Fox Sports Tennessee

Fox Sports Tennessee (FSTEN) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in the state of Tennessee, namely the Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators.

Fox Sports Tennessee
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaTennessee
northern Alabama
northern Mississippi
eastern Arkansas, Kentucky
NetworkFox Sports Networks
HeadquartersNashville, Tennessee
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format720p (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Sister channelsFox Sports South
Fox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports Carolinas
History
LaunchedOctober 31, 2008 (2008-10-31)
Links
Websitefoxsports.com/tennessee
Availability
Cable
Available on most cable systems in designated broadcast areaConsult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability
Satellite
DirecTV646-2 (HD)
646-3 (SD)
Dish NetworkChannels vary by date
IPTV
Google Fiber204 (HD) (Nashville)
Streaming media
Fox Sports Gowww.foxsportsgo.com/
(U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login from participating providers to stream content; some events may not be available due to league rights restrictions)
Sling TVInternet Protocol television

Fox Sports Tennessee is available on cable providers throughout Tennessee, northern Alabama, eastern Arkansas and northeastern Mississippi, with an estimated reach of 1.8 million subscribers, and nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.

History
Fox Sports Tennessee logo, used from 2008 to 2012.

Fox Sports Tennessee launched on October 31, 2008, and was created through the separation of Fox Sports South into three regional networks: alongside the main Fox Sports South channel (originating from Atlanta, Georgia) and Fox Sports Carolinas, the latter of which launch on the same date as Fox Sports Tennessee.[1] In July 2013, News Corporation spun off the Fox Sports Networks and most of its other U.S. entertainment properties into 21st Century Fox.

On December 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies, The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire all 22 regional Fox Sports networks from 21st Century Fox, including Fox Sports Tennessee. However, on June 27, 2018, the Justice Department ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of ESPN. On May 3, 2019, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (through their joint venture, Diamond Holdings) bought Fox Sports Networks from The Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion. The deal closed on August 22, 2019.[2][3]

In 2020, Diamond Sports formed a partnership with Bally's Corporation was formed to rebrand the networks as "Bally Sports". On January 27, 2021, Bally's and Sinclair issued a joint press release unveiling the new logos for the rebrand of the networks that will occur at a still undetermined date later in 2021. It also was announced that Fox Sports Tennessee would be shut down at that time with programming being merged into the new Bally Sports South (previously FOX Sports South) and Bally Sports Southeast (previously FOX Sports Southeast).[4]

Programming

Fox Sports Tennessee holds the regional cable television rights to the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the Nashville Predators of the NHL. It also carries simulcasts of Major League Baseball games, carrying Cincinnati Reds games televised by Fox Sports Ohio,[5] St. Louis Cardinals games televised by Fox Sports Midwest[6] and (within Tennessee) Atlanta Braves games televised by Fox Sports South, as well as coverage of collegiate sports events from the Southeastern Conference.

Other services

Fox Sports Tennessee HD

Fox Sports Tennessee HD is a high definition simulcast feed of Fox Sports Tennessee, which broadcasts in the 720p format. The channel broadcasts most Predators and Grizzlies games (both live telecasts and late night replays) as well as several NCAA football and basketball games shown nationally on FSN and other programming distributed nationally by Fox Sports Networks in high definition. Fox Sports Tennessee HD originally transmitted only during game telecasts (with a test pattern being shown at other times) until July 2009, when it was converted into a 24-hour simulcast feed.

Announcers

Memphis Grizzlies

Nashville Predators
  • Willy Daunic – play-by-play
  • Chris Mason – color commentator
  • Lyndsay Rowley – Preds Live anchor, away game bench reporter
  • Kara Hammer - Home game bench reporter
  • Terry Crisp – intermission reporter
  • Jerome Jurenovich and Kelsey Wingert – Preds Studio Update Host

References
  1. "Fox Sports Launches Regional Nets in Tennessee, Carolinas". Multichannel News. Reed Business Information. November 1, 2008. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012.
  2. "Sinclair completes acquisition of regional sports networks from Disney". Bloomberg. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. Littleton, Cynthia. "Sinclair Clinches Disney-Regional Sports Networks Deal, Byron Allen Joins as Partner". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  4. "Sinclair Broadcast Group And Bally's Corporation Unveil Official Bally Sports Logo And Corresponding Regional Monikers". www.prnewswire.com. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc ; Bally's Corporation. Jan 27, 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. "FOX Sports Tennessee, SportSouth to Televise 123 Reds Games during 2011 MLB Season". Fox Sports Tennessee. March 8, 2011.
  6. "2011 Fox Sports Tennessee and SportSouth St. Louis Cardinals Telecast Schedule" (PDF). St. Louis Cardinals.
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