It will combine live sport, new magazine-style programmes and the very latest sports news.
The new channel will be complementary to British Eurosport and provide viewers with more live action from around the world including motorsports, tennis, winter sports, soccer and extreme sports among others.
Alongside the live action British Eurosport 2 will feature breaking sports news, interviews, informative magazine-style programmes and live results 24-hours a day.
Initially Eurosport 2 will be available in four languages (English, Polish, Turkish and Greek) in 13 million households across 35 European countries.
In the UK British Eurosport 2 will be available on Sky Channel 411, ntl Channel 811 and Telewest Channel 525.
