[1] The channel launched on 1 July 2013, as KAZsport and is based in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The channel also broadcasts news, own productions and sports documentaries in their programme schedule.
In 2012, the then President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in his article "Қазақстанның әлеуметтік жаңғыртылуы: Жалпыға ортақ Еңбек қоғамына қарай 20 қадам (Social modernization of Kazakhstan: 20 steps towards a universal labour society)" tasked the Agency for Sports and Physical Education and the Ministry of Culture and information to jointly open a specialized sports channel.
In a short period of time, relevant work was done, and on July 1 2013, the new tv channel "KAZSport" began broadcasting.
The opening ceremony for the new channel was held at Kazmedia Center in Astana.