AT&T SportsNet
AT&T Sports Networks, LLC (ATTSN) was a group of regional sports networks in the United States that primarily own and operate AT&T Sports Networks (founded in 2009, as Liberty Sports Holdings, later DirecTV Sports Networks, LLC). It was owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through TNT Sports. Each of the networks carried regional broadcasts of sporting events from various professional, collegiate and high school sports teams (with broadcasts typically exclusive to each individual network, although some were shown on more than one AT&T-branded network within a particular team's designated market area).
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (through regional affiliates) |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Parent | TNT Sports |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | May 4, 2009 (networks) April 1, 2011 (corporation) |
| Closed | October 21, 2023 |
| Former names | Networks: Liberty Sports Holdings (2009) DirecTV Sports Networks (2009–2016) Corporation: Root Sports (2011–2017) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
In addition to carrying team and conference-related magazine, analysis and discussion programs exclusive to each region, most of the networks (with the current exception of AT&T SportsNet Southwest) also broadcast nationally distributed sports events, documentary and entertainment programs through a programming agreement with Bally Sports, which is the successor to Fox Sports Networks, a remnant of their former ownership under their previous corporate parents.
While previously operating under the FSN name, these four networks relaunched under the brand Root Sports on April 1, 2011, coinciding with the start of the Major League Baseball regular season. On July 14, 2017, following the acquisition of DirecTV by AT&T, the networks (besides Root Sports Northwest as it is majority-owned by the Seattle Mariners and minority-owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) were re-branded under the name AT&T SportsNet, coinciding with the second half of the 2017 Major League Baseball season. Collectively, the networks serve 13 million cable and satellite subscribers in 22 states. AT&T SportsNet master control operations were based in Atlanta, Georgia.
On February 24, 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it would leave the RSN business. The AT&T SportsNet name is no longer used as of October 21, 2023. SportsNet Pittsburgh succeeded the network's Pittsburgh affiliate and the Space City Home Network succeeded AT&T SportsNet Southwest. SportsNet Rocky Mountain laid off all of its employees and effectively shut down on October 6, 2023.