| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media, Sports Entertainment |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Key people | John Brunton, Chairman & CEO |
| Products | Broadcasting, Television Production |
| Owner(s) | Various Investors |
| Website | www.insightsports.com |
Insight Sports Ltd. is a Canadian sports media and entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario.
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Insight Sports owns and operates the following specialty television channel:
The company also owns a minority share of NHL Network (owns 20.58%), a 24 hour hockey channel and also operates GameTV on behalf of Kilmer Enterprises Inc., an investor in Insight Sports.
Insight Sports also owns Aquila Productions; a producer of sports television programming and distributor of sports and entertainment content across multiple platforms, including broadcast television, DVD, on-line, mobile, in-arena and video on-demand.
It was announced on January 23, 2009, that Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment will acquire Insight Sports' interest in GolTV. [1] The deal was approved by the CRTC on June 2, 2009.[2]
In March 2009, Insight Sports announced a corporate restructuring where-in a team of managers led by the CEO will buyout a number of non-core assets [3]including the Grand Slam of Curling, one of the most prestigious events on the World Curling Tour and the operation of Gretzky.com, the home page of Wayne Gretzky.