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For the Canadian cable television specialty channel formerly known as "Prime", see TVtropolis. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A specialty channel (or speciality channel) is a Television channel which consists of Programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific TVtropolis is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by Canwest Media Inc for the Australian television network, see Prime Television. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations Prime Television is an Australian television network owned by Prime Television Limited.

Prime Network was a cable sports network owned by Liberty Media that served several regionalized areas between 1983 and late-1997. The Liberty Media Corporation is an American Media conglomerate and the control is exercised by engineer Dr The year 1983 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1983. The year 1997 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1997. While Liberty owned many of these stations, some were affiliates and owned by another company. Affiliates also had the choice of what Prime programming they wanted to air and when.

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Prime Network was revolutionary in the sense that it was one of the first sports networks to give live national coverage to regional auto racing series, such as the NASCAR West Series and ARCA stock car series. The NASCAR Camping World West Grand National Series (formerly the NASCAR Winston West Series the NASCAR Grand National Division Autozone West Series and ARCA RE/MAX Series is an American stock car series the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America. They were also the exclusive live broadcast home to the USAR Hooters ProCup Series from the series' inception in 1994 until Prime Sports' demise in November 1997, when ESPN2 secured the rights to the series from 1998–1999. ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. In addition to this, Prime also televised a great deal of ASA (American Speed Association) races in the 1980s and 1990s, sharing broadcast rights with now-defunct TNN (The Nashville Network). That is owned by Ron Varney and was known as USPRO before its acquisition by Steve Dale Spike (formerly called Spike TV) a division of MTV Networks, is an American cable network designed for an audience described The network also was the first to televise NASCAR Nextel (then Winston) Cup qualifying on a regular basis, mainly for races televised by TBS (Turner Broadcasting System). TBS is an American Cable television network that shows sports and a variety of programming with a focus on comedy Prime also televised a number of regional NHL hockey games and college basketball games, along with bodybuilding and wrestling matches. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing Muscle hypertrophy. Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent They would also occasionally air workout programs, like Body by Jake.

Time-sharing

Some of Prime Networks affiliates were "time-share" stations. In other words, they shared time with other cable networks on some cable systems. For example, Home Sports Entertainment (now FSN Southwest) shared time with QVC network on some cable outlets. FSN Southwest is a regional cable sports network that operates in all or parts of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas FSN Southwest is a regional cable sports network that operates in all or parts of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas Ironically, QVC is now owned by Liberty Media, who owned Prime. However, during the Prime/QVC timeshare, QVC was owned by Comcast. Usually, QVC would air from about 3 a. m. -1 p. m. on a given day, and then Prime would take over with its feed and feature a brief sign-on and display its bright red HSE symbol in a large font. They would then give a program listing of the day's shows, which was usually superimposed over a decorative sports-related background, such as a basketball court. Some cable systems would scramble HSE when its feed took over because they treated it as a premium channel, such as Sports Time, which was on in the 1980s.

Prime SportsChannels America

In 1993, Liberty, NBC and Cablevision created a new venture called Prime SportsChannels America sharing programming and sales agreements between Prime and SportsChannel America. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company SportsChannel America was a Cable television network operated by Cablevision. In 1996, Liberty Media sold 50 percent of their regional Prime Sports channels to News Corporation creating FOX Sports Net and a new company, FOX/Liberty Networks. The Liberty Media Corporation is an American Media conglomerate and the control is exercised by engineer Dr News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net (FSN are a collection of cable TV Regional sports networks owned and operated by News In 1997, FOX/Liberty merged with SportsChannel America creating National Sports Partners, and the Prime Network and SportsChannel names were dropped for the FSN name nationwide. SportsChannel America was a Cable television network operated by Cablevision.

In 2007, Liberty bought back FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Rocky Mountain, and FSN Northwest from News Corporation. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Affiliates

Affiliates included:

FSN Arizona is a Regional sports network that serves the state of Arizona. FSN Midwest is a Regional sports network that operates in eastern and central Missouri, Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, and Iowa FSN Rocky Mountain is a Regional sports network based in Denver Colorado. FSN Rocky Mountain is a Regional sports network based in Denver Colorado. FSN South (longform Fox Sports Net South) is a Regional sports network that airs sports programming in the Southern United States. FSN Southwest is a regional cable sports network that operates in all or parts of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas FSN Pittsburgh (sometimes referred to as Fox Sports Pittsburgh) is a cable channel controlled by Fox Sports Net. FSN Pittsburgh (sometimes referred to as Fox Sports Pittsburgh) is a cable channel controlled by Fox Sports Net. FSN Northwest is a United States regional sports network available in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Empire Sports Network was a Regional sports network on Cable television which served Upstate New York from Buffalo to Albany, Sun Sports is a Florida sports broadcasting network with its headquarters at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic ( CSN Mid-Atlantic) is a Regional sports network in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The New England Sports Network, or NESN, is a regional Cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County Connecticut The Madison Square Garden Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic and focused on New York
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