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Regional sports network
Type of cable television channel
Regional sports network
A regional sports network (RSN) in the United States and Canada is a television channel that presents sports programming to a local media market or geographical region. Such channels often focus on one or a few teams in Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, or the National Hockey League. Minor league sports, college sports, and high school sports may also be shown on such networks. Some RSNs originated as premium channels. Since the 1990s, they have commonly been distributed through the expanded basic tiers of cable television and IPTV services. Direct broadcast satellite providers may require subscribers to purchase a higher programming tier or a specialized sports tier to receive local and out-of-market regional sports networks. Due to the rise in cord cutting, a number of RSNs closed in the 2020s (including, most prominently, the FanDuel Sports Network chain, the descendent of the Fox Sports Networks); this has led to a shift in business models by many teams, choosing...
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