NESN is distributed nationally on satellite providers DirecTV and as NESN National via select cable providers.
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20 Facts About NESN
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NESN is the primary broadcaster of the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Bruins – serving as the exclusive home for all games that are not televised by a national network.
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NESN carries minor league baseball games, regional college sports events, various outdoor and sports talk shows.
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In 1996, NESN became the New England affiliate of Fox Sports Net, carrying the network's national sports and magazine programs; this lasted until 1999.
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NESN converted into a basic cable service in 2001, a model that has since been copied by other companies through their respective launches of new regional sports networks as well as similar conversions of those that began as pay services.
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NESN has carried regional Atlantic Coast Conference college basketball games since Boston College joined the conference, including games distributed for national broadcast for and by Fox Sports Networks.
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In 2013, NESN placed a bid to acquire the New England Media Group from The New York Times Company, which would have placed it under the common ownership of The Boston Globe; Fenway dropped out of the bidding in July.
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On June 1,2022, NESN became the first US regional sports network to offer its content on a direct-to-consumer basis.
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NESN has provided coverage of the Boston Red Sox's Major League Baseball games since the network's initial spring training game broadcast upon its March 21,1984 launch.
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NESN now carries full coverage of Red Sox games as well as in-depth pre-game and post-game shows.
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Since 2006, NESN is the exclusive home of all Red Sox games that are not nationally televised, using the slogan "One Nation, One Network" to signify this.
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In 2006, NESN became the first regional sports network to broadcast all Major League Baseball games in high definition, through the launch of its simulcast feed NESN HD.
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In 2021, NESN produced all Red Sox home games in 4K with HDR, making it the second team, and first US team, to produce their home games in 4K.
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Since 2006, NESN has broadcast the postgame show from its Watertown studios; it had previously been broadcast from its Fenway Park studio.
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NESN aired all six home games in 2016, including one against an SEC opponent.
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Many years, NESN has aired several minor professional hockey games from the Providence Bruins.
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Since 2008, NESN has aired the New England Regional Little League Tournament each August.
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Since November 2015, NESN has aired the home games of the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League.
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NESN National is a separate feed of NESN for cable systems located outside of New England.
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Also on April 20th, 2022 NESN began broadcasting a 4K feed to DirecTV subscribers.
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