Stadium (sports network)

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Stadium
Type
Country United States
Broadcast areaNational
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s) English
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Silver Chalice
History
LaunchedAugust 21, 2017;7 years ago (2017-08-21)
Replaced American Sports Network
(broadcast)
Campus Insiders and 120 Sports
(online)
ClosedOctober 30, 2023;11 months ago (2023-10-30) (OTA only)
Replaced by The Nest (OTA only)
Links
Webcast Watch live
Website watchstadium.com
Availability
Streaming media
Twitch
Plex, Stremium, Xumo, FuboTV, Roku Channel, VidGo, YouTube TV

Stadium is an American internet television sports network owned by Silver Chalice. It is headquartered at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

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History

Stadium logo used from 2017 to 2024. Stadium (sports network) logo.svg
Stadium logo used from 2017 to 2024.

In March 2017, unconfirmed reports speculated that Sinclair was planning to shutter its sports unit, American Sports Network, and give its remaining sports rights to Campus Insiders. The Charleston Gazette-Mail , however, citing ASN employees, reported that the rumors of a complete shuttering were false, but that the division was planning to re-locate its headquarters, restructure its operations, and achieve "stronger, more diversified distribution." The original rumors were based upon reports of layoffs from ASN's current headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida, connected to the planned re-location. [1]

On April 13, 2017, Sinclair officially announced that ASN would be re-launched later in the year as part of a joint venture with Campus Insiders owner Silver Chalice (itself owned by the Chicago White Sox), and its online sports video service 120 Sports. The new operation will be operated as linear and digital offerings; the linear service would utilize the syndication and broadcast network built out for ASN, while the digital platform would stream full-time online and through Twitter. 120 Sports would provide original studio and long-form programming to the venture. [2] [3]

On May 1, 2017, it was announced that the new joint venture would be known as Stadium. [4] On June 1, 2017, it was reported that Stadium would officially launch around late-July 2017. [5] The service officially launched on August 21, 2017. [6] [7]

In 2019, with Sinclair's expansions into regional sports networks via acquisitions of Fox Sports Networks, a minority stake in YES Network, and the establishment of Marquee Sports Network with the Chicago Cubs, Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley said of Stadium's role in the expanded sports offerings: "That will be our national play. I don’t see it competing head to head with FS1 or ESPN. It's not there yet with its maturity." [8]

In 2021, Stadium began to synergize with the rebranded Bally Sports, including co-producing an Opening Day launch special for the networks on April 1, [9] and adopting its on-air graphics package for college sports broadcasts beginning in the 2021–22 academic season. [10] The Fox College Sports cable channels were quietly rebranded as Stadium College Sports in June, [11] and in 2022 Stadium began to produce the national studio show The Rally for the Bally Sports channels. [12]

In May 2023, amid the bankruptcy of Bally Sports' parent company Diamond Sports Group, Sinclair sold its controlling interest in Stadium to Silver Chalice. Sinclair stated that the network did not have enough viewership for Sinclair to continue funding it; Sinclair will continue to supply some programming. [13] [14] As a consequence of the sale, Sinclair discontinued its distribution of Stadium in October 2023, replacing it with its new network The Nest. [15] Stadium College Sports also ceased operations at the end of the year. [16]

Distribution

The service is distributed mainly via streaming television services and associated apps (including third-party services, as well as Sinclair's own Stirr service). [17] The American Sports Network linear service, which was distributed as a digital subchannel network, transitioned to Stadium on September 6, 2017. [18] The network has also reached deals for traditional cable distribution. [19] Stadium also offers a subscription service, "Stadium Plus", which offers access to premium events and on-demand content (including commercial-free replays of broadcasts, and classic games). [20]

In November 2017, Facebook acquired rights to 47 college basketball telecasts from Stadium, which stream exclusively on Facebook Watch and an associated Facebook page. [21]

In May 2018, Stadium partnered with Twitch to stream its content on the service, as well as an exclusive Twitch Stadium 2 channel that features additional commentary and analysis. [22]

Programming

Live sports airing on Stadium include Minor League Baseball, the Savannah Bananas, [23] the A7FL, [24] the Indoor Football League, [25] and the United Fight Alliance. [26]

Its weekday lineup of studio programs currently include The Territory with Michael Kim, Emerge (which focuses on high school sports), Campus Insiders, and Sauce & Shram with Dave Ross and Tyler Jacobs, and The Fantasy Sportsbook. [27]

Podcasts

Past programming

Stadium's college sports programming at launch included events from Conference USA, the Mountain West Conference, the Patriot League, the Southern Conference, and the West Coast Conference. [28]

Stadium, as with other networks distributed by digital multicast networks, was required to preempt three hours of its weekly schedule for educational children's programming. With the exception of DragonflyTV , most of Stadium's educational shows are sports-related to minimize interruption; The Real Winning Edge, Sports Lab, Future Phenoms and Sports Stars of Tomorrow make up Stadium's educational lineup as of 2019. This has been discontinued since 2023.

