Mizlou Television Network

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Mizlou Television Network, Inc.
Type
television network,
Cable and Internet broadcast.
Country
USA
HeadquartersTampa, Florida
Broadcast area
World Wide
Established1962; 62 years ago (1962)

Mizlou Television Network, Inc. or Mizlou Communications, Inc.,

television network active in 1962—1991. In 1992 Mizlou was re-established as Mizlou Television Network, Inc., which is now based in Tampa, Florida. Mizlou later branched out into cable sports channels.[1]

Operation

The network was not a full-time network, but produced sports and entertainment

independent television stations and cable channels.[2]

Mizlou utilized the AT&T system to distribute signals to television stations nationwide via land lines and microwave facilities.

History

Unisphere Broadcasting System

In mid-1965, radio businessman Vincent C. Piano proposed the Unisphere Broadcasting System. The service would have operated 2.5 hours each night. However, Piano had difficulty signing affiliates; a year later, no launch date had been set, and the network still lacked a "respectable number of affiliates in major markets."[3]

Mizlou TV Network

Mizlou began syndicating college football bowls in 1968.[1]

Maryland sold Mizlou rights to two of its Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball games along with the women's basketball Maryland versus Immaculata game on January 26, 1975. This was the first national broadcast of a women’s college basketball game with 100+ stations signing on to the telecast.[4]

Mizlou broadcast the first three

game clock operator to cut three minutes off the clock in the first quarter.[7]

Mizlou was hired by U.S. Tobacco to broadcast the College National Final Rodeo in 1981.

Hall of Fame Bowls for that year.[2]

In August 1989, Mizlou Communications announced the November launch of

Landmark Communications and Telecable Corporation as a potential buyer of the channel and other assets.[11][12] In January 1991, Landmark dropped plans for a sport news channel and its discussions with Mizlou for the purchases of Sports News Network[13] due to Tele-Communications Inc.'s planned launch of Prime Sports News, an all-sports news cable channel.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Nidetz, Steve (August 25, 1989). "Mizlou To Offer 24-hour Sports News". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Penner, Mike (April 24, 1986). "Freedom Bowl Announces 3-Year Deal With Mizlou". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. doi:10.1080/08838156909386290
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  4. ^ Ginsburg, David (January 25, 2005). "Women's basketball a hard sell in 1975". Salon. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  5. ^ Ruelas, Richard (July 22, 2011). "How the Fiesta Bowl made its way to TV". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  6. ISSN 0021-5996
    . Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  7. ^ Barefield, Ron (December 24, 1975). "B-G to Control Future Clock". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. Retrieved June 1, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ISBN 9781585443314
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  9. ^ Dolan, Steve (May 4, 1985). "Mizlou TV Network Won't Renew Contract With the Holiday Bowl". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  10. ^ Higgins, John M. (July 16, 1990). "Mizlou running out of cash for SNN". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  11. ^ Higgins, John M.; Umstead, R. Thomas (December 24, 1990). "SNN goes dark, Mizlou to file for Ch. 11". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Talks on Cable Deal End". New York Times. AP. January 28, 1991. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  13. ^ Higgins, John (January 28, 1991). "Landmark spikes its plans for Sports News Network". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  14. ^ Pierce, Scott D. (February 13, 1991). "ALL-SPORTS NEWS NETWORK COMING, AND CNN, TBS LEAD CABLE RATINGS". Deseret News. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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