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Encyclopedia > ESPN Classic (Canada)

ESPN Classic Canada is a Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel owned by TSN, Bell Globemedia and ESPN featuring classic sports events and movies. Category 2 channels are Canadian television channels defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission which may be carried, optionally, by all digital cable television and direct broadcast satellite providers. ... Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... TSN may also refer to The Sporting News, The Sierra Network, Team Sportscast Network, or taxonomic serial number. ... Bell Globemedia Inc. ... ESPN (formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... A classic is an item that has become a ubiquitous and unique symbol or icon of a time gone by, mainly because of its inherent quality or its representative status. ... Womens Australian rules football is a team sport. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...


Programming

Sporting events shown on ESPN Classic Canada must take place at least 18 months prior to their broadcast. Few original ESPN Classic USA shows air on the Canadian channel, and the channel appears in very few houses due to the à la carte payment option provided by Canada's cable industry. Most days programming consists of wrestling and Ultimate Fighting, old boxing, American Gladiators, Curling and random old sporting events with the score given to viewers ahead of time on the on screen display summary that comes with the cable box. ESPN Classic features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. ... A la carte (also à la carte), is a French phrase meaning from the menu, and it is used in restaurant terminology in one of two ways: First, it may refer to a menu of items priced and ordered separately rather than selected from a list of preset multi-course meals... Wrestling is a sport in which two opponents attempt to control the other without the use of striking while winning points for various accomplishments (including takedowns, reversals, escapes, and near-falls). ... Ultimate Fighting Championship is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called Western Boxing, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans), is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their... American Gladiators was a TV show which ran between 1989 and 1997. ... Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. ...


See also

ESPN Classic features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. ...

External link

  • Official Site

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