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| Country | United States |
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| Broadcast area | Oklahoma Nationwide (via satellite) |
| Network | FanDuel Sports Network |
| Headquarters | Oklahoma City,Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Main Street Sports Group |
| Sister channels | FanDuel Sports Network Southwest |
| History | |
| Launched | October 29, 2008 (2008-10-29) |
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| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| FanDuel Sports Network app | www.fanduelsportsnetwork.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) |
| DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
| FuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma is an Americanregional sports network owned byMain Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group) and operated as an affiliate ofFanDuel Sports Network. The channel provides statewide coverage of sports events within the state ofOklahoma, namely theOklahoma City Thunder, the state's major college sports teams, and high school sports.
FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma is available oncable providers throughout Oklahoma, and nationwide onsatellite viaDirecTV.
The channel launched on October 29, 2008 asFox Sports Oklahoma (FSOK), a spinoff ofFox Sports Southwest, which had been distributed to cable providers throughout Oklahoma since theDallas-based network began operations as Home Sports Entertainment (HSE) in January 1983. It was created in order to serve as the cable broadcaster of theOklahoma City Thunder, after Fox Sports Southwest acquired the broadcast rights to theNBA franchise following itsrelocation toOklahoma City that year fromSeattle.[1]
It initially split the rights to Thunder game telecasts withindependent stationKSBI (channel 52, now aMyNetworkTV affiliate), under an agreement in which Fox Sports Oklahoma would produce a limited schedule of regular-season games (most of which aired on weekends) for the station; the Thunder signed a new multi-year broadcast agreement with Fox Sports Oklahoma on August 3, 2010, rendering the team's games cable-exclusive beginning with the2010-11 season.[2]
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 from21st Century Fox, including Fox Sports Oklahoma. However, on June 27, 2018, theJustice Department ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership ofESPN. On May 3, 2019,Sinclair Broadcast Group andEntertainment Studios (through their joint venture,Diamond Holdings) boughtFox Sports Networks fromThe Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion.[3] The deal closed on August 22, 2019, thus placing Fox Sports Oklahoma in common ownership with Sinclair stationsKOKH-TV/KOCB in the network's homebase of Oklahoma City, andKTUL in Tulsa.[4] It was subsequently renamed Bally Sports Oklahoma on March 31, 2021.[5]
On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports filed forChapter 11 Bankruptcy.[6]
On October 16, 2024, it was revealed in a court filing that Diamond had reached a new sponsorship agreement withFanDuel Group, under which it intends to rebrand Bally Sports as theFanDuel Sports Network; on October 18, 2024, Diamond officially announced the rebranding, which took effect October 21.[7][8] Under the agreement, FanDuel will have the option to take a minority equity stake of up to 5% once Diamond Sports exits bankruptcy. The branding will be downplayed within programming related to high school sports.[9][10]
In addition to holding the regional television rights to the Thunder's regular season and any early-round playoff games, FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma also holds exclusive broadcast rights to statefootball,basketball and baseball championships held by theOklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma has broadcast Class A-6A Football Championship games and periodically runsOSSAA Championship Spotlight, a magazine program that highlights various high school sports depending on the time of year.[11]
FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma also broadcastspre-game andpost-game shows for the Oklahoma City Thunder (under theThunder Live banner), and Oklahoma Sooners-related programs (such as coaches' shows and team magazine programs). Outside of programming exclusive to FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma, the channel runs various programs supplied by FanDuel Sports Network Southwest (including sports interview, magazine and analysis programs focusing onTexas sports) as well as some game telecasts including theTexas Rangers ofMajor League Baseball and theDallas Wings of theWNBA. Until theNational Hockey League franchise reached a deal withTegna to broadcast their games on Dallas–Fort Worth stationKFAA-TV effective with the 2024–25 season, the network also carried selectDallas Stars hockey games from the Southwest feed.
From 2012 to 2022, it held tier 3 rights to theOklahoma Sooners of theBig 12 Conference under theSooner Sports TV branding,[12] which gave it rights to one football game per-season, four men's basketball games per-season, and other selected athletics events. The football game was not aired on the channel itself, but distributed viapay-per-view—an arrangement that proved controversial among fans. In 2022, the team signed withESPN+, which holds the tier 3 rights to all other Big 12 teams (besides theTexas Longhorns, which have a separate deal with ESPN to run the regional sports networkLonghorn Network).[13][14][1][15]
FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Extra is an alternate feed of FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma used to broadcast select events within the designated market that cannot air on the main feed due to scheduling conflicts.[16]
FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Extra primarily serves an overflow feed in the event that teams whose games FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma has the right to broadcast play conflicting games simultaneously, mainly those that are televised on FanDuel Sports Network Southwest that may otherwise also air on FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma (such as Texas Rangers baseball or Dallas Stars hockey) are scheduled to be held at the same time as the scheduled telecast of a Thunder or Sooners game, or a high school or collegiate sporting event involving an Oklahoma team.
On some cable systems in Oklahoma, FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Extra airsSt. Louis Cardinals telecasts fromFanDuel Sports Network Midwest and selectKansas City Royals telecasts fromFanDuel Sports Network Kansas City to the fans of those teams living in Oklahoma who otherwise cannot receive Cardinals or Royals games directly from the Midwest and Kansas City feeds. In extremely rare times, telecasts from the two teams may also air on FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma as well depending on the schedule. FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Extra also carries selectDallas Mavericks telecasts from FanDuel Sports Network Southwest, except in the immediate Oklahoma City area due to NBA territorial restrictions.
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