Sports enthusiasts in Russia were forced to connect paid television packages in order to enjoy the broadcasts. Recently, such a need has disappeared: the state sports channel has opened. How will he entertain the viewer? How to set up the Match TV channel?
What kind of channel?
State policy is aimed at supporting sports, which is why the President of Russia in 2015 raised the question of creating a special sports channel that will be accessible to all segments of the population and will actively cover and promote a healthy and sporty lifestyle.
The federal sports channel, which replaced the broadcast of the Rossiya television channel - Match TV.
The main founder is National Sports TV Channel LLC, and the team received its placement from the sports administration of Gazprom-Media Holding JSC.
The leadership of the sports channel passed into the hands of Dmitry Granov, the famous TV presenter Tina Kandelaki, as well as creative and program directors Natalya Bilan and Natalya Korotkova.
Kandelaki’s candidacy aroused many questions, some presenters even refused to work under this principle, but time has shown that Tina is doing her job successfully: she found a common language with her team, which is actively promoting the main Russian sports channel.
The main broadcasts of Match TV
The purpose of the news channel is to cover and analyze the main sports news around the world. This is what the All for the Match program does.
The project “Who wants to become a legionnaire?” is engaged in the search for talented football players.
The Match TV program Continental Evening will introduce you to all the wisdom of Russian hockey.
The Ten will talk about significant events in the history of sports that you want to review hundreds of times.
“Children's Question” is a good show about what interests children in sports.
The Big Money Money program will reveal the secrets of financial movements on the world sports arena.
In total, Match TV has more than 30 projects of various sports focuses.
How to set up the Match TV channel?
Since the television channel is federal, it does not need special TV settings. Like others (Channel 1, NTV, Russia), Match TV can be turned on by pressing a single button on the remote control.
Since November 2015, it has occupied the frequency of “Russia-2” - 119 S3. Even old TVs will automatically switch to the desired channel, so if you have problems finding the TV channel on the device, it is better to invite a specialist, perhaps the reason lies in the malfunction of the search for available TV frequencies.
Match TV channel: how to set up parallel broadcasts?
As part of the channel’s work, there are other special broadcasts that are available only when connecting paid satellite packages of TV channels.
- "Match! Fighter ”- broadcasts fights within the framework of fights in mixed martial arts, boxing, arm wrestling, judo and other main fighting disciplines.
- "Match! Our Sport ”- the TV channel broadcast reports on competitions of the Russian level. The latest news, reviews of achievements and legendary broadcasts of the past years are presented by “Match! Our sport. "
- "Match! Arena ”- specializes in international competitions. Non-stop broadcasting of the most significant events in sports, eminent athletes and their coaches, updates in world records - this is what the TV channel says.
- "Match! Game ”- broadcasts only the most spectacular sports: football, hockey, basketball, volleyball, handball, curling and many others. Fans of the thrill of a well-coordinated game and strategy should look at the “Match! The game".
In order to connect to the channel, you need to purchase a satellite dish and, during installation, ask a specialist to connect a package that includes this channel.
If you have pay-TV, you need to call support. You will be advised on the options under which the match channel is located.
All Russian fans have the opportunity to participate in world sports. After reading our article, users will figure out how to set up the Match TV channel, and it can be said that access to world sports in Russia will increase hundreds of times.