Insight Sports
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| Type | Private company |
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| Industry | Media, sports entertainment |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Key people | John Brunton, Chairman and 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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Properties[edit]
Insight Sports owns and operates the specialty television channel WFN, a 24-hour fishing 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.
Former assets[edit]
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 wherein a team of managers led by the CEO will buy out 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.
References[edit]
- ^ MLSE will buy GolTV; Slam.Canoe.ca; 2009-01-23
- ^ Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2009-323
- ^ Insight Sports Announces Corporate Reorganization; Channel Canada.com; 2009-03-25
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