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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Texas Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma eastern New Mexico[1] Worldwide (via satellite) |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Houston Astros (50%) Houston Rockets (50%) |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1, 2012 |
| Replaced | Fox Sports Houston (January 12, 2009 - October 5, 2012) Comcast Sports Southwest (September 1, 2009 - October 1, 2012) |
| Former names | Comcast SportsNet Houston (October 1, 2012 - November 17, 2014) Root Sports Southwest (November 17, 2014 - July 14, 2017) AT&T SportsNet Southwest (July 14, 2017 - October 2, 2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | spacecityhn.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
| FuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
The Space City Home Network is an American regional sports network owned jointly by the Houston Rockets and Houston Astros. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, the network broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout Southeast Texas, mainly focusing on professional sports teams based in Greater Houston, namely the Astros and Rockets, as well as local college teams.
The channel went on the air in 2012 as Comcast SportsNet Houston under the ownership of Houston Regional Sports Network L.P., a joint venture with Comcast, DirecTV & AT&T along with the Astros and Rockets, after the closure of Fox Sports Houston. Following the bankruptcy of NBCUniversal in 2013, DirecTV and AT&T acquired the network in 2014 and relaunched under the Root Sports brand as Root Sports Southwest; but after DirecTV was acquired by AT&T, the channel is rebranded yet again to AT&T Sportsnet Southwest in 2017. In 2023, when Warner Bros. Discovery, the former WarnerMedia that AT&T acquired and divested, announced it would exit the regional sports network business, by selling or closing its AT&T SportsNet networks, the Astros and Rockets announced it would reacquire the channel which was rebranded to the Space City Home Network in October 2023.
As of 2024, the Space City Home Network is available on cable providers throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, parts of Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico, and nationwide on satellite via DirecTV. The feed for Astros games is also carried on the MLB.TV streaming service.
- ^ David Barron (July 5, 2012). "TV-radio notebook: CSN Houston lands C-USA football games". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved July 7, 2012.