Sportsnet PPV, the Glossary
Sportsnet PPV is a Canadian pay-per-view (PPV) service owned by Rogers Communications.[1]
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57 relations: Barker channel, Bell Media, Boxing, Canada, Canadian Business, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Cogeco, College basketball, College football, Community television in Canada, CTV Television Network, English language, ESPN Full Court, ESPN GamePlan, Film, Fox Sports Networks, French language, G7, High-definition television, Indian Premier League, International Cricket Council, Liberty Media, List of foreign television channels available in Canada, MLB Extra Innings, Molson Brewery, Multichannel News, NBA League Pass, NFL RedZone, NFL Sunday Ticket, NHL Centre Ice, Ontario, Ontario Hockey League, Out-of-market sports package, Over-the-top media service, Pay-per-view, Pope, Pornography, Professional wrestling, Rogers Cable, Rogers Communications, Rogers Sports & Media, Rogers TV, Satellite television, Source Cable, Sportsnet, Sportsnet World, Standard-definition television, Television in Canada, Toronto, Video on demand, ... Expand index (7 more) »
- Pay-per-view television networks in Canada
Barker channel
A barker channel is a form of digital signage, operating in the form of a television channel that is entirely composed of sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel.
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Bell Media Inc. (French: Bell Média inc.) is a Canadian media conglomerate that is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (also known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the owner of telecommunications company Bell Canada).
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Canadian Business
Canadian Business is the longest-publishing business magazine based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and founded in 1927.
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.
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Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications and media company.
College basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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Community television in Canada is a form of media that carries programming of local community interest produced by a cable television company and by independent community groups and distributed by a local cable company.
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CTV Television Network
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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ESPN Full Court
ESPN Full Court was an out-of-market sports package in the United States that carried college basketball games.
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ESPN GamePlan
ESPN GamePlan was an out-of-market sports package offering college football games to viewers throughout the United States.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Fox Sports Networks
Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Sportsnet PPV and fox Sports Networks are television channels and stations established in 1996.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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G7
The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member".
High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
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Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as the TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held annually in India.
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International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket.
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Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company founded by John C. Malone in 1991.
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List of foreign television channels available in Canada
This is a list of foreign television channels available in Canada.
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MLB Extra Innings is an out-of-market sports package distributed in North America by satellite provider DirecTV since 1996 and by most cable providers since 2001. Sportsnet PPV and MLB Extra Innings are television channels and stations established in 1996.
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Molson Brewery
The Molson Brewery is a Canadian-based brewery based in Montreal and was established in 1786 by the Molson family.
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Multichannel News
Multichannel News is a magazine and website published by Future US that covers multichannel television and communications providers, such as cable operators, satellite television firms and telephone companies, as well as emerging Internet video and communication services.
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NBA League Pass
NBA League Pass is the National Basketball Association's direct-to-consumer subscription-based product that provides live and on-demand NBA games.
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NFL RedZone
NFL RedZone (stylized as NFL RedZone from NFL Network) is an American sports television channel owned and operated by NFL Network since 2009.
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NFL Sunday Ticket
NFL Sunday Ticket is an out-of-market sports package that broadcasts National Football League (NFL) regular season games unavailable on local affiliates.
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NHL Centre Ice
NHL Centre Ice is a Canadian digital cable subscription out-of-market sports package controlled and distributed by Rogers Communications through Rogers Cable as of 2014. Sportsnet PPV and NHL Centre Ice are Rogers Communications.
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Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League.
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Out-of-market sports package
In North America, an out-of-market sports package is a form of subscription television that broadcasts sporting events to areas where the events were unable to be seen by viewers on other broadcast and cable television networks due to the games not being broadcast in their local market.
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Over-the-top (OTT) media service refers to a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet, typically provided by third-parties without the involvement or control by an Internet service provider (ISP).
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Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
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Pope
The pope (papa, from lit) is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Pornography
Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material such as a picture, video, text, or audio that is intended for sexual arousal.
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Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.
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Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc. is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, primarily in Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Sportsnet PPV and Rogers Cable are Rogers Communications.
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Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets.
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Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties. Sportsnet PPV and Rogers Sports & Media are Rogers Communications.
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Rogers TV
Rogers TV (stylized as Rogers tv) is a group of English-language community channels owned by Rogers Communications. Sportsnet PPV and Rogers TV are Rogers Communications.
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Satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
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Source Cable
Source Cable (formerly known as Southmount Cable Limited) is one of three main cable television service providers for the city of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Sportsnet
Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. Sportsnet PPV and Sportsnet are English-language television stations in Canada and Rogers Communications.
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Sportsnet World
Sportsnet World is a Canadian English language discretionary digital cable and satellite specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications operating as a national sports channel complementing the Sportsnet group of regional sports networks. Sportsnet PPV and Sportsnet World are English-language television stations in Canada.
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Standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.
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Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request.
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Viewers Choice
Viewers Choice was a Canadian English language pay-per-view (PPV) and near video on demand service. Sportsnet PPV and Viewers Choice are English-language television stations in Canada, pay-per-view television networks in Canada and Rogers Communications.
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WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion.
WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings.
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WWE Network (Canadian TV channel)
WWE Network is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel programmed by WWE and distributed by Rogers Sports & Media. Sportsnet PPV and WWE Network (Canadian TV channel) are English-language television stations in Canada and Rogers Communications.
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YourTV (Canada)
YourTV (formerly TVCogeco and CogecoTV) is the brand of community channels owned by Cogeco.
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1080i
1080i (also known as BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type.
480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
See also
Pay-per-view television networks in Canada
- Breakaway PPV
- Canal Indigo
- Shaw PPV
- Sportsnet PPV
- Telemeter (pay television)
- Viewers Choice
- Vu!
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsnet_PPV
, Viewers Choice, WWE, WWE Network, WWE Network (Canadian TV channel), YourTV (Canada), 1080i, 480i.