Spectrum Sports
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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | California Hawaii Kansas New York |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Charter Communications |
History | |
Launched | 2003 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Live Stream | Live Stream(U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login from participating providers to stream content; some events may not be available due to league rights restrictions) |
Spectrum Sports (abbreviated as SPECTSN[1]), also known under the corporate names Spectrum Networks, or Charter Sports Regional Networks, is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016. Charter also operates two other channels under the alternative name Spectrum SportsNet. The channels previously were branded as either Time Warner Cable Sports Channel or Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
Each of the networks carry regional broadcasts of sporting events from various professional, collegiate and high school sports teams (with broadcasts typically exclusive to each individual network, although some are shown on more than one Spectrum Sports network within a particular team's designated market area), along with regional and national sports discussion, documentary and analysis programs.
Depending on their individual team rights, some Spectrum Sports outlets maintain overflow feeds available via digital cable channels in their home markets, which may provide alternate programming when not used to carry game broadcasts that the main feed cannot carry due to scheduling conflicts. Spectrum Sports' business operations are based in New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California.
History
Time Warner Cable (TWC) launched its first regional sports network in Kansas City in 1996. The network then known as Metro Sports featured mostly college and high school games. The second of these networks was formed in 1998 as Central Ohio Sport! Television. That network began as a partnership with
Time Warner Cable has also partnered with major league sports teams to form regional sports networks. The first of these was SportsNet New York in 2006 of which the New York Mets are the majority owners. In 2012, Time Warner Cable SportsNet (currently Spectrum SportsNet) was formed in a partnership with the Los Angeles Lakers. This was followed by the less successful Time Warner SportsNet LA (currently Spectrum SportsNet LA) as joint-venture with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Since taking over, Charter has shut down most of these networks. In some cases they have been replaced by Spectrum News.
Networks
Owned and operated
Channel | Region served | Team/conference broadcast rights | Year launched | Notes |
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Spectrum Sports (Hawaii) | Hawaii | Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine sports Hawaii High School Athletic Association sports |
Launched as Oceanic Sports | |
Spectrum Sports (Kansas City) |
Kansas City metropolitan area, Lincoln, Nebraska |
Summit League sports sportsNAIA |
1996 | Launched as Metro Sports; rebranded as Time Warner Cable SportsChannel in 2013. |
Partnerships
Channel | Owner | Region served | Team/conference broadcast rights | Year launched | Notes |
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Spectrum SportsNet | Los Angeles Lakers (50%) Charter (50%) |
Southern California, Central California, Las Vegas Valley, Hawaii |
Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA) Los Angeles Chargers (NFL) (team-related programming) |
2012 | |
Spectrum SportsNet LA Spectrum Deportes LA |
Guggenheim Baseball Management (50%) Charter (50%) |
Las Vegas Valley, Hawaii |
Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) | 2014 | Only regional sports network with separate Spanish feed. Network is also available on and other cable systems. |
SportsNet New York |
New York Mets (65%) Charter (27%) NBC Sports Group (8%) |
New York Metropolitan Area Upstate New York |
New York Mets (MLB) New York Jets (NFL) (team related programming) |
2006 |
Former networks
Channel | Region served | Team/conference broadcast rights | Year launched | Year shutdown | Notes |
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Spectrum Sports (Carolinas) | North Carolina, South Carolina |
2017 | Subfeeds: Charlotte, Raleigh, Columbia. | ||
Spectrum Sports (Florida) | Florida | 2004 | 2017 | ||
Spectrum Sports (Ohio) | Ohio, parts of northern Kentucky, western Pennsylvania |
Columbus Crew (MLS) Columbus Clippers (IL) Toledo Mud Hens (IL) Dayton Flyers basketball Miami RedHawks hockey Mid-American Conference college football and basketball Ohio High School Athletic Association sports |
1998 | 2019 | Launched as Central Ohio Sport! Television. Rebranded as Time Warner Cable SportsChannel in 2012. Network maintains separate feeds for Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, and Dayton .
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Spectrum Sports (New York) | Upstate New York | Syracuse Chiefs (IL) sportsSyracuse Crunch (AHL) New York Knicks (NBA) (via MSG Network) Eastern College Athletic Conference hockey Syracuse Orange football, basketball and lacrosse Buffalo Bulls football (home games only) Canisius Golden Griffins hockey and basketball Niagara Purple Eagles hockey and basketball RIT Tigers ice hockey Colgate Raiders |
2003 | 2017 | Subfeeds: Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, |
Spectrum Sports (Texas) | Texas | High School Football (UIL ) |
2010 | 2017 | Subfeeds: Dallas / Waco, Austin / San Antonio. |
Spectrum Sports (Wisconsin) | Wisconsin | Milwaukee Panthers sports | 2007 | 2018 |
See also
References
- ^ "TV Listings – San Diego Union-Tribune". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 29 July 2018.