Root Sports
| Root Sports | |
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| Launched | April 1, 2011 |
| Network | Fox Sports Networks |
| Owned by |
AT&T Sports Networks (AT&T Inc.) |
| Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (through regional affiliates) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Sister channel(s) | Root Deportes |
| Website | www |
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| 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 some 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 |
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| AT&T U-verse | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
Root Sports (stylized as ROOT Sports) is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by the AT&T Sports Networks division of AT&T Inc. 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 more than one Root Sports network within a particular team's designated market area).
In addition to carrying team and conference-related magazine, analysis and discussion programs exclusive to each region, most of the networks (with the current exception of Root Sports Southwest) also broadcast nationally distributed sports events, documentary and entertainment programs through a programming agreement with Fox Sports Networks, a remnant of their former ownership under their previous corporate parents.
While previously operating under FSN branding, these four networks relaunched under the Root Sports name on April 1, 2011, coinciding with the start of the Major League Baseball regular season. Collectively, the Root Sports networks serve 8.3 million cable and satellite subscribers in 18 states. Root Sports maintains business and master control operations are based in San Francisco, California.
On December 22, 2006, Liberty Media acquired four Fox Sports regional networks – FSN Utah, FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Northwest and FSN Rocky Mountain – as part of a deal with News Corporation, which exchanged the networks and its controlling 38.5% ownership interest in satellite provider DirecTV for US$550 million in cash and stock, in exchange for the 16.3% stake in News Corporation that had been owned by Liberty. These three FSN affiliates became part of the Liberty Entertainment division, which also owned a stake in the Game Show Network.
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