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48 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1976</span>)</span><br />(New York Tri-State area; as Cablevision Sports 3)<br />March 1, 1979<span class="noprint">; 45 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1979-03-01</span>)</span><br />(launch of SportsChannel brand)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1998<span class="noprint">; 26 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">January 1998</span>)</span><br />(most)<br />March 2000<span class="noprint">; 24 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">March 2000</span>)</span><br />(Florida)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Fox Sports Networks">Fox Sports Networks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet">Comcast SportsNet</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>SportsChannel</b> is the collective name for a former group of <a href="/wiki/Regional_sports_network" title="Regional sports network">regional sports networks</a> in the United States that was owned by <a href="/wiki/Cablevision" title="Cablevision">Cablevision</a>, which from 1988 until the group's demise, operated it as a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> with <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>. </p><p>Operating from March 1, 1979, to January 27, 1998, it was the country's first regional sports network, and along with <a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime Network</a>, was an important ancestor to many of the regional sports outlets in the U.S., particularly <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Fox Sports Networks">Fox Sports Networks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet">Comcast SportsNet</a>. At its peak, SportsChannel operated nine networks serving several of the nation's largest cities including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SportsChannel's origins date back to 1976, when Cablevision launched <b>Cablevision Sports 3</b> (the "3" referencing its original channel slot on the provider), a sports network carried on the company's <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York City area</a> system. The network originated the SportsChannel brand on March 1, 1979, when it changed its name to <b>SportsChannel New York</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network carried games from several New York area sports teams including the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> franchises and the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>. One of the notable accomplishments from the channel's early days was inking one of the earliest cable deals with a pro sports team when they signed a contract to broadcast games on cable for the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> in 1978 while still known as Sports 3. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg/175px-Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg/263px-Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg/350px-Early_1980%27s_thru_mid_90%27s_now_defunct_Sports_Channel_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1107" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>SportsChannel logo, used from 1979 to 1995.</figcaption></figure> <p>The network expanded to other regions with the launches and purchases of additional networks throughout the 1980s; the first expansion occurred when Cablevision signed a deal to televise the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this new network would be short-lived as the White Sox launched <a href="/wiki/FSN_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="FSN Chicago">SportsVision</a> the following season. Cablevision's subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow Media">Rainbow Media</a>'s purchased <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>-based <a href="/wiki/PRISM_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="PRISM (TV network)">PRISM</a> New England in 1983, relaunching the network as <a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet_New_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet New England">SportsChannel New England</a>. Shortly after, Cablevision formed a partnership with <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a> which gave the Post a 50% interest in SportsChannel.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the year, the Rainbow/Washington Post partnership purchased <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>-based <a href="/wiki/PRISM_(TV_channel)" title="PRISM (TV channel)">PRISM</a> and SportsVision, affiliating them with SportsChannel (although the SportsChannel Chicago brand would not reappear until 1989).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The White Sox returned to Cablevison, now with the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>. In 1984, <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> entered the partnership in a deal that gave each of the three companies a one-third interest in three of the four networks and a one-sixth interest in SportsChannel New England (the other 50% was owned by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Celtics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Whalers" class="mw-redirect" title="New England Whalers">Whalers</a>). The same deal would also give CBS a 50% interest in Rainbow's other networks, then-premium services <a href="/wiki/Bravo_(American_TV_network)" title="Bravo (American TV network)">Bravo</a> and <a href="/wiki/AMC_(TV_channel)" title="AMC (TV channel)">American Movie Classics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The partnership with the Washington Post and CBS would end in 1987 when both companies sold their shares back to Cablevision, citing delays in the deployment of cable television service in New York and other cities as the reason for exiting the partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, in 1987 <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Florida">SportsChannel Florida</a> was launched, initially with programming from local college teams and out-of-market <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> games that SportsChannel already had rights to through its other networks. While the Florida network got off to a slow start, this proved to be a great move as it gained rights to several <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion teams</a> in the years that followed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_NHL_and_partnership_with_NBC">The NHL and partnership with NBC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The NHL and partnership with NBC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, SportsChannel would make its largest television deal, gaining national television rights for the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> from <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>. The three-year $51 million agreement also included rights to <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">playoff</a> games.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A national network <b>SportsChannel America</b> (also the new name for the group of networks) was also launched on October 6, 1988, to make the games available to cable subscribers in areas without a SportsChannel affiliate.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>-based <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Sports Washington">Home Team Sports</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports North">Midwest Sports Channel</a> (independently owned and operated despite the similar sounding name) would also sign-up as affiliates. Later that year, Cablevision would also gain a new partner. In December 1988, NBC and Cablevision announced that they would form a joint venture to operate their respective cable networks, including SportsChannel.