eSportsONE now available on Canal+ in Ethiopia

New esports channel eSportsONE is now available on the Canal+ pay-TV platform in Ethiopia as part of a distribution co-operation between Sport1 and Canal+ Group. eSportsONE, channel 81, is available as part of the Desta package.

Since its launch by Germany’s Sport1 in November 2020, the channel, which focuses mainly on distribution in the European region, has gone on-air in Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and, since February of this year, also in Norway and Sweden.

The 24/7 programming of eSportsONE comprises over 1,000 live hours per year of top-class international esports events as well as exclusive, self-produced analysis formats.

Central content partners of Sport1 are ESL, NBA 2K League, Psyonix and Activision Blizzard along with the esports titles Dota 2, Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3, NBA 2K, Rocket League, Overwatch, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft.

In addition to the distribution channel via Canal+ in Ethiopia, eSPORTS1 is currently offered in Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Slovakia via M7’s pay-TV platforms – TV Vlaanderen, CanalDigitaal and Skylink – and in Norway and Sweden via Telenor.