GSN (Game Show Network)
| Game Show Network | |
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| Launched | December 1, 1994 |
| Owned by | Game Show Network, LLC (Sony Pictures Television) (58%) AT&T (42%) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Slogan | Ready To Play? |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | United States Canada |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 233 (HD/SD) |
| Dish Network | 116 (HD/SD) |
| Bell TV (Canada) | 1732 (HD) 639 (SD) |
| Shaw Direct (Canada) | 177 / 549 |
| C-Band - H2H/4DTV | AMC 18 - 205 |
| Cable | |
| Available on most North American cable providers | Channel slots vary in each TV operator |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS | 684 (HD) 184 (SD) |
| AT&T U-Verse | 1173 (HD) 173 (SD) |
| RCN | 128 |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | 1639 (HD) 639 (SD) |
| Zazeen (Canada) | 109 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Game Show Network (GSN) is an American pay television channel that is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Television (owning a 58% interest) and AT&T (holding 42%).
The channel's programming is primarily dedicated to game shows, including reruns of classic game shows, along with new, first-run original and revived game shows. For a period in the mid-2000s, Game Show Network began branching out into "games" in general, including reality competition series and televised poker shows.
GSN is available to 79 million households in America as of January 2016.
On May 7, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment joined forces with the United Video Satellite Group to launch Game Show Channel, which was set to launch in 1993. The announcement of the channel was made by SPE president Mel Harris. Sony Pictures' holdings included those by Merv Griffin Enterprises and Barris Industries, Inc. SPE was in competition with The Family Channel in launching a game show-oriented channel when The Family Channel announced the launch of its own service called Game Channel.
On December 2, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment made a deal to acquire the Barry & Enright game show library, and in a separate deal, struck a 10-year licensing agreement for the rights to the Mark Goodson game show library of more than 20,000 episodes including among others, What's My Line?, Family Feud and To Tell the Truth. Upon the deal, Sony said it would sell an equity stake in the network to Mark Goodson Productions, including the production of new original series by Jonathan Goodson Productions. Both deals were completed on December 7, 1992, eleven days before Mark Goodson's death. On June 6, 1994, Mark Goodson Productions pulled out of the venture.
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