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through this partnership, SportsChannel launched five additional networks in the <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">Bay Area</a>, <a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Cincinnati" title="SportsChannel Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Ohio">Cleveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Philadelphia" title="SportsChannel Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Los_Angeles" title="SportsChannel Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. The partnership also produced the <a href="/wiki/Olympics_Triplecast" title="Olympics Triplecast">Olympics Triplecast</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> service providing additional coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a>. </p><p>In 1991, the one year-old San Francisco-based SportsChannel Bay Area merged with rival <a href="/wiki/Tele-Communications_Inc." title="Tele-Communications Inc.">TCI</a>'s Pacific Sports Network to become SportsChannel Pacific. This would become the second regional sports network to affiliate both with SportsChannel and the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime Network</a> (Home Team Sports had done so since 1988). SportsChannel Los Angeles later ceased operations at the end of 1992 due to financial issues, with all of its sports broadcast contracts being acquired by the competing <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports West">Prime Ticket</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joint-venture_with_Prime_and_merger_with_Fox_Sports_Net">Joint-venture with Prime and merger with Fox Sports Net</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Joint-venture with Prime and merger with Fox Sports Net"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1993, Rainbow and <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Media" title="Liberty Media">Liberty Media</a> formed <b>Prime SportsChannels America</b>, a venture in which the companies pooled programming and advertising sales between SportsChannel and Liberty's Prime Network regional sports group. Through this partnership, the two companies formed the sports news service <a href="/wiki/NewSport" title="NewSport">NewSport</a>, replacing SportsChannel America. </p><p>On April 25, 1995, NBC sold its 50% interest in SportsChannel New York to Rainbow Media for US$93 million; NBC cited that "owning a piece of SportsChannel New York made less sense" after Cablevision and ITT purchased competing regional sports network, <a href="/wiki/MSG_Network" title="MSG Network">MSG Network</a>. NBC retained its ownership in the other networks.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 30, 1997, Fox/Liberty Networks, a joint venture between <a href="/wiki/News_Corporation" title="News Corporation">News Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Media" title="Liberty Media">Liberty Media</a>, purchased a 40% interest in Rainbow's sports properties including the SportsChannel networks, <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a>. Through the deal, the SportsChannel networks would be integrated into <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Fox Sports Networks">Fox Sports Net</a>, a group of regional sports networks launched in November 1996 through News Corporation's purchase of Liberty's <a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime Network</a> group; SportsChannel New York would also be rebranded as Fox Sports New York, with Cablevision-owned MSG also becoming a separately branded FSN outlet.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Weeks after the deal was announced, SportsChannel would discontinue its national programming in favor of Fox's programming and simultaneously discontinued NewSport, replacing it with <a href="/wiki/NewSport#American_Sports_Classics" title="NewSport">American Sports Classics</a>, a network focusing on replays of past sporting events and historical sports documentaries. </p><p>National Sports Partners, the venture formed through Cablevision's entry into the News Corporation/Liberty partnership to operate the existing and newly acquired owned-and-operated regional networks, later announced that it would relaunch the other SportsChannel networks under the "Fox Sports Net" banner.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SportsChannel New York was the first to rebrand, as Fox Sports New York, on January 27, 1998. Five of the seven other remaining SportsChannel networks relaunched as member networks of Fox Sports Net later that week. </p><p>Two of the SportsChannel networks would not become part of FSN, one of them not immediately, while a third was unable to carry FSN's national programming. After Comcast acquired a majority stake in Philadelphia-based entertainment company Spectacor to form <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Spectacor" title="Comcast Spectacor">Comcast Spectacor</a> in 1996 and announced plans to create its own regional sports network, Rainbow Media decided to shut down SportsChannel Philadelphia and sister premium service PRISM on October 1, 1997, with both networks' NBA and NHL contracts with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Flyers</a> being acquired by the new <a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia">Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia</a> (which replaced SportsChannel Philadelphia on local cable systems and additionally became an FSN affiliate; PRISM was replaced by then-Liberty owned premium movie network <a href="/wiki/Starz" title="Starz">Starz</a>). SportsChannel Florida was also unable to join Fox Sports Net at the same time as its sisters as <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga" title="Wayne Huizenga">Wayne Huizenga</a>, owner of the NHL's <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a>, owned a 70% controlling interest in the channel (with Rainbow Media as minority partner). Cablevision repurchased Huizenga's share of the network in November 1999, relaunching it as Fox Sports Net Florida on March 1, 2000, formally dissolving the SportsChannel brand two years after the national group effectively ceased operations.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though SportsChannel New England became known as Fox Sports New England in 1998, it was unable to broadcast FSN's national programming for a further two years because of a pre-existing contract Fox had signed with rival sports network <a href="/wiki/NESN" title="NESN">NESN</a> back in 1996; Fox hoped to persuade NESN to break the contract early, but this did not occur. The contract expired on January 1, 2000, enabling Fox Sports New England to become a full FSN affiliate.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 22, 2005, Cablevision acquired News Corporation's ownership interests in Fox Sports Chicago and Fox Sports New York, and a 50% interest in Fox Sports New England (with <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> retaining its existing 50% stake), in a trade deal in which News Corporation sold its interests in Madison Square Garden, the Knicks and Rangers in exchange for acquiring sole ownership of Fox Sports Ohio and Fox Sports Florida. However, News Corporation and Cablevision retained joint ownership of Fox Sports Bay Area.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fox Sports Chicago ceased operations in June 2006, after losing the regional cable television rights to local professional teams (including the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Blackhawks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Cubs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">White Sox</a>) two years earlier to the newly launched <a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet Chicago">Comcast SportsNet Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2007, Cablevision sold its interest in the New England and Bay Area networks to Comcast (the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> later acquired part-ownership of the San Francisco-based network in February 2008); both networks became part of <a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet">Comcast SportsNet</a>, with FSN New England relaunching as <a href="/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet_New_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast SportsNet New England">Comcast SportsNet New England</a> in July 2007 and FSN Bay Area relaunching as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in March 2008. Cablevision later rebranded Fox Sports New York as MSG Plus on March 10, 2008. Cablevision formally exited the regional sports business when it spun-off all of its sports assets (including MSG and MSG Plus) into the <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Madison