The Ski Channel
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Launched | December 25, 2008 |
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Website | theskichannel |
The Ski Channel is a
Background
About 1997, Bellamy had the idea of cable channel for skiing and started work on the concept. He switch to working on a tennis channel concept given the broader audience for tennis.[1] In 2005, Bellamy and the rest of the Tennis Channel's management was swept out by the owners.[2]
History
In April 2007, Bellamy announced the formation of The Ski Channel television
A big announcement was a partnership with Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley that made Moseley an investor in the channel, a spokesperson and gave Moseley a signature show on the network.[7] The Moseley announcement came at “The Ski Channel Baby Shower” and was attended by ski and snowboard stars: Julia Mancuso, Kirstina Koznick, Lauren Ross and Dash Longe. Alexandra Paul, Donna Mills, Melissa Rivers, Dawnn Lewis, Jaron Lowenstein, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Amy Pietz, Jason Gray Stanford, Sinjin Smith, Pam Shriver and George Lazenby attended as well.[8]
On November 17, 2008, it was reported by
On June 1, 2009, it was announced that The Ski Channel had entered into a long term partnership with
In July 2010, The Ski Channel announced a deal with Comcast that brings the network to 43 million US television households when added to the previous distribution. The channel also announced that a mid-October grass-roots film tour would feature the debut of channel produced ski films before they air on the service channel.[12]
Programs
The network broadcasts events, movies, destination travel, news, equipment, instructional, real estate and all the different sports and activities that take place in the mountains in both the summer and winter. The channel has announced event rights that include the World Heli Championships that takes place in New Zealand and is the billed as the most extreme sporting event in the world, World Freeski Championships, the Subaru US Freeskiing Tour, The North Face Snowboard Tour and the Teva Mountain Games. Olympic Gold Medalist, Jonny Moseley has his own show called “Air It Out With Jonny Moseley.” [13]
Cable and Satellite Distribution
Currently, The Ski Channel is available on 7 of the largest television distribution companies
References
- ^ Bradstreet, Kailee (September 5, 2012). "Behind The Surf Channel: Founder Steve Bellamy". Transworld Business. The Enthusiast Network. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Lattman, Peter (September 9, 2010). "P.E. in 5th Set With Tennis Channel". New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
- ^ a b Schneider, Michael (April 29, 2007). "Ski channel snowballing". Variety. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^ Amirault, Dave (2007-08-09). "The Ski Channel and Rage Films to form multi-faceted partnership FREESKIER Magazine". Storm Mountain Publishing Co. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (2007-09-09). "Canadian outfit rides Ski slopes". Variety. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ Reynolds, Mike (December 17, 2007). "Ski Channel Glides Into HarroArt Pact". Multichannel News. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (2007-06-04). "Jonny Moseley signs with Ski Channel". Reuters. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "A Ski Channel Baby Shower Promises One Big Baby". 2007-06-18. Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "This story no longer exists - BusinessWeek". Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ Eggerton, John (2008-12-26). "Ski Channel Celebrates Christmas Launch". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ a b Eggerton, John (June 1, 2009). "Ski Channel Comes Out Of The Gate On AT&T U-verse". Multichannel. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (July 19, 2010). "Comcast Hits the Slopes". Multichannel. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "NEW PARTNERSHIP: Ski Channel and Jonny Moseley Join Forces". Powder Magazine. Primedia Action Sports Group. June 4, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Comcast Hits the Slopes". Multichannel News. 2010-07-19. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved 2016-08-25.