The Sports Network

The Sports Network
CountryCanada
HeadquartersBell Media Agincourt, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
(HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs)
4K (UHDTV) (part-time, selected broadcasts)
Ownership
OwnerThe Sports Network Inc.
(CTV Specialty Television)
Sister channelsTSN2
TSN3
TSN4
TSN5
TSN on CTV
RDS
RDS2
RDS Info
History
LaunchedSeptember 1, 1984 (1984-09-01)
Links
Websitewww.tsn.ca Edit this at Wikidata
Availability
Streaming media
TSN Directwww.tsn.ca/subscribe (Canadian subscribers only)

The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by The Sports Network Inc., a subsidiary of CTV Specialty Television, which is also a joint venture of Bell Media (70%), also owned by BCE Inc. and ESPN Inc. (30%), itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. TSN was established by the Labatt Brewing Company in 1984 as part of the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels.[1] In 2013, TSN was the largest specialty channel in Canada in terms of gross revenue, with a total of CA$400.4 million in revenue.[2][needs update]

TSN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located at Bell Media Agincourt in the Scarborough neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. Stewart Johnston currently serves as president of TSN, a position he has held since 2010. TSN's networks focus on sports-related programming, including live and recorded event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming.

  1. ^ Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (April 2, 1984). "Public Notice CRTC 1984-81". Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gandm-tsn5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by razib.in