Réseau des sports
Réseau des sports (RDS) is a Canadian French language discretionary specialty channel oriented towards sports and sport-related shows. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (Bell Media 80% and ESPN 20%). Its full name (usually prefaced in speech by the French article "le") translates as "The Sports Network", the name of its Anglophone counterpart, TSN.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | (CTV Specialty Television (80%)) (Bell Media (56%) and ESPN Inc. (24%)) (Branding licensed from Disney Branded Television) |
| Sister channels | Noovo RDS2 RDS Info TSN regional feeds |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1, 1989 on TSN’s 5th anniversary |
| Former names | TVSQ (1978-1988) |
| Links | |
| Website | rds |
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