Square Garden Company">Madison Square Garden Company</a>. This was new company was (and still is) headed by <a href="/wiki/James_L._Dolan" title="James L. Dolan">James L. Dolan</a>, the then-current CEO of Cablevision and son of Cablevision founder <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dolan" title="Charles Dolan">Charles Dolan</a>. While Cablevision was sold to <a href="/wiki/Altice_USA" title="Altice USA">Altice</a> in 2016, Dolan still runs the two New York-area sports networks to this day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Networks">Networks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Networks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Owned-and-operated">Owned-and-operated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Owned-and-operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable unsortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Channel </th> <th>Region served </th> <th>Year joined/launched </th> <th>Current owner/status </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FSN_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="FSN Chicago">SportsChannel Chicago</a></td> <td>northern <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a><br />northern <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><br />eastern <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></td> <td>1984</td> <td>defunct; became Fox Sports Chicago; network ceased operations in 2006 after losing professional sports contracts to Comcast SportsNet Chicago (now <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Chicago" title="NBC Sports Chicago">NBC Sports Chicago</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a>).</td> <td>Acquired as SportsVision in 1984 and rebranded in 1989; An earlier version of SportsChannel Chicago also existed in 1981 but quickly folded when it lost rights to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">White Sox</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Cincinnati" title="SportsChannel Cincinnati">SportsChannel Cincinnati</a></td> <td>southern Ohio<br /><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td> <td>1990</td> <td><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Ohio" title="FanDuel Sports Network Ohio">FanDuel Sports Network Ohio</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Sports_Group" title="Diamond Sports Group">Diamond Sports Group</a></td> <td>replaced with subfeed of Fox Sports Ohio </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Florida" title="FanDuel Sports Network Florida">SportsChannel Florida</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><br />southern <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a><br />southern <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></td> <td>1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Florida" title="FanDuel Sports Network Florida">FanDuel Sports Network Florida</a>, owned by Diamond Sports Group</td> <td>Continued to operate as SportsChannel until 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Los_Angeles" title="SportsChannel Los Angeles">SportsChannel Los Angeles</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a></td> <td>1989</td> <td>defunct, closed in 1992</td> <td>Replaced <a href="/wiki/Z_Channel" title="Z Channel">Z Channel</a> which was acquired a few months before launch </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Boston" title="NBC Sports Boston">SportsChannel New England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br />eastern <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a><br />central <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></td> <td>1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Boston" title="NBC Sports Boston">NBC Sports Boston</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a></td> <td>Acquired as PRISM New England and rebranded in 1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MSG%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="MSG+">SportsChannel New York</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br />northern <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br />northeast <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br />southern <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></td> <td>1976</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MSG_Sportsnet" title="MSG Sportsnet">MSG Sportsnet</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/MSG_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="MSG Networks">MSG Networks</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Ohio" title="FanDuel Sports Network Ohio">SportsChannel Ohio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a><br />eastern <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a></td> <td>1989</td> <td>FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, owned by Diamond Sports Group</td> <td>The Dolan family later established another Ohio RSN, SportsTime Ohio (now <a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Great_Lakes" title="FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes">FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes</a>), which was later acquired by Fox </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">SportsChannel Pacific</a></td> <td>northern and central <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br />northwestern <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a><br />parts of southern <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a></td> <td>1990</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">NBC Sports Bay Area</a>, owned by NBCUniversal</td> <td>Launched in 1990 as SportsChannel Bay Area. Merged with <a href="/wiki/Tele-Communications_Inc." title="Tele-Communications Inc.">TCI</a>'s Pacific Sports Network in 1991, rebranded as SportsChannel Pacific and ran as a joint-venture of the two companies. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Philadelphia" title="SportsChannel Philadelphia">SportsChannel Philadelphia</a></td> <td>southeastern Pennsylvania<br />southern <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></td> <td>1990</td> <td>defunct; sports contracts acquired by Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (now <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">NBC Sports Philadelphia</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a>)</td> <td>shared rights with co-owned PRISM </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/PRISM_(TV_channel)" title="PRISM (TV channel)">PRISM</a></td> <td>southeastern Pennsylvania<br />southern <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></td> <td>1983</td> <td>defunct; sports contracts acquired by Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (now NBC Sports Philadelphia, owned by NBCUniversal)</td> <td>Carried SportsChannel programming until launch of SportsChannel Philadelphia; continued a sports/movies format after acquisition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Affiliates">Affiliates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Affiliates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable unsortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Channel </th> <th>Region served </th> <th>Year joined/launched </th> <th>Current owner/status </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Home Team Sports</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></td> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monumental_Sports_Network" title="Monumental Sports Network">Monumental Sports Network</a>, owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/Monumental_Sports_%26_Entertainment" title="Monumental Sports & Entertainment">Monumental Sports & Entertainment</a></td> <td>Owned by <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting">Westinghouse Broadcasting</a>. Carried NHL package and nightly studio show. May not have carried other programming.