College Sports Television

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CSTV Networks, Inc. is a cable programming network and digital media company dedicated to college sports. It is the first 24/7 network devoted to college sports. In November 2005, CBS Corporation purchased CSTV for $325 million.

CSTV Networks, Inc., operates multiple platforms for programming exclusively dedicated to college sports. Distribution includes College Sports TV, CSTV.com, satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, and wireless networks. College Sports TV televises regular-season and championship events for 35 men’s and women’s college sports. CSTV.com is a major online source for college sports broadband content and backbone for more than 250 official college sites.

The founders of CSTV are Brian Bedol and Steve Greenberg, who also established Classic Sports Network (now ESPN Classic). The network went on the air April 7, 2003, with postgame coverage following Syracuse's win over Kansas to win the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

CSTV also recently launched a super-regional sports network on September 1, 2006, featuring sporting events of the Mountain West Conference. The network was officially named "the mtn." - MountainWest Sports Network. "the mtn." is only available through Comcast in the states of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; Cox Cable in the cities of Las Vegas, NV and San Diego, CA; and on various small, local cable networks in the states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Idaho. CSTV has made no deal with Dish Network or DirecTV for the satellite giants to carry "the mtn." Some of the football games and the majority of basketball games are only broadcast on "the mtn." and limited access of the network makes the games unavailable to many fans. However, selected football and basketball games produced by the mtn. have been shown on CSTV.

Additionally, CSTV produced some games for the 2005 C-USA college football season that aired on i (now ION Television) and on pay-per-view.

The network also has agreements to produce East Carolina Pirates football games and Memphis Tigers men's basketball games for local affiliates. These broadcasts also wind up on CSTV a few days later.

On October 30, 2006, CSTV broadcasted its first Canadian Collegiate football game between the University of Windsor Lancers and the University of Western Ontario Mustangs from London, Ontario. Both teams are members of Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the Canadian equivalent of the NCAA. This telecast was produced by Rogers Television, rather than by CSTV itself.

[edit] See also

• MountainWest Sports Network
• List of DirecTV channels
• List of Dish Network channels

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• The mtn.
• CSTV's University Wire Service
• CSTV's Fanstore