FSN (network)
| Fox Sports Networks | |
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| Launched | November 1, 1996 |
| Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) (some affiliates owned by MSG Networks, AT&T Sports Networks, the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals) |
| Picture format |
720p (HDTV) (HD feeds downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV sets) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (through regional affiliates) |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
| Formerly called | Fox Sports Net (1996–2004) FSN (2004–2008)/Fox Sports Local (2008–2012) |
| Replaced |
SportsChannel Prime Network |
| Sister channel(s) |
Fox Sports 1 Fox Sports 2 Fox Soccer Plus Fox Deportes Fox College Sports Big Ten Network |
| Website |
FoxSportsLocal.com foxsports |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| Dish Network | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| Cable | |
| Available on most U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
| Verizon FiOS | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| Streaming media | |
| Fox Sports Go |
www.foxsportsgo.com/ (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) |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Fox Sports Networks (FSN; formerly known as Fox Sports Net & simply FSN), is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox. 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 multiple FSN networks 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 Fox Sports Networks maintain overflow feeds available via digital cable, telco and satellite providers 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. Fox Sports Networks is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with master control facilities based in both Houston and Los Angeles; FSN also maintains production facilities at Stage 19 at Universal Studios Florida (which formerly served as home of Nickelodeon Studios until its closure in 2005).
At the dawn of the cable television era, many regional sports networks (RSNs) vied to compete with the largest national sports network, ESPN. The most notable were the SportsChannel networks, which first began operating in 1976 with the launch of the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus) in the New York City area and later branched out into channels serving Chicago and Florida; Prime Network, which launched in 1983 with Home Sports Entertainment (now Fox Sports Southwest) as its charter member network and later branched out onto the West Coast as "Prime Sports"; and SportSouth, an RSN operated by the Turner Broadcasting System.
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