[1] It is a sister channel of CBC, competing with state-owned Idman Azerbaijan TV.

[2] Plans to launch a dedicated sports channel came after CBC won the rights to broadcast the Azerbaijan Premier League in early August 2015.

[1] Later on 8 September, the National Television and Radio Council granted CBC Sport a license through a non-competition special consent, allowing the channel to broadcast nationally over the air for six years.

[6][7] CBC Sport commenced experimental broadcasts on 1 October 2015 in the high-definition format,[8] being the first television channel in Azerbaijan to do so.

[1][6] It later began broadcasting using the Azerspace-1 satellite after an agreement was signed between the channel and Azercosmos.