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CBS Sports Network

CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN)[2] is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known as CSTV), it operated as a multi-platform media brand which also included its primary website, collegesports.com, and a network of websites operated for the athletic departments of 215 colleges and universities.

Country

United States

United States
Canada

New York City

English

1080i HDTV
(downgraded to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)

CBS Entertainment Group

David Berson (President and CEO, CBS Sports)[1]

June 1, 2002 (2002-06-01)

National College Sports Network (2002–2003)
College Sports Television (2003–2008)
CBS College Sports Network (2008–2011)

After CSTV was acquired by CBS in 2006 (handed over from Viacom who purchased the network the previous year), the network was re-branded as the CBS College Sports Network in 2008. The network initially maintained its college sports focus, but in February 2011, the service was re-branded as CBS Sports Network to re-position it as a mainstream sports service. The network continues to have a particular focus on college sports, along with coverage of smaller leagues and events, simulcasts of sports radio shows from both the CBS Sports Radio network and Entercom's WFAN (formerly owned outright by CBS), and studio and analysis programming.


As of May 2015, CBSSN was available to approximately 61 million pay television households (66.1% of households with cable television) in the United States.[3][4]

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High definition[edit]

A high-definition simulcast feed of the channel, broadcasting at 1080i, was launched in August 2008. Prior to the launch of the feed, the two NCAA basketball tournament games that aired in March 2008, which were presented in HD on CBS, were converted to a standard-definition feed. CBSSN uses the AFD #10 broadcast flag to present programming on its standard definition feed in letterboxed widescreen for viewers watching through 4:3 television sets.

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UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League final

UEFA Europa League

[39]

(2020–present)

UEFA Super Cup

(starting in 2021–22 season)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Scottish Professional Football League

Scottish Premiership

Big3

(2019–present)[26]

WNBA

(2020–present)[40]

NWSL

Professional Bull Riders

[41]

(2018–2022)

Major League Rugby

PGA Tour on CBS

Masters

World's Strongest Man

2013

Tennis on CBS

World TeamTennis

(2020–2021)

Bellator MMA

(2022–present)

3ICE Hockey

(2020–present)

Athletes Unlimited Softball

(2021–present)[36]

World Series of Poker

(2023–present)

Canadian Football League

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Carriage[edit]

CBSSN is available nationally on most subscription television providers in the United States.


In Canada, Rogers Cable began carrying CBSSN on October 9, 2008. Satellite provider Bell Satellite TV started carrying the channel on September 3, 2009, and stopped on August 21, 2014 (they subsequently brought the channel back August 2015). Certain programs aired by the network (particularly NFL and NCAA basketball tournament related programs and other programs whose rights are owned by other broadcasters) are blacked out in Canada, and replaced with reruns of other events or studio programs. CBSSN is the only U.S.-based mainstream sports service that is carried on pay television in Canada. As of 2020, it is only available on Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco and Eastlink.


In late February 2009, CBSSN reached a new carriage agreement with DirecTV, which allowed the satellite provider to move the channel from its add on "Sports Pack" to its "Choice Xtra" base package; the move became effective on February 25, 2009, expanding the channel's distribution to 30 million subscribers.[54]


On July 7, 2009, Cox Communications announced that it would add the channel to its systems in Orange County, California and Arizona on August 1, 2009.[55] AT&T U-verse added the network on February 17, 2010.[56] On August 1, 2011, Cable One added the network in select markets.[57]


On July 20, 2019, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse removed it from their lineup due to a carriage dispute with CBS Corporation.[58] The channel was re-added on August 8, 2019, to both platforms as they reached a multi-year content carriage agreement.[59]

– host and play-by-play (2003–present)

Adam Zucker

– host and play-by-play (2003–present)

Brent Stover

Grant Boone – reporter (2011–present)

– play-by-play (2006–present)

Dave Ryan

– play-by-play (2008–present)

Jason Knapp

– host and play-by-play (2012–present)

Tom McCarthy

– play-by-play (2008–present)

Matt Shepard

– reporter (2008–present)

Krista Blunk

– play-by-play (2008–2020)

Ben Holden

– host and play-by-play (2012–present)

Jim Rome

– play-by-play (2012–present)

John Sadak

– play-by-play (2014–present)

Carter Blackburn

– play-by-play (2009–present)

Andrew Catalon

– play-by-play (2012–present)

Brad Johansen

– host and play-by-play (2012–present)

Adam Schein

– play-by-play (2016–present)

Dave Popkin

– play-by-play (2016–present)

Dave Armstrong

– play-by-play (2017–present)

Mike Crispino

– play-by-play (2010–present)

Rich Waltz

Dylan Jacobs – play-by-play (2018–present)

– reporter (2018–present)

Tina Cervasio

– play-by-play (2017–present)

Ed Cohen

– play-by-play (2018–present)

Jason Horowitz

Alex Del Barrio – play-by-play (2020–present)

Joel Godett – play-by-play (2018–present)

Michael Grady – play-by-play (present)

Andy Greathouse – director (2003–present)

– reporter and play-by-play (2020–present)

Lisa Byington

Chris Lewis – play-by-play (2021– present)

Chris Sylvester – play-by-play (2022–present)

Chick Hernandez – play-by-play (2022–present)

– play-by-play (2023–present)

Paul Burmeister

– CBS Sports Network official website

CBSSportsNetwork.com

– CBS Sports official website

CBSSports.com

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