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_North" title="FanDuel Sports Network North">Midwest Sports Channel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a><br /><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a></td> <td>1989</td> <td>FanDuel Sports Network North, owned by <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Sports_Group" title="Diamond Sports Group">Diamond Sports Group</a></td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SportsChannel_America">SportsChannel America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: SportsChannel America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>SportsChannel America</b> was a national version of SportsChannel that launched in 1988 when SportsChannel gained rights to the NHL. The network was available to cable subscribers in areas that did not have a regional SportsChannel affiliate. At its peak it had 12 million subscribers nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was replaced with <a href="/wiki/NewSport" title="NewSport">NewSport</a> in 1993. The name SportsChannel America was sometimes also applied to the group as a whole. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_programming">Notable programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SportsChannel broadcast several <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> regular season games produced by SportsChannel Pacific during the 1993 season, later losing the broadcast rights to the upstart <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a> (at the time devoted most of programming to extreme sports) through a four-year contract in 1994. </p><p>The network was also notable for providing <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_on_SportsChannel_America" title="NASCAR on SportsChannel America">live national coverage</a> of <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Busch_Grand_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Busch Grand National">Busch Grand National</a> races beginning in 1990, as well as coverage of the <a href="/wiki/World_Basketball_League" title="World Basketball League">World Basketball League</a>. </p><p>SportsChannel America aired the professional wrestling show <i><a href="/wiki/UWF_Fury_Hour" title="UWF Fury Hour">UWF Fury Hour</a></i> on Monday nights from 1990 to 1991, and later aired the live <a href="/wiki/UWF_Blackjack_Brawl" title="UWF Blackjack Brawl">UWF Blackjack Brawl</a> special in 1994. SportsChannel Philadelphia carried <i><a href="/wiki/ECW_Hardcore_TV" title="ECW Hardcore TV">ECW Hardcore TV</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">syndicated</a> wrestling program of the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> promotion from the program's debut in 1993 until the channel shut down in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1994 to 1997, SportsChannel America also aired <i>NewSport Talk</i>, a two-hour sports talk show produced by SportsChannel Chicago for sister network NewSport, that was <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">syndicated</a> to most of its SportsChannel-branded sister networks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Hockey_League">National Hockey League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: National Hockey League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_SportsChannel_America" title="NHL on SportsChannel America">NHL on SportsChannel America</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SportsChannel.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/SportsChannel.JPG/175px-SportsChannel.JPG" decoding="async" width="175" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/SportsChannel.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>SportsChannel America was the American rights holder of the National Hockey League from <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season" title="1988–89 NHL season">1988</a> to <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season" title="1991–92 NHL season">1992</a>. The logo seen here was used from 1980 to 1995.</figcaption></figure> <p>SportsChannel America obtained the national cable television rights to the National Hockey League from <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> in <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season" title="1988–89 NHL season">1988</a>; Rainbow Sports was able to secure the rights by offering the NHL a bid of US$51 million ($17 million per year) over three years, more than double what ESPN had paid ($24 million) for its 1985–1988 contract (a move not unlike the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NHL_season" title="2005–06 NHL season">2005</a> acquisition of NHL rights by <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>/<a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">OLN</a> over ESPN); SportsChannel America obtained a fourth year of the contract for just $5 million in 1992. </p><p>One problem that arose with the deal was that SportsChannel America was available only in a few major markets and reached only one-third of the households that ESPN covered, limiting the national availability of its NHL coverage. In smaller markets, especially those with cable systems whose <a href="/wiki/Cable_television_headend" title="Cable television headend">headends</a> had limited channel capacity, the channel was only made available on a gametime basis as a pay-per-view option and often limited telecast to only <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">Stanley Cup playoff</a> games. The NHL terminated its deal with SportsChannel America in 1992 and signed a new broadcast deal with ESPN, leaving SportsChannel America with very little sports content outside of outdoor sports shows and Canadian Football League games.<sup id="cite_ref-DevilsForums_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DevilsForums-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NHL rights deal proved for a disaster for SportsChannel, as even though it helped the national channel expand its coverage to 20 million homes within the first three years, Rainbow Sports lost as much as $10 million on the agreement, and SportsChannel America soon faded into obscurity.<sup id="cite_ref-DevilsForums_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DevilsForums-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some regional SportsChannel networks – which carried NHL games in their local markets – were not affected by the national network's loss of league rights. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Professional_Soccer_League">National Professional Soccer League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: National Professional Soccer League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SportsChannel broadcast NPSL games at least as early as the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_National_Professional_Soccer_League_season" title="1992–93 National Professional Soccer League season">1992–93 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was incidentally, the same year that for the NPSL being the top level of professional indoor soccer in the United States following the collapse of <a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(1978%E2%80%9392)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92)">Major Soccer League</a>. In February 1993, SportsChannel broadcast the NPSL All-Star Game<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>. Lee Zeidman,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Johnson_(sportscaster)" title="Dave Johnson (sportscaster)">Dave Johnson</a>, and sideline reporter <a href="/wiki/Keith_Tozer" title="Keith Tozer">Keith Tozer</a> served as the commentators for the occasion. </p><p>Besides Lee Zeidman and Dave Johnson, commentators for their <i>Game of the Week</i> coverage included <a href="/wiki/Dave_Phillips_(soccer)" title="Dave Phillips (soccer)">Dave Phillips</a> and Bob Bishop. For SportsChannel's coverage of the 1993 NPSL Finals between <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Crunch" title="Cleveland Crunch">Cleveland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Attack" title="Kansas City Attack">Kansas City</a>, they employed the broadcast team of Dave Phillips (on play-by-play) and Dave Johnson. