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*[[UMass Minutemen football|UMass Minutemen]] |
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Revision as of 19:27, 10 November 2017
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Eleven Sports Network (Andrea Radrizzani, The Channel Company) |
Eleven Sports Network is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television channel. Owned by Eleven Sports, the network is primarily devoted to international sports. The network launched in March 2017, after it acquired distribution assets of the now-defunct One World Sports.
History
In March 2017, the U.S. international sports channel One World Sports was silently replaced by Eleven Sports Network with no advance announcement.[1] One World Sports' staff had been furloughed as a cost-cutting measure in November 2016, and it was reported that the network was exploring a sale.[2]
On March 16, 2017, Eleven Sports officially announced that it had acquired "certain distribution assets" of One World Sports. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.[3] Group Marketing Director Danny Menken explained that Eleven planned to target rights to niche international sports that have fanbases in the United States (as opposed to its business model in other territories, where Eleven targets the top international sports rights in smaller markets).[4]
In response to questions surrounding employees and freelancers of One World Sports that had not yet been paid for their work, he emphasized that they had only acquired "certain distribution assets", and that "people that have issues with [GA-SW] have to contact management, but we have no shares or relationship beyond the acquisition of distribution assets."[4]
Programming
Prior to the 2017 season, Eleven reached deals to broadcast Big Sky Conference, Ivy League, Southland Conference, and UMass Minutemen college football games. The UMass games will be simulcast on NESN and online.[5][6][7] Eleven's Big Sky contract will include a weekly game in football and men's basketball, as well as some conference tournament games for men's and women's basketball, and women's soccer, volleyball, and softball.[8]
On September 15th, the Belgian Jupiler Pro League signed an exclusive deal with ESN to bring Belgians top soccer action for fans in the U.S.[9], and a week later the ACB Liga Endesa signed an exclusive deal to bring Spain's top basketball action to the stateside.[10]
On October 6th, Eleven Sports announced a partnership with Twitter to live stream 7 Ivy League football games during the 2017 season for October and November.[11]
On October 19th, ESN announced a new partnership with Thuuz Sports, a fastgrowing leader in custom, shortform sports video; to help redefine and enhance the viewing experience for consumers worldwide.[12] A day later, the University of Massachusetts, with Eleven Sports announced a total of 14 hockey, men's basketball, and women's basketball games to be televised via Eleven and local broadcast partners New England Sports Network (NESN) and NBC Sports Boston (NBCSB).[13]
Broadcasting rights
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Soccer
Football
Baseball
Ice Hockey
On-air staff
Current on-air staff
Notable former on-air staff
Affiliates
| City of license/market | Station[15] | Virtual channel |
Owner | Primary affiliation of main signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Massachusetts | ||||
| Boston | -- | -- | Broadcast Group | |
| Springfield | -- | -- | Broadcast Group | |
| Worcester | -- | -- | Broadcast Group | |
References
- ^ "ONE World Sports Relaunches as Eleven Sports; Questions Regarding Unpaid Freelancers Remain". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "One World Sports Furloughs Staff". Multichannel News. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Eleven Sports Buys One World Assets". Multichannel News. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ a b "SVG Sit-Down: Eleven Sports Managing Director Danny Menken on the Launch of America's Newest Sports Network". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "UMass football vs. Hawaii: What to know as Minutemen approach 2017 season-opener". MassLive.com. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "Big Sky announces new TV partnership". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ Weitzman, Yosef. "Penn football's schedule features nine televised games". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "ELEVEN SPORTS TO BROADCAST BIG SKY CONFERENCE SPORTS". Big Sky Conference. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ http://elevensportsusa.com/eleven-sports-scores-exclusive-soccer-rights/
- ^ http://elevensportsusa.com/eleven-sports-nets-basketball-rights-in-the-u-s/
- ^ http://elevensportsusa.com/eleven-sports-partners-with-twitter-to-live-stream-ivy-league-football-games/
- ^ http://elevensportsusa.com/eleven-sports-thuuz-sports-strike-custom-video-partnership-agreement/
- ^ https://247sports.com/college/massachusetts/Bolt/UMass-and-Eleven-Sports-announce-basketball-hockey-broadcasts-109164394
- ^ https://areyouwatchingthis.com/tv/stations/elvnhd-eleven-sports-network-hd
- ^ Minium, Harry (August 27, 2014). "ODU's opener with Hampton to be televised in 66 markets". HamptonRoads.com. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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