SCN Sportcanal
| Country | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NexTV (TVTEL/ZON Multimédia) |
| Sister channels | Regiões TV mvm |
| History | |
| Launched | 27 November 2008 |
| Closed | 27 November 2008 |
SCN Sportcanal was a Portuguese sports television channel operated by NexTV. The channel made a single experimental broadcast on 27 November 2008 with the broadcast of the UEFA Cup match between S.L. Benfica and Olympiacos F.C.; after that, it planned a full launch, but that was never achieved.
History
The SCN brand was first used by TVTEL/NexTV on 6 March 2008, as a website dedicated to minor sports (other than football), employing 26 people. One of its goals was to produce basketball and volleyball telecasts that would be available exclusively on its website. It was also in charge of the sports programming on Região Norte TV.[1] By 24 June, SCN was gearing up to a full sports channel on the TVTEL platform's basic package.[2] With the approval of the ZON-TVTEL merger that day, ZON (which added MVM in May) was obliged to include four channels: three produced by TVTEL/NexTV (RNTV, SCN and Música Brasil) and the French-based CLP TV.[3]
On 5 November 2008, ZON announced that it would broadcast the match between Olympiacos and Benfica at 19:45 of 27 November on its platform,[4] as well as on TVTEL, using SCN as its partner. According to a ZON spokesperson, the match alone received "huge interest among the subscriber base".[5] S.L. Benfica, TVI and Cabovisão all condemned the decision, with S.L. Benfica considering the broadcast illegal; this prompted Portuguese media regulator ERC to answer the complaints on 25 November[6] and ruled the following day that the broadcast was legal.[7]
In some areas, the match aired without the commentators.[8] Its sole experimental broadcast won the cable ratings that evening, with 1,966,000 viewers tuning in. SCN director Tiago Almeida promised more experimental broadcasts and expected to start a regular service soon.[9]
References
- ↑ "Uma plataforma na internet para os "outros" desportos". Público (in European Portuguese). 6 March 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Parecer sobre o Projecto de Operação de Concentração entre a CATVP – TV CABO PORTUGAL S.A. e a TVTEL, COMUNICAÇÔES S.A." ERC (in European Portuguese). 24 June 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "TV Cabo terá de oferecer conteúdos iguais ou semelhantes a quatro canais exclusivos da TVTEL". Público (in European Portuguese). 24 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "ZON TV Cabo transmite Olympiacos-Benfica". Record (in Portuguese). 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Zon TV Cabo estreia canal com Olympiacos-Benfica". Record (in Portuguese). 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Benfica TV gastou 3 milhões de euros". Record (in Portuguese). 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "ERC diz que transmissão do jogo do Benfica no canal SCN "é legal"". Expresso (in Portuguese). 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Encarnados não vão reabrir negociações com a Zon". Record (in Portuguese). 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "SCN ganha aos melhores do cabo". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 29 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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