New sports network will broadcast over 800 hours of live events
TORONTO, Aug. 12 /CNW/ – Rogers Sportsnet ONE kicks
off its inaugural week of sports coverage Saturday, August 14th,
with three live-events in High Definition, starting
at 12 p.m. (ET)/9 a.m. (PT) with the Barclays
Premier League match between defending champion Chelsea and
West Brom.
Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest
will host SoccerCentral to preview the match
followed by the post-game show at 2:30 p.m. (ET)/11:30 a.m. (PT).
Rogers Sportsnet ONE will follow up with a NL West division battle
between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants at 4 p.m. (ET)/1
p.m. (PT), and concludes the evening with the Toronto Blue Jays facing
the Los Angeles Angels at 8:30 p.m. (ET)/5:30 p.m. (PT).
Rogers Sportsnet ONE is a new 24-hour national sports digital channel
that will feature over 800 hours of compelling
live-event programming, the majority of which will be broadcast in high
definition.
The following schedule highlights the first week of programming on
Rogers Sportsnet ONE:
Toronto Blue Jays
- @ Oakland Monday, August 16 @ 9:30 p.m. (ET)
- @ Oakland Tuesday, August 17 @ 9:30 p.m. (ET)
- @ Oakland Wednesday, August 18 @ 3 p.m. (ET)
Major League Baseball
- Detroit @ Chicago White Sox Sunday, August 15 @ 2 p.m. (ET)
- Detroit @ NY Yankees Thursday, August 19 @ 1 p.m. (ET)
- Atlanta @ Chicago Cubs Friday, August 20 @ 2 p.m. (ET)
- Seattle @ NY Yankees Friday, August 20 @ 7 p.m. (ET)
- LA Angels @ Minnesota Saturday August 21 @ 4 p.m. (ET)
- Washington @ Philadelphia Saturday August 21 @ 7 p.m. (ET)
- Seattle @ NY Yankees Sunday, August 22 @ 1 p.m. (ET)
Barclays Premier League
- Manchester United vs. West Ham Saturday August 21 @ 12 p.m. (ET)
Rogers Sportsnet ONE launches with an impressive roster of programming
including:
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Major League Baseball
- Toronto Raptors
- National Basketball Association
- Barclays Premier League
- Vancouver Canucks *
- Ottawa Senators *
- Calgary Flames *
- Edmonton Oilers *
* Games for the Canucks, Senators, Flames and Oilers on Rogers
Sportsnet ONE will be subject to NHL regional restrictions and only
available to viewers in the designated regional areas.