Sportsnet 360
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Launched | 1994 (as licence-exempt service) May 1997 (as licensed channel) |
Former names | Sportscope (1994–1997) Headline Sports (1997–2000) The Score Television Network (2000–2013) |
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Website | Sportsnet 360 |
Sportsnet 360 (SN360) is a
The channel primarily broadcasts automated blocks of sports news and highlights, along with live sports coverage as an overflow channel for Sportsnet's national programming. The channel is also the main Canadian broadcaster of WWE professional wrestling programs, airing WWE Raw, SmackDown, and NXT, along with other ancillary programs.
As of 2014, Sportsnet 360 is available in 5.8 million Canadian homes.[2]
History
Sportscope, Headline Sports
The channel has its origins in Sportscope, a sports news service for cable television providers launched in 1994. Its programming consisted solely of an alphanumeric text rotation of sports scores, news, and sports betting information. As it did not include any video content, it did not require a license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate.[3]
On September 4, 1996, Sportscope was granted a licence from the CRTC for "Sportscope Plus", an expansion of the service into a specialty channel capable of carrying video programming. The channel planned to carry anchored blocks of sports news and highlights, accompanied by a ticker with updated sports scores and headlines. Sportscope disclosed plans for localized tickers and additional streams of alphanumeric data.[3] The expanded service launched in May 1997 as Headline Sports.[4]
The Score
In March 2000, the CRTC approved an amendment to Headline Sports' license allowing it to carry limited live programming, provided that it operate in a manner that still
To promote the expansion, and due to
On June 6, 2006, The Score launched a high definition simulcast, available through all major television providers in Canada. On September 3, 2008, the channel began broadcasting from a new studio on the corner of King and Peter in Downtown Toronto.[7] In the 2007–08 season, The Score acquired the Canadian television rights to the Premier League. The network sub-licensed the majority of the package to long-time rightsholder Rogers Sportsnet, which carried a weekly match on Saturdays, and all other matches on its newly launched premium service Setanta Sports Canada. The Score would broadcast a weekly match on Sundays, and launched the bi-weekly studio program The Footy Show.[8]
On September 20, 2011, Score Media announced that it would put The Score Television Network up for sale.[9]
Purchase by Rogers, relaunch as Sportsnet 360
Reports surfaced on August 24, 2012, that
The acquisition closed on October 19, 2012, at which point Score Media's digital assets (the
On April 30, 2013, the CRTC approved the acquisition of The Score by Rogers, as well as an amendment to its license to reduce the required number of sports updates during live programs to once per-hour. The CRTC rejected its proposal to spend its tangible benefits on the Sportsnet Winter Games. Immediately following the approval, it was announced that The Score would begin airing
On June 4, 2013, Rogers announced that it would relaunch The Score under the Sportsnet brand as Sportsnet 360 on July 1, 2013; it was launched with a simulcast of a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game, followed by the premiere of the new post-game show, Blue Jays Xpress.[17][18] Alongside the rebranding, an updated version of The Score's on-screen sports ticker was introduced. Rogers stated that the network would continue to target its programming towards "hardcore" sports fans with "a vast breadth of premium sports content in a fast-paced, energetic and entertaining manner".[18]
Programming
Sportsnet 360's schedule consists of automated blocks featuring sports news and highlights (primarily during the morning and overnight periods, and on weekend afternoons), alongside other full-length programs, and overflow and simulcasted sports programming from other Sportsnet channels. The network's daytime lineup features television simulcasts of the afternoon lineup of co-owned sports radio station CJCL, including Hockey Central and Writer's Bloc.[19]
The channel aired a simulcast of
Sportsnet 360 is the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of
Sportsnet 360 formerly broadcast regular season events in
Personalities
See also
References
- ^ "CRTC Ownership Chart: Rogers Specialty Services" (PDF). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. October 1, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Rogers Sportsnet draws fewer viewers to NHL opening night than CBC, still sets network record". National Post. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ a b "Decision CRTC 96-610". CRTC. September 4, 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "CANADIAN HEADLINE SPORTS DEBUTS, BUT NEEDS LARGE MARKETS". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (March 24, 2000). "ARCHIVED - Summary - Sportscope Television Network Ltd. - Approved". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ Canadian Trade-mark Database record for application no. 0832430, "Headline Sports", filed by Sportscope Television Network Ltd. and opposed by Cable News Network Inc.
- ^ Grand Opening of The Score's new head office Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, City of Toronto, September 20, 2008.
- ^ Fitz-Gerald, Sean (August 1, 2007). "Premiership getting booted around TV dial". National Post. Toronto. p. S3. Retrieved August 31, 2019 – via PressReader.
- ^ Specialty sports channel The Score for sale, The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2011.
- ^ Ladurantaye, Steve. "Rogers Communications to acquire Score Media". The Globe and Mail. Canada. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ Rogers Media to Acquire theScore Television Network CNW press release 2012-08-25
- ^ Score Media (October 19, 2012). "Score Media Inc. completes plan of arrangement". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- Rogers Media (October 19, 2012). "Rogers Media Completes Acquisition of Score Media". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ a b "Rogers wants CRTC to ease Score licence rules". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "CRTC clears way for Rogers to buy Score". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ "CRTC Gives Final Approval to Rogers' Acquisition of Score Media". Broadcaster Magazine. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ "Sportsnet 360 Goes to Air July 1". Broadcaster. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ^ a b "Rogers rebrands The Score as Sportsnet 360". Marketing Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (September 25, 2019). "Tim & Sid return to radio as part of new Sportsnet 590 The Fan lineup". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Rogers Communications; WWE (July 31, 2014). "Rogers and WWE® Announce Landmark Television and WWE® Network Agreement". Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- ^ "Rogers drops OUA football, but says don't blame NHL deal". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian UFC programming headed to new Sportsnet 360 channel". MMAJunkie. Gannett. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- PostmediaNews. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
UFC reaches Canadian broadcast deal with TSN, RDS
- ^ "TSN, RDS, and Fight Network become new Canadian home for UFC". TSN.ca. Retrieved December 23, 2014.