FNTSY Sports Network
| FNTSY Sports Network | |
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| Launched | March 4, 2014 |
| Owned by |
Anthem Sports & Entertainment (80%) Other investors (20%) |
| Slogan | Bring Your A Game |
| Country | Canada, United States |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Sister channel(s) |
Pursuit Channel Fight Network My Combat Channel |
| Website | FNTSY Sports Network |
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Availability
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| Cable | |
| Cogeco (Canada) | Channel 430 (SD) Channel 482 (HD) |
| EastLink (Canada) | Channel 718 (HD) |
| Rogers Cable (Canada) | Channel 499 (SD) / (HD) |
| Cablevision (USA) | Channel 147 (SD) |
| ShenTel Cable (USA) | Channel 366 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel 425 (SD) Channel 1425 (HD) |
| Bell MTS (Canada) | Channel 190 (SD) Channel 1190 (HD) |
| Optik TV (Canada) | Channel 921 (HD) |
| Sasktel (Canada) | Channel 127 (SD) Channel 427 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Amazon Fire TV (Worldwide) | Application |
| Apple TV (Worldwide) | Application |
| LG Channel Plus (Worldwide) | Application (Ch 287) |
FNTSY Sports Network (also known as Fantasy Sports Network) is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel that is majority owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment along with a group of other unnamed minority investors. The channel broadcasts programming aimed at the fantasy sports market including commentary, call-in shows, coverage of drafts, and reality series. The channel originally launched in March 2014.
In January 2013, Anthem Media's subsidiary Fight Media Inc. was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called "The League – Fantasy Sports TV," described as "a national, English-language specialty Category B service devoted to fantasy sports, allowing viewers to act as owners and assume all the responsibilities associated with operating real sports franchises, and allowing viewers to create, monitor, trade and discuss players on their teams with others also playing fantasy sports."
CEO of Anthem Media Group Inc., Leonard Asper, only a few months after receiving approval from the CRTC, told The Toronto Star that the channel was slated for a launch in September 2013 after already securing one distributor to carry the channel; however, the channel did not launch as planned for unknown reasons.
To bolster its footprint in the fantasy sports market and provide content for the upcoming channel, Anthem Media acquired RotoExperts.com and SportsGrid.com, two leading U.S.-based websites operating in the fantasy sports field, in August 2013.
In December 2013, it was reported that the channel, now named FNTSY Sports Network, was expected to launch in Canada and the United States in March 2014. On January 14, 2014, Anthem Media announced the launch date for the channel as March 4, 2014. However, it was initially expected to launch only in the U.S. on that date with the Canadian launch limited to only an app and streaming online channel until January 29, 2014 when Anthem Media announced it will launch in Canada the same day as the U.S. through a carriage agreement with MTS. Three months after the channel's expected launch in the U.S., the channel officially launched in the U.S. on Cablevision's Optimum TV service.
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