TSN
The Sports Network (TSN) is English Canada's leading 24-hour national television broadcaster of sports. TSN's sister station, which broadcasts similar programmes but in French, is Reseau Des Sports (RDS). TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian cable channels. It was desnged as a Canadian version of ESPN, the extremely successful American all-sports cable channel.
Today the majority owner of TSN is Bell Globemedia, which also owns the CTV network. ESPN, the American cable channel, also has a share, and TSN's programming and on-air look is now patterned after ESPN's.
TSN's flagship program is SportsCentre (based on ESPN's SportsCenter--formely known as SportsDesk), a highlights and sports news show that airs several times a day.
The network covers dozens of National Hockey League and Canadian Football League games each year, plus a limited schedule of Toronto Blue Jays baseball and Toronto Raptors basketball. A portion of TSN's programming comes from ESPN, including the latter network's National Football League coverage.
