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| Type | Ad hoc television network/syndication service |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Regional (available on television stations in several markets, as well as select regional sports networks) |
| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
| Headquarters | West Palm Beach, Florida[1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Parent | Sinclair Networks LLC[2] |
| Key people | Doron Gorshein (COO, Sinclair Networks) |
| History | |
| Founded | July 17, 2014 |
| Launched | August 30, 2014 |
| Closed | August 21, 2017 (2 years, 356 days) |
| Replaced by | Stadium |
| Links | |
| Website | americansportsnet |
American Sports Network (ASN) was a sports brand owned by the U.S. television station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group through its Sinclair Networks subsidiary.[2] Formed in July 2014, the multicast network component of ASN produced broadcasts of sporting events that were aired primarily across stations owned by Sinclair (in particular, The CW and MyNetworkTV stations owned and/or operated by the company, or, in some markets, on a digital subchannel of a Sinclair station), and syndicated to non-Sinclair stations and regional sports networks.
The multicast network component of ASN primarily dealt in college sports from NCAA Division I conferences, including live football and basketball games from the Atlantic 10 Conference, Big South Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, Mid-American Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, and Western Athletic Conference, as well as a limited number of professional sports events. In 2015, ASN acquired regional rights to Real Salt Lake and D.C. United of Major League Soccer, with games aired on Sinclair stations in the teams' market area, as well as television rights to the newly established Arizona Bowl.
In 2017, Sinclair announced that it would fold the multicast network component of ASN into a new joint venture with Silver Chalice called Stadium, which would combine ASN's broadcast distribution platforms with content from Silver Chalice's digital outlets 120 Sports and Campus Insiders. ASN-branded multicast programming continued on-air until September 6, when the network formally transitioned on-air to Stadium.[3]
- ^ Smock, Doug (March 12, 2017). "American Sports Network may remain after all". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ a b Bagley, Beau (May 18, 2015). "Minor League Baseball to be televised nationally on ASN". elpasoproud.com. Nexstar Media Group. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Is Sinclair-Led Sports Venture Stadium Greater Than Sum of its Parts?". Cablefax. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.