Notable on-air staff

Former over-the-air affiliates

City of license/market Station Virtual
channel
[29]
Physical
channel
Primary
affiliation
(on main channel)
Owner
(Management Company)
Date of affiliationNotes
Alabama
Birmingham WBMA-LD 58.332 ABC Sinclair Broadcast Group
Mobile WPMI-TV 15.315 NBC Deerfield Media
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Arkansas
Little Rock KKYK-CD 30.321 Telemundo KTV Media, LLC
Arizona
Phoenix KDVD-LD50.625 Nuestra Visión Globe LPTV
Yuma KAJB 54.436 UniMás Entravision Communications
California
Bakersfield KBFX-CD 58.429 Fox Sinclair Broadcast Group
Chico KCVU 20.430Fox Cunningham Broadcasting
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Eureka KBVU 28.428Fox Cunningham Broadcasting
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Fresno KMPH-TV 26.428FoxSinclair Broadcast Group
Los Angeles KCAL-TV 9.29 Independent Paramount Global April 12, 2019
San Diego KBNT-CD 17.324 Univision Entravision Communications
Colorado
Denver KTFD-TV 50.328UniMasEntravision Communications
Connecticut
Waterbury WCCT-TV 20.433 The CW Tegna
Florida
West Palm Beach WWHB-CD 48.333 TBD Sinclair Broadcast GroupAlso on WTVX sometimes for special occasion
Idaho
Boise KYUU-LD 35.428The CWSinclair Broadcast Group
Idaho Falls/Pocatello KPIF 15.415MeTVVentura Broadcasting
Illinois
Hammond (Chicago) WJYS 62.221IndependentOxford Media Group, Inc.
SpringfieldDecaturChampaign WBUI 23.322The CWGOCOM Media
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Iowa
Cedar Rapids KFXA 28.427 Dabl Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd.
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Sioux City KPTH 44.430FoxSinclair Broadcast Group
Kansas
Hutchinson/Wichita KMTW 36.235 Dabl Mercury Broadcasting Company, Inc.
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Replaced getTV, after moving from 36.3 when it got replaced by sibling network Charge! On that channel.
Kentucky
Bowling Green WDNZ-LD 11.211 Antenna TV Daily News Broadcasting CompanyOctober 18, 2019
Paducah WDKA 49.425MyNetworkTV Standard Media
Louisiana
Lafayette KXKW-LD 32.330 Newsnet Delta Media CorporationMarch 14, 2021Was previously on the Channel's DT1 slot until Newsnet launched March 14, 2021
New Orleans WQDT-LD33.432 Buzzr DTV America Corporation
Maine
Portland WGME-TV 13.315 CBS Sinclair Broadcast Group
Maryland
Baltimore WNUV 54.425The CW Cunningham Broadcasting
(Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Massachusetts
Worcester WUTF-TV 27.419UnimasEntravision Communications
Michigan
FlintTri-Cities WSMH 66.416 Fox Sinclair Broadcast Group
Missouri
Kansas City KCMN-LD 42.428 Decades HC2 Holdings
St. Louis KDNL-TV 30.431ABCSinclair Broadcast Group
Nebraska
Omaha KXVO 15.429The CWSinclair Broadcast Group
Nevada
Las Vegas KSNV 3.422NBCSinclair Broadcast Group
Reno KNSN-TV 21.220Independent & MyNetworkTV (secondary)Deerfield Media
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
New York
AlbanySchenectadyTroy WCWN 45.422The CWSinclair Broadcast Group
Buffalo WNYO-TV 49.249MyNetworkTV
North Carolina
Asheville WLOS 13.413ABCSinclair Broadcast Group
Greenville WYDO 14.419Fox Cunningham Broadcasting
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Winston-SalemGreensboroHigh Point WXLV-TV 45.229ABCSinclair Broadcast Group
RaleighDurhamChapel Hill WLFL 22.218The CW
Ohio
Cincinnati WKRC-TV 12.3 [30] 12CBSSinclair Broadcast Group
Columbus WSYX 6.4 [30] 27ABC
Dayton WKEF 22.334ABC
Toledo WNWO-TV 24.249NBCReplaced by "Charge!".
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City KOKH-TV 25.324FoxSinclair Broadcast Group
Oregon
Portland KATU-TV 2.424ABCSinclair Broadcast Group
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh WPNT 22.242The CWSinclair Broadcast Group
Wilkes-Barre WSWB 38.434The CWMPS Media, LLC

(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)

South Carolina
FlorenceMyrtle Beach, SC WWMB 21.326DablSinclair Broadcast Group
WVEB-LD 40.322 Timeless TV Innovate Corp.The station is nominally licensed to this market, but actually serves Charlotte, NC.
GreenvilleSpartanburg WLOS 13.413ABCSinclair Broadcast Group
Columbia WACH 57.222Fox
Charleston WCIV 36.325MyNetworkTV
Tennessee
Nashville WNAB 58.223DablTennessee Broadcasting
(Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Texas
Austin KGBS-CD 19.119StadiumHC2 Holdings
DallasFort Worth KTXD-TV 47.123 Cunningham Broadcasting
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
March 7, 2018Replaced independent format
El PasoLas Cruces, NM KFOX-TV 14.415FoxSinclair Broadcast Group
Houston KEHO-LD 32.529 Court TV HC2 Holdings
Laredo KLDO-TV 27.419 Univision Entravision Communications
McAllen KTFV-CD 32.432 UniMás
Port Arthur KBTV-TV 4.427 Dabl Deerfield Media
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
San Antonio KMYS 35.232 The CW Deerfield Media
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Virginia
Norfolk WTVZ-TV 33.233 MyNetworkTV Sinclair Broadcast Group
LynchburgRoanoke WSET-TV 13.213ABC
Washington
Bellevue (SeattleTacoma) KUNS-TV 51.3 [31] 50 Univision Sinclair Broadcast Group
Yakima KUNW-CD 2.330
West Virginia
CharlestonHuntington WVAH-TV 11.224 Decades Cunningham Broadcasting
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Wisconsin
Suring (Green BayFox Cities) WCWF 14.415The CWSinclair Broadcast Group

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