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teams_by_network">Teams by network</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Teams by network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Network</th> <th>MLB</th> <th>NBA</th> <th>NHL </th></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Chicago </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Cincinnati </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Florida </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Marlins" title="Miami Marlins">Florida Marlins</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Los Angeles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">California Angels</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel New England </td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers">Hartford Whalers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel New York </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Ohio </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Pacific </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a><br /><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SportsChannel Philadelphia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SportsChannel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 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States)">Fox Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scripps_Sports" title="Scripps Sports">Scripps Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telemundo_Deportes" title="Telemundo Deportes">Telemundo Deportes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TUDN_(brand)" title="TUDN (brand)">TUDN on Univision</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cable</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(American_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (American TV channel)">beIN Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(American_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (American TV channel)">beIN Sports en Español</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports_Network" title="CBS Sports Network">CBS Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPNews" title="ESPNews">ESPNews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Deportes" title="ESPN Deportes">ESPN Deportes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_1" title="Fox Sports 1">FS1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_2" title="Fox Sports 2">FS2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Deportes" title="Fox Deportes">Fox Deportes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Level_Sports" title="Next Level Sports">Next Level Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TUDN_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="TUDN (TV network)">TUDN (Univision Sports)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TyC_Sports" title="TyC Sports">TyC Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pro league affiliated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Network" title="MLB Network">MLB Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Extra_Innings" title="MLB Extra Innings">Extra Innings</a><sup>O</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Network#MLB_Strike_Zone" title="MLB Network">Strike Zone</a><sup>P</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_League_Pass" title="NBA League Pass">NBA League Pass</a><sup>O</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Network" title="NFL Network">NFL Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_RedZone" title="NFL RedZone">NFL RedZone</a><sup>P</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(American_TV_channel)" title="NHL Network (American TV channel)">NHL Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHL_Center_Ice" title="NHL Center Ice">NHL Center Ice</a><sup>O</sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Occasional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AXS_TV" title="AXS TV">AXS TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Nickelodeon" title="NFL on Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Group" title="NBC Sports Group">NBC Sports</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_on_CNBC" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Sports on CNBC">CNBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_on_USA_Network" title="NBC Sports on USA Network">USA Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universo_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Universo (TV network)">Universo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_States)" title="TNT Sports (United States)">TNT Sports</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TBS_(American_TV_channel)" title="TBS (American TV channel)">TBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network)" title="TNT (American TV network)">TNT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">TruTV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">College specific</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ACC_Network" title="ACC Network">ACC Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Network" title="Big Ten Network">Big Ten Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPNU" title="ESPNU">ESPNU</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">Pro league affiliated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Network" title="MLB Network">MLB Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB.com#MLB.tv" title="MLB.com">MLB.tv</a><sup>O</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Season_Pass" title="MLS Season Pass">MLS Season Pass</a><sup>O</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_League_Pass" title="NBA League Pass">NBA League Pass</a><sup>O</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL%2B" title="NFL+">NFL+</a> (<a href="/wiki/NFL_RedZone" title="NFL RedZone">NFL RedZone</a><sup>P</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Sunday_Ticket" title="NFL Sunday Ticket">NFL Sunday Ticket</a><sup>O</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League#Out-of-market_packages" title="National Hockey League">NHL.TV</a><sup>O</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Occasional</th><td 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Channel">Cowboy Channel+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MyOutdoorTV.com" title="MyOutdoorTV.com">MyOutdoorTV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triller_(app)" title="Triller (app)">TrillerNet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triller_TV" title="Triller TV">Triller TV+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triller_TV" title="Triller TV">TrillerPass</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor_Club" title="Honor Club">Honor Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TNA%2B" title="TNA+">TNA+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFC_Fight_Pass" title="UFC Fight Pass">UFC Fight Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:U.S._regional_sports_networks" title="Template:U.S. regional sports networks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:U.S._regional_sports_networks" title="Template talk:U.S. regional sports networks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:U.S._regional_sports_networks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:U.S. regional sports networks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Regional_sports_broadcasting_in_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Regional_sports_network" title="Regional sports network">Regional sports broadcasting</a> in the United States</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network" title="FanDuel Sports Network">FanDuel Sports Network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li>Miami <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Sun">Sun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Midwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Midwest">Midwest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Kansas_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Kansas City">Kansas City</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports North">North</a></li> <li>Cleveland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Great_Lakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southeast">Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southwest">Southwest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_New_Orleans" title="Bally Sports New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li></ul></li> <li>Los Angeles <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_SoCal" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports SoCal">SoCal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Sports_Group" title="Fenway Sports Group">Fenway Sports