018 AFF 스즈키컵". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-21.
^ "2020 AFF 스즈키컵". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^ "2022 AFF 아세안축구선수권대회 중계안내 (12/21~)" ["2022 AFF ASEAN Football Championship Broadcast Guide (12/21~)".]. SBS (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
^ Net, VietNam. "Korean firms to broadcast all of Vietnam's matches at the SEA Games". VietNamNet News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
^ "'박항서호' 베트남, 사상 첫 월드컵 최종예선 눈앞 SBS스포츠 16일 단독 생중계!". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
^ ^a ^b "IOC awards SBS broadcast rights for 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games". International Olympic Committee. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
^ "2019 WBSC Premier12 Information". www.wbsc.org. Retrieved 2022-12-21.