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| Type | Regional sports network |
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| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Tennessee easternArkansas southernKentucky |
| Network | Fox Sports Networks |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Diamond Sports Group |
| Parent | Sinclair Broadcast Group &Entertainment Studios Networks |
| Sister channels | Fox Sports South Fox Sports Southeast Fox Sports Carolinas |
| History | |
| Launched | October 31, 2008 (2008-10-31) |
| Replaced | Fox Sport South (within designated market) |
| Closed | March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Fox Sports Tennessee (FSTN) was an Americanregional sports network owned byDiamond Sports Group, a joint venture betweenSinclair Broadcast Group andEntertainment Studios, and operated as an affiliate ofFox Sports Networks. The channel broadcast regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in the state ofTennessee, namely theMemphis Grizzlies andNashville Predators.
Fox Sports Tennessee was available oncable providers throughout Tennessee, easternArkansas and southern Kentucky, with an estimated reach of 1.8 million subscribers, and nationwide onsatellite viaDirecTV andDish Network.
The network closed down on March 31, 2021. Its content was merged into the schedules of the newly namedBally Sports South andBally Sports Southeast.
Fox Sports Tennessee launched onOctober 31, 2008, and was created through the separation ofFox Sports South into three regional networks: alongside the main Fox Sports South channel (originating fromAtlanta,Georgia) andFox Sports Carolinas, the latter of which launch on the same date as Fox Sports Tennessee.[1] In July 2013, News Corporationspun off the Fox Sports Networks and most of its other U.S. entertainment properties into21st Century Fox.
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 Tennessee. 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. The deal closed on August 22, 2019.[2][3]
In 2020, Diamond Sports formed a partnership withBally's Corporation was formed to rebrand the networks as "Bally Sports". On January 27, 2021, Bally's and Sinclair issued a joint press release unveiling the new logos for the rebrand of the networks that will occur at a still undetermined date later in 2021. It also was announced that Fox Sports Tennessee would be shut down at that time with programming being merged into the newBally Sports South (previously Fox Sports South) andBally Sports Southeast (previously Fox Sports Southeast).[4] The final event broadcast by the network was a 3-2 Predators win in overtime against the Dallas Stars on March 30, 2021.
Fox Sports Tennessee held the regional cable television rights to theMemphis Grizzlies of theNBA and theNashville Predators of theNHL. It also carried simulcasts ofMajor League Baseball games, carryingCincinnati Reds games televised byFox Sports Ohio,[5]St. Louis Cardinals games televised byFox Sports Midwest[6] and (within Tennessee)Atlanta Braves games televised by Fox Sports South, as well as coverage ofcollegiate sports events from theSoutheastern Conference.
Fox Sports Tennessee HD was ahigh definition simulcast feed of Fox Sports Tennessee, which broadcasts in the720p format. The channel broadcasts most Predators and Grizzlies games (both live telecasts and late-night replays) as well as severalNCAA football and basketball games shown nationally on FSN and other programming distributed nationally by Fox Sports Networks in high definition. Fox Sports Tennessee HD originally transmitted only during game telecasts (with atest pattern being shown at other times) until July 2009, when it was converted into a 24-hour simulcast feed.
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