Group</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NESN" title="NESN">NESN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SportsNet_Pittsburgh" title="SportsNet Pittsburgh">SportsNet Pittsburgh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_Entertainment" title="Madison Square Garden Entertainment">MSG Entertainment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Network" title="MSG Network">MSG Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Sportsnet" title="MSG Sportsnet">MSGSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Western_New_York" title="MSG Western New York">MSG Western NY</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Regional_Networks" title="NBC Sports Regional Networks">NBC Sports Regional Networks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">Bay Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Boston" title="NBC Sports Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_California" title="NBC Sports California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SNY" title="SNY">SportsNet New York</a> (part ownership)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group" title="Sinclair Broadcast Group">Sinclair Broadcast Group</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KNSN-TV" title="KNSN-TV">Nevada Sports Net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquee_Sports_Network" title="Marquee Sports Network">Marquee Sports Network</a> (part-ownership)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/YES_Network" title="YES Network">YES Network</a> (part-ownership)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports" title="Spectrum Sports">Spectrum Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_OC16" title="Spectrum OC16">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Kansas_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum Sports (Kansas City)">Kansas City</a></li> <li>Los Angeles <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_SportsNet_(Los_Angeles)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles)">Spectrum SportsNet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_SportsNet_LA" title="Spectrum SportsNet LA">SportsNet LA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SNY_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="SNY (TV network)">SportsNet New York</a> (part ownership)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_Family_Sports" title="Arizona's Family Sports">Arizona's Family Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_Sports_%26_Entertainment_Network" title="Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network">Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peachtree_Sports_Network" title="Peachtree Sports Network">Peachtree Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVVU-TV#Silver_State_Sports_&_Entertainment_Network" title="KVVU-TV">Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Independent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altitude_Sports_and_Entertainment" title="Altitude Sports and Entertainment">Altitude Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BYU_TV" title="BYU TV">BYU TV Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sports_Network" title="Chicago Sports Network">Chicago Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclones.tv" title="Cyclones.tv">Cyclones.tv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Flames_Sports_Network" title="Liberty Flames Sports Network">LFSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longhorn_Network" title="Longhorn Network">Longhorn Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MASN" title="MASN">MASN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Local_Media" title="MLB Local Media">MLB Local Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monumental_Sports_Network" title="Monumental Sports Network">Monumental Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Root_Sports_Northwest" title="Root Sports Northwest">Root Sports Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_City_Home_Network" title="Space City Home Network">Space City Home Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckeye_Cable_Sports_Network" title="Buckeye Cable Sports Network">Buckeye Cable Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midco#Midco_Sports_Network" title="Midco">Midco Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNSN-TV" title="KNSN-TV">Nevada Sports Net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scripps_Sports" title="Scripps Sports">Scripps Sports</a> (local broadcast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SWX_Right_Now" title="SWX Right Now">SWX Right Now</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sports_television_in_the_United_States_(defunct)" title="Template:Sports television in the United States (defunct)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sports_television_in_the_United_States_(defunct)" title="Template talk:Sports television in the United States (defunct)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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href="/wiki/Back9Network" title="Back9Network">Back9Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Baseball_Network" title="The Baseball Network">Baseball Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNN/SI" title="CNN/SI">CNN/SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_3D" title="ESPN 3D">ESPN 3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Classic" title="ESPN Classic">ESPN Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Goal_Line_%26_Bases_Loaded" title="ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded">ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Events" title="ESPN Events">ESPN Events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Network" title="Football Network">Football Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Soccer" title="Fox Soccer">Fox Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorimar_Sports_Network" title="Lorimar Sports Network">Lorimar Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizlou_Television_Network" title="Mizlou Television Network">Mizlou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">NBCSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(1975_TV_program)" title="NHL Network (1975 TV program)">NHL Network (1975–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NewSport" title="NewSport">NewSport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_World_Sports" title="One World Sports">One World Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ONTV_(pay_TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="ONTV (pay TV)">ONTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Channel_(American_TV_channel)" title="Olympic Channel (American TV channel)">Olympic Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_(TV_network)" title="Speed (TV network)">Speed</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#SportsChannel_America">SportsChannel America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadium_College_Sports" title="Stadium College Sports">Stadium College Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Television_Network" title="Hughes Television Network">Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Sports" title="Universal Sports">Universal Sports Network</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YurView_California" title="YurView California">4SD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACC_on_Regional_Sports_Networks" title="ACC on Regional Sports Networks">ACC RSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YurView_Arizona" title="YurView Arizona">Arizona Sports Programming Network/Cox Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_SportsNet" title="AT&T SportsNet">AT&T SportsNet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Root_Sports_Utah" title="Root Sports Utah">Root Sports Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_SportsNet_Rocky_Mountain" title="AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain">AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports">Bally Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Arizona" title="Bally Sports Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_New_Orleans" title="Bally Sports New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_San_Diego" title="Bally Sports San Diego">San