47-563: CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN ) 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
94-597: A Mountain West team until a 2013 game at Air Force, which once again aired on CBSSN. On April 3, 2012, CBSSN premiered Rome , a sports news and talk program hosted by nationally syndicated radio host Jim Rome ; Rome had recently left ESPN and his previous show, Jim Rome Is Burning , after signing a new contract with CBS Sports. Rome ended in March 2015, but the channel subsequently announced in October 2017 that it will add
141-614: A day. Under the leadership of Bedol as CEO, the network was originally named the National College Sports Network in June 2002, was subsequently renamed College Sports Television (CSTV) and launched on February 23, 2003. From their headquarters and studio operations at Chelsea Piers in New York City, CSTV was the first independent pay-television channel to be distributed nationwide, having been carried on satellite provider DirecTV at launch. In November 2005, College Sports Television
188-523: 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
235-508: A more "casual" and "fan-focused" counterpart to CBS's own The NFL Today and competitors (such as ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown ). On April 26, 2013, the network announced that it had signed a deal with the GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Series for the remainder of the 2013 and the 2014 seasons. The network aired flag to flag coverage for the races as well as live coverage for several of
282-428: A multi-year content carriage agreement. Source: Digital cable Digital cable is the distribution of cable television using digital data and video compression . The technology was first developed by General Instrument. By 2000, most cable companies offered digital features, eventually replacing their previous analog-based cable by the mid 2010s. During the late 2000s, broadcast television converted to
329-563: A network of websites operated for the athletic departments of 215 colleges and universities. 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
376-644: A senior advisor to CBS Corporation president and CEO Leslie Moonves (Petitti has since become the Big Ten Commissioner. In the fall of 2006, CSTV launched more than 100 broadband channels dedicated to college sports, which feature more than 10,000 live events. The subscription/pay-per-view service, called CBS College Sports XXL, and its portfolio of broadband channels in its All-Access suite, include coverage of Notre Dame , Southern California , Kansas , Ohio State and North Carolina . On February 12, 2008, CBS Corporation announced that, as part of
423-747: A television simulcast of his radio program, The Jim Rome Show , beginning January 2, 2018. On June 7, 2012, CBSSN began to air the remaining games of the American Hockey League 's 2012 Calder Cup Final between the Norfolk Admirals and the Toronto Marlies , starting with game 3. On July 26, 2012, the network signed a deal with the United Football League —a second-tier professional football league that began play in October 2009—to televise its games for
470-404: Is a logical channel of data within the physical channel. Technically there can be up to 1024 subchannels in a physical channel, though in practice only a few are used (as the bandwidth must be divided among all the subchannels). There are two ways providers try to make this easier for consumers. The first, accomplished through PSIP , is where program and channel information is broadcast along with
517-511: Is in the process of abandoning non-scripted development in favor of films. Bellator and Paramount Network were under Viacom when the company merged with CBS Corporation to form ViacomCBS . However, only five months later, the promotion announced that it would instead move to CBS's sister premium network Showtime . On April 19, 2021, the World Series of Poker and CBS Sports announced a multi-year rights agreement with PokerGO to become
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#1732781079979564-439: 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. On July 7, 2009, Cox Communications announced that it would add
611-512: Is specified in SCTE 07, and is part of the DVB standard (but not ATSC ). This method carries 38.47 Mbit/s using 256-QAM on a 6 MHz channel, which can carry nearly two full ATSC 19.39 Mbit/s transport streams. Each 6-MHz channel is typically used to carry 7–12 digital SDTV channels (256-QAM, MPEG2 MP/ML streams of 3–5 Mbit/s). On many boxes with QAM tuners (most notably
658-526: The 2012 season . The UFL paid for all production expenses and received no rights fee from CBSSN for the broadcasts. The league lasted approximately four weeks on CBSSN before suspending operations halfway through the season. In September 2012, CBSSN introduced the new NFL studio show NFL Monday QB . The following season, CBSSN premiered That Other Pre-Game Show, a weekly, four-hour studio show on Sunday mornings hosted by Adam Schein , Jonathan Jones, Kyle Long , Amy Trask , and Brock Vereen , designed to be
