Rogers Sportsnet (often referred to only as Sportsnet) is a Canadian English-language cable television sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Communications.
Although licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a single national service, for all intents and purposes it is equivalent to a collection of four regional sports networks, each simulcast in both standard definition and high definition, and each covering a different region of Canada. In each region, only the local Sportsnet channel is available on analogue cable, but all four channels are available nationally via digital cable (subject to blackouts for some out-of-market teams). A separately-licensed fifth channel, Rogers Sportsnet One, launched on August 14, 2010.
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