|
FNTSY Sports Network (also known as Fantasy Sports Network) is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel that is owned by Anthem Media Group. The channel broadcasts programming aimed at the fantasy sports market including commentary, call-in shows, coverage of drafts, and reality series.〔(World’s First Fantasy Sports TV Network Set to Launch ) RotoExperts.com 2014-01-14〕 Fantasy Sports Network officially launched on March 4, 2014 on MTS.〔 ==History== In January 2013, Anthem Media's subsidiary Fight Media Inc. was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called "The League – Fantasy Sports TV," described as ''"a national, English-language specialty Category B service devoted to fantasy sports, allowing viewers to act as owners and assume all the responsibilities associated with operating real sports franchises, and allowing viewers to create, monitor, trade and discuss players on their teams with others also playing fantasy sports."''〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-7 ) CRTC 2013-01-09〕 CEO of Anthem Media Group Inc., Leonard Asper, only a few months after receiving approval from the CRTC, told The Toronto Star that the channel was slated for a launch in September 2013 after already securing one distributor to carry the channel; however, the channel did not launch as planned for unknown reasons.〔(Fantasy Sports: Can new TV network find an audience among poolies? ) The Toronto Star 2013-03-11〕 To bolster its footprint in the fantasy sports market and provide content for the upcoming channel, Anthem Media acquired (RotoExperts.com ) and (SportsGrid.com ), two leading U.S.-based websites operating in the fantasy sports field, in August 2013.〔(Anthem Media Group Acquires RotoExperts And SportsGrid To Boost Fantasy Sports Television Launch ) SportsGrid.com 2013-08-01〕 In December 2013, it was reported that the channel is expected to launch in Canada and the United States in March 2014.〔(Fantasy Sports Network Looks To Become a Reality In March ) Multichannel.com 2013-12-03〕 On January 14, 2014, Anthem Media announced the launch date for the channel as March 4, 2014.〔 However, it was initially expected to launch only in the U.S. on that date with the Canadian launch limited to only an app and streaming online channel〔(Fantasy Sports Network targets March launch ) Cartt.ca 2014-01-14〕 until January 29, 2014 when Anthem Media announced it will launch in Canada the same day as the U.S. through a carriage agreement with MTS.〔(Fantasy Sports Network to Launch on MTS Ultimate TV on March 4, 2014 ) RotoExperts.com 2014-01-29〕 Three months after the channel's expected launch in the U.S., the channel officially launched in the U.S. on Cablevision's Optimum TV service.〔(Fight Network, FNTSY Gain First US Berths With Cablevision ) Multichannel News 06-26-2014〕 On December 4, 2014, FNTSY Sports Network launched on Bell Fibe TV.〔(Anthem Media’s FNTSY Sports Network Now Available to All Bell Fibe TV Subscribers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FNTSY Sports Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|