Fox Sports Ohio | |
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Launched | February 9, 1989 (soft launch) September 1, 1989 (official launch) |
Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) Cincinnati Reds (50% stake in Cincinnati sub-feed) |
Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Slogan | We Are Fox Sports |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area |
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, northwest Pennsylvania, West Virginia, southwest New York National (via satellite) |
Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
Formerly called | SportsChannel Ohio (1989–1998) Fox Sports Ohio (1998–2000) Fox Sports Net Ohio (2000–2004) FSN Ohio (2004–2008) |
Sister channel(s) | SportsTime Ohio, Fox Sports Networks |
Website | www |
Availability
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Satellite | |
DirecTV |
Cleveland feed: 660 (SD) 660–1 (HD) Cincinnati feed: 661 (SD) 661–1 (HD) |
Dish Network |
Cleveland feed: 425 (SD) 5425 (HD) Cincinnati feed: 427 (SD) 5427 (HD) |
Cable | |
Available on most Ohio cable systems and select cable systems elsewhere in designated broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-verse |
Cleveland feed: 734 (SD) 1734 (HD) Cincinnati feed: 732 (SD) 1732 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Fox Sports Go |
www (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 Ohio is an American regional sports network that is owned by Fox Cable Networks, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of Ohio, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Cleveland and Cincinnati, which are broadcast on separate programming feeds.
Fox Sports Ohio is available on cable providers throughout Ohio, as well as parts of Indiana, Kentucky, northwestern Pennsylvania, border communities of West Virginia, and extreme southwestern New York; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
The channel originally launched on February 9, 1989, with an official launch on September 1 of that year as SportsChannel Ohio. It launched as an affiliate of SportsChannel, a slate of regional sports networks operated as a joint venture between Cablevision and NBC. SportsChannel Ohio initially held the broadcast games from the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cleveland Indians. The channel also aired select Cincinnati Reds games produced by SportsChannel Cincinnati, Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball and football games, and Ohio State Buckeyes sporting events (with the exception of football and basketball).