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How can I watch Eurosport?

Our digital TV expert says

Hello Aileen, thanks for your email about watching Eurosport (www.eurosport.com). The Eurosport channel shows a variety of sports including football, tennis, alpine skiing, snooker and athletics. These events aren’t generally shown on sports channels such as Sky Sports and ESPN.

Unfortunately Freesat, the subscription-free satellite TV service does not offer Eurosport at the moment. A number of digital TV providers in the UK do offer it however. Below are your options…

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Watch Eurosport on Virgin Media

Customers with a cable TV service from Virgin Media (www.virginmedia.com) can watch both Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2, providing they have the right package, at no extra cost.

The channels are available to Size L and Size XL customers, and customers who subscribe to the Size M+ package, however it is important to note that Virgin Media’s cable TV service is only available to households that switch their landline to Virgin too. To find out whether you live in an area that can receive cable TV, do a postcode search using our online digital TV calculator.

Please see the packages below for more details about what Virgin Media has to offer, and click through to Virgin’s website for current pricing:

Virgin Media TV packages

Company	Package Name	Channels	Broadband	Home Phone
	TV: M+	65 channels including Virgin 1, Sky1, LIVING and many more
	TV: L	100 channels including Virgin 1, Sky1, Comedy Central, Bravo and many more
	TV: XL	160 channels including Virgin 1, Sky1, ESPN, Disney Channel and many more
	TV: L + Broadband: L + Phone: M	100 channels including Virgin 1, Sky1, Comedy Central, Bravo and many more

Watch Eurosport on Sky

If you don’t want to switch to Virgin Media’s cable service, Sky (www.sky.co.uk) also offers the British Eurosport channel in its News and Events “pack”, which is £18 a month.

Sky is the UK’s largest satellite TV provider, offering the widest selection of channels. Sky splits its channels into “packs” depending on the genre of programme. Customers can choose from six packs: Variety, Knowledge, Style and Culture, News and Events, Children’s and Music.

Please see the packages below for more details about what’s on offer from Sky, and click through to Sky’s website for current prices and installation costs:

Sky TV Only

Company	Package Name	Channels	Broadband	Home Phone
	Sky TV 1 Pack	Choose 1 Sky Entertainment 'pack' from a selection of 6
	Sky TV 1 Pack + Sky Sports + ESPN	Live cricket and football coverage
	Sky TV 1 Pack + Sky Movies + Sky Sports	100s of films from comedies to thrillers

Watch Eurosport with TalkTalk TV

TalkTalk TV ( www.talktalk.co.uk/tv ), the recently rebranded Tiscali TV, is the internet TV service (IPTV) from home phone, broadband and television provider TalkTalk. It also offers the Eurosport channel, though TalkTalk TV is only available to existing Tiscali phone and broadband customers who wish to upgrade their service, and to new customers signing up with TalkTalk (existing TalkTalk customers are unable to upgrade their account to include the TV service).

It doesn’t cost anything extra for the channel and monthly subscriptions start from £14.98 a month, plus monthly line rental of £11.49.

Eurosport online

You can also sign-up to watch both British Eurosport channels (1 and 2) online. Simply visit www.eurosport.com and register, choosing which type of subscription you’d like, and you can watch all the sporting action from the ski slopes, ice rinks and football pitches.

A monthly subscription costs £3.99, or you can sign-up for a whole year for the reduced price of £34.99, saving you over £1 a month. It is important to remember though, as with any online streaming service such as the Sky Player or the BBC iPlayer, you will need a connection speed of at least 2Mb. Use our online speed checker if you are uncertain of what speeds you are getting.

I hope this information helps Aileen, and you find a package that’s both affordable and offers Eurosport, so you can watch all your favourite sports.

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