Diego</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolinas_Sports_Entertainment_Television" title="Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television">Carolinas SE</a></li> <li>Comcast SportsNet <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comcast/Charter_Sports_Southeast" title="Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast">Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comcast_Sports_Southwest" title="Comcast Sports Southwest">Southwest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cox_Sports" title="Cox Sports">Cox Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Sports_Network" title="Empire Sports Network">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Fox Sports Networks">Fox Sports Networks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Carolinas" title="Fox Sports Carolinas">Carolinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FSN_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="FSN Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Houston" title="Fox Sports Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Tennessee" title="Fox Sports Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GiantsVision" title="GiantsVision">GiantsVision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkvision" title="Hawkvision">Hawkvision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MountainWest_Sports_Network" title="MountainWest Sports Network">MountainWest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Chicago" title="NBC Sports Chicago">NBC Sports Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Northwest" title="NBC Sports Northwest">NBC Sports Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Sports_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon Sports Network">Oregon Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Network" title="Pac-12 Network">Pac-12 Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Am_Sports_System" title="Pro-Am Sports System">PASS Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports_Upper_Midwest" title="Prime Sports Upper Midwest">Prime Sports Upper Midwest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRISM_(TV_channel)" title="PRISM (TV channel)">PRISM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royals_Sports_Television_Network" title="Royals Sports Television Network">Royals Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Cable_Sports_Network" title="San Diego Cable Sports Network">San Diego Cable Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(TV_channel)" title="Spectrum (TV channel)">Spectrum</a></li> <li>Spectrum Sports <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Carolinas)" title="Spectrum Sports (Carolinas)">Carolinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Florida)" title="Spectrum Sports (Florida)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(New_York)" title="Spectrum Sports (New York)">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Ohio)" title="Spectrum Sports (Ohio)">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Texas)" title="Spectrum Sports (Texas)">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Wisconsin)" title="Spectrum Sports (Wisconsin)">Wisconsin</a></li></ul></li> <li>SportsChannel <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Cincinnati" title="SportsChannel Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Los_Angeles" title="SportsChannel Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Philadelphia" title="SportsChannel Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_Time" title="Sports Time">Sports Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FSN_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="FSN Chicago">Sportsvision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sportsvue" title="Sportsvue">Sportsvue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Sports_One" title="Victory Sports One">Victory Sports One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Syndication</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raycom_Sports" title="Raycom Sports">Raycom Sports</a> (<a href="/wiki/ACC_Network_(syndication_package)" title="ACC Network (syndication package)">ACC Network</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Network" title="Big 12 Network">Big 12 Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEC_TV" title="SEC TV">SEC TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVS_Television_Network" title="TVS Television Network">TVS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Out-of-market</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_College_Extra" title="ESPN College Extra">ESPN College Extra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Full_Court" title="ESPN Full Court">ESPN Full Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_GamePlan" title="ESPN GamePlan">ESPN GamePlan</a></li> <li>NCAA Mega March Madness</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Direct_Kick" title="MLS Direct Kick">MLS Direct Kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Hot_Pass" title="NASCAR Hot Pass">NASCAR Hot Pass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-size: 90%;"><div><div class="hlist"><ul><li>O. <a href="/wiki/Out-of-market_sports_package" title="Out-of-market sports package">Out-of-market sports packages</a></li><li>P. 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title="ESPN College Basketball">ESPN</a>/<a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_College_Hoops" title="Fox College Hoops">Fox/FS1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_NBC_Sports" title="College Basketball on NBC Sports">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_USA" title="College Basketball on USA">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_March_Madness_(TV_program)" title="NCAA March Madness (TV program)">TNT Sports</a> (<a href="/wiki/TBS_(American_TV_channel)" title="TBS (American TV channel)">TBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network)" title="TNT (American TV network)">TNT</a>/<a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">truTV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CW_Football_Saturday" title="CW Football Saturday">The CW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary broadcast partners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Network" title="Pac-12 Network">Pac-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BYUtv" class="mw-redirect" title="BYUtv">BYUtv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longhorn_Network" title="Longhorn Network">LHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEC_Network" title="SEC Network">SEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACC_Network" title="ACC Network">ACC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former broadcast partners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Sports_Network" title="American Sports Network">ASN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raycom_Sports" title="Raycom Sports">Jefferson Pilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Media" title="Lincoln Financial Media">Lincoln Financial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorimar_Sports_Network" title="Lorimar Sports Network">Lorimar Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizlou_Television_Network" title="Mizlou Television Network">Mizlou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MountainWest_Sports_Network" title="MountainWest Sports Network">MountainWest</a></li> <li>North Dakota</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckeye_Cable_Sports_Network" title="Buckeye Cable Sports Network">Buckeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Television_Network" title="Hughes Television Network">SNI</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SportsChannel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVS_Television_Network" title="TVS Television Network">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">NBCSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACC_on_Regional_Sports_Networks" title="ACC on Regional Sports Networks">ACC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Raycom_Sports" title="Raycom Sports">Raycom</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(American_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (American TV channel)">beIN Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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program)"><i>Super