705-507: The DVR boxes), high definition versions of local channels, and some cable channels are available. Digital cable allows for the broadcast of EDTV (480p) as well as HDTV (720p, 1080i, and 1080p). By contrast, analog cable transmits programs solely in the 480i format (the lowest television definition in use today). The Advanced Television Systems Committee standards include a provision for 16-VSB transmission over cable at 38.4 Mbit/s, but
752-644: The Mountain West Conference , the Atlantic 10 Conference , Conference USA , the Patriot League , Army football and Navy football . In April 2006, the network organized the first Collegiate Nationals , a festival of championships dedicated to crowning champions in a wide variety of collegiate action sports such as snowboarding , wakeboarding and beach volleyball . More than 1,000 competitors converged on Reno - Tahoe to compete,
799-661: The WNBA ; coverage is now split between CBS and ESPN / ABC (who up to that point had held exclusive rights since 2003 ). CBS is also the last of the Big Three television networks to cover the WNBA ( NBC had the first-ever broadcast rights, which ran from 1997 to 2002 ). In November 2019, it was reported that CBS Sports had acquired the U.S. English-language broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League beginning in
846-477: The 2021–22 season, with CBSSN expected to be incorporated into the coverage. CBS would end up starting its coverage a year earlier in 2020 after acquiring the rights to the remainder of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons after Turner Sports opted out of its remaining contract. On January 9, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced that it had reached a new six-year deal with CBS and Fox Sports for its top-tier basketball and football rights. CBSSN will remain
893-613: The Story , to examine notable moments in sports from four perspectives each; the series premiere focused on the Villanova Wildcats' buzzer beater at the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game . CBSSN was one of three cable broadcasters of the Alliance of American Football —a second-tier developmental football league, alongside NFL Network and TNT . A weekly game and one playoff game were assigned to CBSSN. As
940-515: The U.S., digital cable systems with 750 MHz or greater activated channel capacity are required to comply with a set of SCTE and CEA standards. Until September 4, 2020, these companies were also required to provide CableCARDs to customers that requested them. 2011 NCAA Division I men%27s basketball tournament Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
987-556: The US were offering some form of digital cable TV to their customers. Digital cable technology has allowed cable providers to compress video channels so that they take up less bandwidth and to offer two-way communication capabilities. This has enabled providers to offer more channels, video-on-demand services that don't require a separate telephone line , telephone services, high speed internet services, and interactive television services. Digital cable implements error correction to ensure
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#17327810799791034-566: The United States. Updated figures are unknown as they have not been released by Paramount in nearly a decade. The network's roots began in 1999 when Chris Bevilacqua approached the co-founders of the Classic Sports Network , Brian Bedol and Stephen Greenberg —at that time, running Fusient Media Ventures, a New York-based sports and media company—with the idea for a subscription network featuring college sports 24 hours
1081-487: The cable company to change the frequency of a channel without changing what the customer sees as a channel number. In such arrangements, the physical/sub-channel numbers are called the "QAM channel", and the alternative channel designation is called the "mapped channel", "virtual channel", or simply "channel". In theory, a set-top box can decode the PSIP information from every channel it receives and use that information to build
1128-457: 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
1175-489: The channel to its systems in Orange County, California and Arizona on August 1, 2009. AT&T U-verse added the network on February 17, 2010. On August 1, 2011, Cable One added the network in select markets. On July 20, 2019, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse removed it from their lineup due to a carriage dispute with CBS Corporation . The channel was re-added on August 8, 2019, to both platforms as they reached
