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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media, sports entertainment |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | John Brunton, Chairman and CEO |
| Products | Television production |
| Owner | Larry Tanenbaum [1] and others |
| Website | www |
Insight Sports Ltd. is a sports media and entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company is owned in part by Larry Tanenbaum, part owner of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. [1]
Insight Sports operates 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.
It was announced on January 23, 2009, that Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment would acquire Insight Sports' interest in GolTV. [2] The deal was approved by the CRTC on June 2, 2009. [3] [4]
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 [5] 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.
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The company also operated GameTV on behalf of Kilmer Enterprises Inc., an investor in Insight Sports. GameTV was subsequently sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment on August 2, 2016. [6]
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