MountainWest Sports Network

MountainWest Sports Network
MountainWest Sports Network
The Mtn.
Launched	September 1, 2006
Closed	June 1, 2012
Owned by	Mountain West Conference (30%) Comcast Corporation (30%) CBS Corporation (40%)
Country	United States
Headquarters	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Website	themtn.tv (former; now redirects to Comcast SportsNet homepage)

MountainWest Sports Network, informally known as the mtn. (pronounced as the mountain), was an American regional sports network dedicated to the Mountain West Conference. It launched on September 1, 2006.

CBS Corporation, the network's primary owner, shut down all television production on May 31, 2012.

The Mtn. premiered on September 1, 2006 as the first network dedicated to a college athletic conference – the Division I Mountain West Conference (MWC). The Mtn. annually produced and aired more than 170 collegiate sporting events, including football, basketball, Olympic sports, and conference championship coverage. The Mtn.’s expanded coverage included news programming, coaches’ shows, pre and post game analysis and feature programming about MWC athletics. The Mtn. was owned by the conference, Comcast, and CBS Corporation. Despite CBS owning the largest stake, Comcast handled much of its operation.

On April 5, 2012 it was announced that the Mtn. would cease operations on June 1, 2012. With the Mtn.'s closure, the Mountain West had not announced formal broadcast plans for 2012–2013, though a Colorado Springs Gazette report suggested that some MWC games might be picked up by CBS Sports Network and/or NBC Sports Network, or offered to a third party such as ESPN. Eventually all three networks picked up some MWC games while Root Sports Rocky Mountain picked up a cable package of games. Additional games were shown on Comcast, Time Warner, and Charter Cable Networks or on third tier local stations.

The network covered over 800 live sporting events in its first four years of operation. Details of football and basketball telecasts are listed in the events section below. Also on the schedule are current and former Olympic sports like baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, and track and field. The Mtn. aired pregame and post game shows from its suburban Denver, Colo. studios in support of most of the network's live event coverage, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball and softball. Halftime shows took place for all football and men's and women's basketball game telecasts.