Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Bethpage, New York |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Rainbow Programming Holdings (Cablevision NBC Liberty Media) |
Sister channels | SportsChannel |
History | |
Launched | October 1, 1993 |
Closed | July 9, 1997 |
Replaced by | American Sports Classics |
NewSport was an American cable and satellite television network that was owned by Rainbow Programming Holdings, a joint venture between the Rainbow Media subsidiary of Cablevision, NBC and Liberty Media.[1] Predating the launch of the originally similar ESPNews by three years, it focused on 24-hour coverage of sports news and analysis.