1999 owned by extreme international owner of the extreme brand amc networks international channel operator audience share uk 0.01 % september 2015 2015 09 barb sister channel s amc cbs action cbs europa cbs drama cbs reality horror channel website extreme.comthe brand availability satellite sky italy channel 218 hd pas 10 12.682 ghz h digiturk turkey channel 83 canaldigitaal netherlands channel 36 dolce romania channel 305 focus sat romania channel akta tv romania channel tv vlaanderen digitaal flanders channel 31 ote tv greece channel 308 bein middle east & north africa channel 116 cable upc romania digital with dvr channel 208 standard digital channel 78 rcs & rds romania channel 49 ziggo netherlands channel 412 mc cable monaco channel upc austria channel 306 upc switzerland channel 172 digital ch d naxoo switzerland channel 234 upc poland channel 571 iptv movistar tv spain channel 102 kpn netherlands channel 204 the extreme sports channel esc is a sports and lifestyle cable satellite and internet tv channel that launched from amsterdam on may 1 1999 . 1 founded by alistair gosling the channel covers extreme sport the lifestyle and sports which include surfing skateboarding snowboarding wakeboarding motocross bmx fmx music art and fashion in over 60 countries and 12 languages . 2 history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message in 1997 alistair gosling an ambassador for extreme sports and founder of the extreme sports tv distribution and production company extreme international took a year looking for investors to back him and the idea before finding upctv the programming arm of europe s largest cable television operator upc . in april 1998 seeking new channels to offer their subscribers upctv s chief operating officer stephen cohen approached ben barret at the mip programming market in cannes france with a proposal for a joint venture between the two companies . gosling then drove the negotiations and with the help from his management team md and shareholder juanjo m rquez 1 legal director adam oliver ; head of sales ben barrett and programming manager andy warkman the brand was launched in may 1999 from amsterdam holland . 3 in 1999 extreme launched its united states operations and charged veteran producer lloyd bryan adams with the task of heading up the north american presence . they launched ex tv a branded block on fox sports net in march 2012 . in 2009 after launching the channel in over sixty countries alistair gosling s company acquired full ownership of the extreme brand and sold its equity stake in the channel business for an undisclosed sum to john malone s liberty global inc. which had by then become owners of upc . 3 followimg the aquasition extreme raised funds from kleinwort benson and soc gen bank and with a passion for sports at its core supports over 100 athletes delivers over 80 events and offers opportunities across sports marketing and event services 4 brand licensing content studios and has over 1.6 b of large scale sports and leisure real estate projects under development . 5 extremes consumer product licensing division works with companies to deliver extreme branded products and services across sports resorts hotels events drinks apparel tech apps & gaming . examples of this are otone a uk based audio brand 6 vimto a leading drinks company 7 and kondor an electronics company for cameras audio and vr products . electronics destinations hotels fashion 8 and drinks 9 have launched in multiple territories . coverage edit esc broadcasts to over 60 countries with 12 different language soundtracks and is generally available on digital cable as well as on many digital satellite packages including upc direct in the czech republic cyfra and cyfrowy polsat in poland kabel deutschland in germany and canal digital in norway and in the middle east north africa and the levant territories broadcasting via satellite . content from the channel is also narrowcast on cabvision installed in london black cabs . the uk version of the channel was free to air from launch in 2001 until summer 2006 when a deal with bskyb meant that it became encrypted . esc s on air broadcast transmissions are handled by chellomedia s playout and post production facility the digital media centre in amsterdam . on 28 september 2011 the channel began broadcasting in widescreen 16 9 format . on 1 february 2012 the high definition version of the channel began broadcasting in italy . 10 the uk version closed down on 31 december 2015 . references edit http www.theguardian.com business 1999 may 30 observerbusiness.theobserver5 http www.surfersvillage.com news http www.sportcal.com news news print.aspx articleid 51481 & title extreme sports channel to launch dedicated feed for polish market http www.fatbmx.com bmx news 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