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| Type | Free-to-airtelevision network |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | America One Television, Inc. (USFR Media Group)[1] (1995–2003) VOTH Network, Inc. (USFR Media Group)[1] (2003–2009) America One Television Network, Inc.[2] (2009–2010) One Media Corp, Inc.[3] (2010–2015) Center Post Networks, LLC (2015) |
| History | |
| Launched | 1995 (1995) |
| Replaced by | YTA TV |
| Former names | America One Television (1995–2009) America One Television Network (2009–2010) |
America One was an Americantelevision network established in 1995 byUSFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary.[1][4] The network served over 170LPTV, Class A, full-power, cable and satellite affiliate stations. It was one of the first TV stations to have online live video streaming before the tech bubble burst in 2000. At least twenty of the stations carried America One's complete 168-hour weekly transmission.
In 2003, the network went through a restructuring, being placed within USFR Media Group's VOTH Network, Inc. subsidiary.[1]
In 2009, the network came under the ownership of America One Television Network, Inc. due to a shareholder buyout from USFR Media Group.[2]
In 2010, America One Television Network merged with B2 Broadcasting to create theholding company One Media Corp, Inc., which America One & B2 Broadcasting then became subsidiaries of, while retaining their respective brand identities.[3]
According to its press release in 2013, it broadcast "5500 live and exclusive events, over 100 U.S. Colleges, 70 professional sports teams and hundreds of top professional leagues from Asia and Europe."[5]
It was reported in September 2014 that One Media Corp had sold America One to Center Post Networks, LLC, owner of Youtoo TV. The sale was finalized in the spring of 2015, with Center Post Networks merging the two networks, which replaced both networks byYTA TV. The sports assets were not included in the merger, as they had been spun off toOne World Sports and then toEleven Sports Network in 2017.
America One aired a mix of entertainment and US & international sports programming inprime time. Cooking, travel, news shows, and classic movies made up the network's daytime programming. The network also encouraged the preemption of four hours per day of its programming for local sports, entertainment, or news.
America One held the U.S. broadcast rights to theOntario Hockey League,Australian Football League, theUSAR Hooters Pro Cup, theECHL, playoffs in theIndoor Football League, and theAmerican Hockey League's all-star game. America One syndicated many of these broadcasts to various regional sports networks in the US (usually, those not part of theFox Sports Net family). America One also carried tape-delayed broadcasts of the EnglishPremier League, specificallyBolton Wanderers andEverton. America One also showedMidwest-based Victory FightingM.M.A. Usually, those events were on tape delay.
In 1999, America One broadcast NWA Wildside pro wrestling.
America One had broadcast rights to severalrugby league organizations. From 2010 the predominantly Britain-basedSuper League matches were shown live (rights to that league have since transitioned toFox Sports 2 (then called Fuel TV) in 2013) in addition to Australasia'sNational Rugby League games.[6][7] They also showed theAmerican National Rugby League Grand final.
Historically, America One had a longstanding partnership with theCanadian Football League that lasted through much of the 2000s. This partnership ended before the2010 season when theNFL Network took over U.S. broadcast rights; as of 2014, ESPN holds those rights.
In 2012, America One became the first American network to broadcast aNippon Professional Baseball (NPB) game (Hiroshima Toyo Carp home game) on tape delay.[citation needed]
Affiliates received four minutes per hour for ads and end breaks while having to secure cable carriage themselves.[8] One of the stations that was affiliated with America One was KPDC-LP.[9][10]
From 2010 to 2015, it was owned and operated by One Media Corp, based inDallas, Texas, which also operates