Eleven Sports Network is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television channel. Owned by Eleven Sports, the network is primarily devoted to international sports. The network launched in March 2017, after it acquired distribution assets of the now-defunct One World Sports.
Video Eleven Sports Network (United States)
History
In March 2017, the U.S. international sports channel One World Sports was silently replaced by Eleven Sports Network with no advance announcement. One World Sports' staff had been furloughed as a cost-cutting measure in November 2016, and it was reported that the network was exploring a sale.
On March 16, 2017, Eleven Sports officially announced that it had acquired "certain distribution assets" of One World Sports. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed. Group Marketing Director Danny Menken explained that Eleven planned to target rights to niche international sports that have fanbases in the United States (as opposed to its business model in other territories, where Eleven targets the top international sports rights in smaller markets).
In response to questions surrounding employees and freelancers of One World Sports that had not yet been paid for their work, he emphasized that they had only acquired "certain distribution assets", and that "people that have issues with [GA-SW] have to contact management, but we have no shares or relationship beyond the acquisition of distribution assets."
Programming
Prior to the 2017 season, Eleven reached deals to broadcast Big Sky Conference, Ivy League, Southland Conference, and UMass Minutemen college football games. The UMass games will be simulcast on NESN and online. Eleven's Big Sky contract will include a weekly game in football and men's basketball, as well as some conference tournament games for men's and women's basketball, and women's soccer, volleyball, and softball.
On September 15th, the Belgian Jupiler Pro League signed an exclusive deal with ESN to bring Belgians top soccer action for fans in the U.S., and a week later the ACB Liga Endesa signed an exclusive deal to bring Spain's top basketball action to the stateside.
On October 6th, Eleven Sports announced a partnership with Twitter to live stream 7 Ivy League football games during the 2017 season for October and November.
On October 19th, ESN announced a new partnership with Thuuz Sports, a fastgrowing leader in custom, shortform sports video; to help redefine and enhance the viewing experience for consumers worldwide. A day later, the University of Massachusetts, with Eleven Sports announced a total of 14 hockey, men's basketball, and women's basketball games to be televised via Eleven and local broadcast partners New England Sports Network (NESN) and NBC Sports Boston (NBCSB).
On January 9th, ESN announced a new partnership that will include the exclusive presentation of up to 120 live NBA G League regular season games during the 2017-18 season.
Maps Eleven Sports Network (United States)
Broadcasting rights
Men's Basketball
- NBA G League
- Big Sky Conference
- Ivy League
- Southland Conference
- Liga Endesa
- UMass Minutemen
Women's Basketball
- Big Sky Conference
- Ivy League
- Southland Conference
- UMass Minutewomen
Soccer
- AFC Asian Cup
- AFC Champions League
- AFC U-23 Championship
- Miami FC
- Jupiler Pro League
Football
- Big Sky Conference
- Ivy League
- Southland Conference
- UMass Minutemen
Baseball
- Nippon Professional Baseball
Ice Hockey
- Champions Hockey League
- Kontinental Hockey League
- Swedish Hockey League
- UMass Minutemen
On-air staff
Current on-air staff
Notable former on-air staff
Affiliates
References
External Links
- Official website
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