Teleclub Zoom also brings exclusive sports content to free TV

A new era is dawning for the sports-loving Swiss TV audience from July 2017: The pay-TV provider with the most comprehensive sports offering in Switzerland is expanding its range and making exclusive content available on free-to-air TV. The diverse program lets viewers experience national and international sports highlights up close and personal, and does so not only via TV distribution but also via smartphone, computer and tablet.

"The launch of Teleclub Zoom is a strategically important step for us and a long-held wish," explains Wilfried Heinzelmann, CEO of Teleclub and CT Cinetrade. "With Teleclub Zoom, we want to make the high level of sports expertise that Teleclub has available to TV audiences without restriction and bring them closer to current sports events."

Thanks to its many years of editorial experience and its broad sports rights portfolio, Teleclub can draw on a wealth of resources for the programming of Teleclub Zoom. Viewers can expect high-quality live broadcasts, exclusive talk and magazine shows, as well as reports and background stories on national and international sporting events with the following program focuses:

Swiss football

Teleclub Zoom offers fans of the Raiffeisen Super League comprehensive fringe coverage with talks, analyses, magazine shows and highlights of all matches. In addition, the top matches of the Brack.ch Challenge League will be shown live. With Teleclub Zoom, viewers experience the stars of the scene up close and get first-hand information about current football events in Switzerland.

International football leagues

International soccer is also in focus: Live matches from international leagues form a fixed part of the program. In addition, highlight magazines and "Behind the Scenes" reports provide broad coverage of Europe's top leagues.

Ice hockey

Alongside King Football, ice hockey also plays a central role: With magazine and talk formats on national and international events on the ice, as well as selected live games, the ice hockey-loving public gets its money's worth.

Other sports

The programming focus on soccer and ice hockey is supplemented by magazines and highlight formats from various other sports, such as tennis, golf, skiing and freestyle, as well as by sports and entertainment programs.

Coverage will also be expanded in French-speaking Switzerland, and additional content will be made available on free TV. The existing sports channel Sports Flash is focusing on even more comprehensive coverage of Swiss soccer.

"Teleclub offers exceptionally broad sports coverage of various national and international competitions via subscription, with over 5,000 live events," explains Claudia Lässer, Head of Programming and member of the Teleclub Management Board. "We want to bring our sports content to an even wider audience in German-speaking Switzerland by launching the free-TV channel Teleclub Zoom. In French-speaking Switzerland, we are pursuing the same objective with the expansion of the existing free TV channel Sports Flash, thus creating added value for French-speaking viewers."