1222-1116: 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. CBSSN televises original programming, features, talk shows and documentaries as well as extensive women's sports coverage. Its regular season and championship event coverage draws from every major collegiate athletic conference and division, in addition to nine NCAA championships. CBSSN televises 35 men's and women's college sports including football , basketball , baseball , ultimate , hockey , lacrosse , soccer , wrestling and volleyball from every major conference. The network holds multi-media and marketing rights for
1269-669: The conference's primary broadcaster with 23 football games and 23 men's basketball games per-season, and there will be an option for selected games and the conference men's basketball championship to air on CBS, and events in Olympic sports to air on CBSSN beginning in 2021. The Mountain West football championship and Boise State home games will move to a Fox network. CBSSN acquired a package of World of Outlaws events from June 20 to July 4. On September 11, 2020, Bellator MMA announced that its events would move to CBSSN moving forward, after having previously aired on Paramount Network , which
1316-520: The digital HDTV standard, which was incompatible with existing analog cable systems. In addition to providing high-definition video , digital cable systems provide more services such as pay-per-view programming, cable internet access and cable telephone services . Most digital cable signals are encrypted , which reduced the incidence of cable television piracy which occurred in analog systems. In 1990, General Instrument (acquired by Motorola and now owned by ARRIS Group ) demonstrated that it
1363-615: The domestic television partner for the WSOP Main Event and various WSOP bracelet events, ending its long-term relationship with ESPN. Beginning in January 2023, CBS Sports HQ has produced a three hour sports information show for CBS Sports Network entitled CBS Sports HQ Spotlight . On April 27, 2023, the channel announced a new multi-year broadcasting rights deal with the Canadian Football League , becoming
1410-485: The encoding has not yet gained wide acceptance. Some SMATV systems may carry 8-VSB and QAM signals, mostly in apartment buildings and similar facilities that use a combination of terrestrial antennas and cable distribution sources (such as HITS or " Headend in the Sky ", a unit of Comcast that delivers digital channels by satellite to small cable systems). Digital cable channels typically are allocated above 552 MHz,
1457-564: The fall of 2006, CSTV and Comcast launched the MountainWest Sports Network (colloquially known as The Mtn. ), a network focusing exclusively on the Mountain West Conference . The relation with the network also gave CSTV exclusive online and broadcasting rights to Notre Dame 's game at Air Force on November 11, 2006—which caused controversy since CSTV did not have carriage as widely distributed as other networks that have aired Notre Dame games. The Irish did not revisit
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1504-405: The first, and only, nationally televised all-female sports panel show. Regular panellists include former professional boxer Laila Ali , former professional basketball player Lisa Leslie and USTA President Katrina Adams . In August 2015, the network premiered Time to Schein , a new program hosted by Adam Schein . In July 2017, the network announced a new documentary series, Four Sides of
1551-432: The frequency space that would normally be occupied by a single analog cable TV channel. The number of channels placed on a single analog frequency depends on the compression used. Many cable providers are able to fit about 10 digital SD channels or 2 digital HD channels on a single analog channel frequency. Some providers are able to squeeze more channels onto a single frequency with higher compression, but often this can cause
1598-420: The integrity of the received signal and uses a secure digital distribution system (i.e. a secure encrypted signal to prevent eavesdropping and theft of service.) Most digital cable providers use QAM for video services and DOCSIS standards for data services. Some providers have also begun to roll out video services using IPTV or Switched video . Digital cable technology can allow many TV channels to occupy
1645-537: The largest number ever for an event of its kind. For its second installment in 2007, the Collegiate Nationals added sports and other events such as national film and music competitions, as well as a second venue— San Diego . The third year, 2008, brought further changes, as the winter sports events were moved to the Keystone Resort near Boulder, Colorado and competitive eating was added. In