Tuesday</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thursday_Night_Showcase" class="mw-redirect" title="Thursday Night Showcase">Thursday Night Showcase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Hoops" class="mw-redirect" title="Wednesday Night Hoops">Wednesday Night Hoops</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fox_Primetime_Hoops" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Primetime Hoops">Fox Primetime Hoops</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commentators by network</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ESPN_College_Basketball_on_ABC_personalities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ESPN College Basketball on ABC personalities">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_CBS_Sports_college_basketball_commentators" title="List of CBS Sports college basketball commentators">CBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ESPN_College_Basketball_personalities" title="List of ESPN College Basketball personalities">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_College_Basketball_on_NBC_personalities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of College Basketball on NBC personalities">NBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_March_Madness_commentary_crews_for_CBS/Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NCAA March Madness commentary crews for CBS/Turner">TBS/TNT/truTV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadcasters by event</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_American_Athletic_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">AAC Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ACC_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of ACC men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">ACC Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_America_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of America East men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">America East tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ASUN_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of ASUN men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">ASUN Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Atlantic_10_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Atlantic 10 Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Big_12_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Big 12 men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Big 12 Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Big East men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Big East tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Big_Eight_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Big Eight tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Big_Sky_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Big Sky men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Big Sky tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Big Ten tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Big_West_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Big West tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_College_Basketball_Invitational_Tournament_finals_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of College Basketball Invitational Tournament finals broadcasters">CBI Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_CollegeInsider.com_Postseason_Tournament_finals_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament finals broadcasters">CIT Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Colonial_Athletic_Association_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Colonial Athletic Association Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Conference_USA_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Conference USA men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Conference USA Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Horizon_League_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Horizon League men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Horizon League Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_MAAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of MAAC men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">MAAC Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American_Game#McDonald.27s_High_School_All-American_Game_Results" title="McDonald's All-American Game">McDonald's All-American Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Final_Four_broadcasters" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four broadcasters">Men's Final Four</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Metro_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Metro Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Metro Conference tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Mid-American_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Mid-American Conference tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Missouri_Valley_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Missouri Valley Conference tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Northeast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Northeast Conference tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Pacific-12_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Pacific-12 Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Patriot_League_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Patriot League men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Patriot League Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a 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Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Southwest Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Summit_League_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of The Summit League men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not exist)">Summit League Tournament Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sun_Belt_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Finals_broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Finals broadcasters (page does not 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Area">Bay Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_California" title="NBC Sports California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Chicago" title="NBC Sports Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">New England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Sports_Network" title="Empire Sports Network">Empire Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Net_Chicago" title="Fox Sports Net Chicago">Fox Sports Net Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquee_Sports_Network" title="Marquee Sports Network">Marquee Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MASN" title="MASN">MASN & MASN2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Network" title="MSG Network">MSG Network</a>/<a href="/wiki/MSG_Sportsnet" title="MSG Sportsnet">MSG Sportsnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NESN" title="NESN">NESN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXN-TV" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports">Bally Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime Sports</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SportsChannel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="FanDuel_Sports_Network" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Indiana" title="FanDuel Sports Network Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Kansas_City" title="FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Midwest" title="FanDuel Sports Network Midwest">Midwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_North" title="FanDuel Sports Network North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Ohio" title="FanDuel Sports Network Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Oklahoma" title="FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_SoCal" title="FanDuel Sports Network SoCal">SoCal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_South" title="FanDuel Sports Network South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Southeast" title="FanDuel Sports Network Southeast">Southeast</a></li> <li><a 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