Pac-12 Network
| Pac-12 Network | |
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Logo of the Pac-12 Networks
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| Launched | August 15, 2012 |
| Owned by | Pac-12 Conference |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Where Champions Play |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | United States and Canada |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Website | pac-12 |
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Availability
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| Dish Network | 409 (HD/SD), 406 (Hopper STB HD/SD) |
| Cable | |
| Frontier FiOS | 591 (HD) 91 (SD) |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | 1759–61 (HD) 759–61 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Sports Extra package |
| Pac-12 Network live stream |
video requires login from pay television provider, or in some cases, an ISP to access live content |
Pac-12 Network is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities are headquartered in San Francisco, California.
In addition to the national network, it also operates a group of six regional sports networks focusing on different schools within the conference under the Pac-12 Networks brand:
Announced on July 27, 2011 and launched on August 15, 2012, the national network was available to at least 48 million pay television households in the United States at the time of its debut, while the regional networks are available in all providers within their respective Pac-12 regional territory. It is the third sports network to be devoted to a specific collegiate athletic conference (after the Big Ten Network and the now-defunct MountainWest Sports Network) and the first to be owned by a conference outright without support from outside companies (Fox Entertainment Group owns 49% of Big Ten Network, while MountainWest Sports Network had CBS and Comcast as partners, and the recently launched SEC Network already has ESPN as a partner).
The networks feature 24-hour coverage of Pac-12 sanctioned sporting events, including olympic sports as well as broadcasts of archived sports telecasts. The contract ensures that every football and men's basketball game is televised nationally. Sports not featured on the national Pac-12 Network are instead carried through the regional networks as well as on the Pac-12 Digital Network, which was launched the same day.
On June 10, 2012, the Pac-12 Conference announced a partnership with pay-per-view service In Demand and Comcast Media Center (CMC) that would provide the networks with technical support, video on demand services, and support for TV Everywhere services. The infrastructure of the Pac-12 Networks, 12 member institutions and CMC's operations in Denver, Colorado are connected via fiber network. Master control origination services, including compression and satellite front-haul services, satellite receiver authorizations, and disaster recovery are also run through the CMC in Denver. The following month on July 22, the Pac-12 Conference announced an additional partnership with In Demand that would provide mobile production facilities and below-the-line crews for all 12 schools in the conference.
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