1692-475: The mapping between QAM channel and virtual channel. However, cable companies do not always reliably transmit PSIP information. Alternatively, CableCards receive the channel mapping and can communicate that to the set-top box. The standard for signal transmission over digital cable television systems in the United States is now fixed as both 64-QAM and 256-QAM ( quadrature amplitude modulation ), which
1739-419: The new U.S. TV rightsholder to the league; the channel will broadcast 34 CFL games for the 2023 season. 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
1786-446: The number of channels and services available to subscribers. Increased competition and programming choices from direct-broadcast satellite services such as DirecTV , Dish Network , and PrimeStar caused cable providers to seek new ways to provide more programming. Customers were increasingly interested in more channels, pay-per-view programming, digital music services, and high speed internet services. By 2000, most cable providers in
1833-559: The ongoing integration of CSTV into CBS Sports, that the network would be renamed the CBS College Sports Network on March 16, coinciding with the start of CBS 's coverage of the NCAA's basketball tournament . Studio shows moved from the original Chelsea Piers headquarters to the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in 2012. As part of the relaunch, the network added a new news program, College Sports Tonight . That program
1880-537: The races. The network broadcast the FIA WTCC Race of the United States from Sonoma Raceway on September 8, 2013. On December 2, 2013, CBSSN announced that it was to begin simulcasting the Boomer and Carton (now Boomer and Gio ) morning show from then co-owned sports talk radio station WFAN in New York City in January 2014. In October 2014, CBSSN launched a new talk show, We Need To Talk , which became
1927-483: The upper frequency of cable channel 78. (Cable channels above channel 13 are at lower frequencies than UHF broadcast channels with the same number, as seen in North American cable television frequencies .) Between 552 and 750 MHz, there is space for 33 6-MHz channels (231–396 SDTV channels); when going all the way to 864 MHz, there is space for 52 6-MHz channels (364–624 SDTV channels). In
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1974-461: The video quality of the channel to degrade. The addition of this capability complicates the notion of a "channel" in digital cable (as well as in over-the-air ATSC digital broadcasts ). The formal names for the two numbers that now identify a channel are the physical channel and the subchannel. The physical channel is a number corresponding to a specific 6 MHz frequency range. See: North American cable television frequencies . The subchannel
2021-433: The video, allowing the consumer's decoder (set-top box or display) to automatically identify the many channels and subchannels. The second (also accomplished through PSIP) is where, in an effort to hide subchannels entirely, many cable companies map virtual channel numbers to underlying physical and sub-channels. For example, a cable company might call channel 5-1 "channel 732" and channel 5-2 "channel 733". This also allows
2068-512: Was canceled in 2010, however other studio shows (including Inside College Football and Inside College Basketball ) still originate from the Chelsea Piers location. On February 15, 2011, CBS announced that the network would be relaunched as CBS Sports Network on April 4 (coinciding with the end of the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament ), to reflect an expansion into non-collegiate sports programming. A high-definition simulcast feed of
2115-401: Was possible to use digital compression to deliver high quality HDTV in a standard 6 MHz television channel. Using the same technology General Instrument (GI) demonstrated the digital transmission of multiple high quality standard definition programs in a 6 MHz cable channel. In the 1990s, cable providers began to invest heavily in this new multi-channel digital TV technology to expand
2162-482: Was purchased by Viacom for $ 325 million. CBS Corporation (Viacom's legal successor) took control of the network in January 2006. On January 3, 2008, it was announced that CSTV would be integrated into CBS Sports , with the sports division's executive vice president and executive producer, Tony Petitti , taking over day-to-day operational management of CSTV, which would be overseen by CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus . CSTV co-founder Brian Bedol would become
2209-514: Was the case with the UFL, the AAF paid CBSSN for the airtime; the AAF abruptly ceased operations before the season ended. On April 4, 2019, the 3-on-3 basketball league Big3 announced that it would move to CBS and CBSSN for its 2019 season. CBSSN will air at least 25 hours of coverage, including coverage of the league's draft. On April 22, 2019, CBS Sports reached an agreement to televise select games from
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